New book describes diverse food challenges faced by Hawaii

A rich compilation of case studies by island scholars and writers, “Food and Power in Hawaii: Visions of Food Democracy” explores the diversity of food challenges faced by the state.

Edited by Aya H. Kimura and Krisnawati Suryanata of University of Hawaii at Manoa’s College of Social Sciences, the University of Hawaii Press publication includes discussions on land use policies, a gendered and racialized farming population, benefits and costs of biotechnology, stratified access to nutritious foods, as well as ensuring the economic viability of farms. Defying the reductive approach that looks only at calories or tonnage of food produced and consumed as indicators of a sound food system, “Food and Power in Hawaii” shows how food problems are necessarily layered with other sociocultural and economic problems, and uses food democracy as the guiding framework.

Info: www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/