Food Deserts In Appalachia: A Socio-Economic Ill and Opportunities for Reform

OxHRH Blog, 25 November 2016

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Nicholas Stump

West Virginia University - College of Law

Date Written: November 25, 2016

Abstract

Food deserts constitute a public health phenomenon in which communities lack sufficient access to nutritious whole foods. The U.S. Appalachian region currently faces a food desert crisis of problematic proportions: this crisis stems from neoliberalism’s dire legacy and a rapidly transitioning energy sector, which have left the region devastated. To combat food deserts, the Appalachian citizenry has cultivated nascent, sustainable local food systems. As viewed through an ecofeminist lens, such local systems serve as a potentially potent reform model for reconstructed “living economies” based on collective cooperation and egalitarian co-ownership.

Keywords: Food deserts, food democracy, Appalachia, ecofeminism, systemic change

JEL Classification: K

Suggested Citation

Stump, Nicholas, Food Deserts In Appalachia: A Socio-Economic Ill and Opportunities for Reform (November 25, 2016). OxHRH Blog, 25 November 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3523374 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3523374

Nicholas Stump (Contact Author)

West Virginia University - College of Law ( email )

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Morgantown, WV West Virginia 26506
United States

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