Food and Power in Hawai‘i

Food and Power in Hawai‘i

Visions of Food Democracy

In: Food in Asia and the Pacific

With contributions by: Krisnawati Suryanata, Kem Lowry, George Kent, Lilikalā K. Kameʻeleihiwa, Monique Mironesco, Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka, Benjamin Schrager, Aya Hirata Kimura, Mary Mostafanezhad, Saleh Azizi, Nicole Milne, Hiʻilei Kawelo, Michelle Galimba, Chris Robb and Dean Okimoto
Edited by: Aya Hirata Kimura, Krisnawati Suryanata, Christine R. Yano and Robert Ji-Song Ku

University of Hawaii Press | 2016

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824858612

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In Food and Power in Hawai`i, island scholars and writers from backgrounds in academia, farming, and community organizations discuss new ways of looking at food policy and practices in terms of social justice and sustainability. Each of the nine essays describes Hawai`i’s foodscapes and collectively makes the case that food is a focal point for public policy making, social activism, and cultural mobilization. With its rich case studies, the volume aims to further debate on the agrofood system and extends the discussion of food problems in Hawai`i. Given the island geography, high dependency on imported food has often been portrayed as the primary challenge in Hawai`i, and the traditional response has been localized food production. The book argues, however, that aspects such as differentiated access, the history of colonization, and the neoliberalized nature of the economy also need to be considered for the right transformation of our food system.

The essays point out the diversity of food challenges that Hawai`i faces. They include controversies over 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 Hawai`i shows how food problems are necessarily layered with other sociocultural and economic problems, and uses food democracy as the guiding framework. By linking the debate on food explicitly to the issues of power and democracy, each contributor seeks to reframe a discourse, previously focused on increasing the volume of locally grown food or protecting farms, into the broader objectives of social justice, ecological sustainability, and economic viability.

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KimuraAya Hirata:

Aya Hirata Kimura is associate professor of women’s studies at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa.SuryanataKrisnawati:

Krisnawati Suryanata is associate professor of geography at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa.YanoChristine R.:

Christine R. Yano is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.KuRobert Ji-Song:

Robert Ji-Song Ku is associate professor of Asian American studies at Binghamton University, The State University of New York. He is co-editor of Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader.MostafanezhadMary:

Mary Mostafanezhad is assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Aya Hirata Kimura (Editor)
Aya Hirata Kimura is associate professor of women’s studies at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa.

Krisnawati Suryanata (Editor)
Krisnawati Suryanata is associate professor of geography at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa.

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After the introduction, which includes a brief history of food production in Hawaii, welcome and compelling narratives from practitioners are interspersed with high-quality analytical essays from diverse disciplines—geography, political science, history, anthropology, sociology, and agriculture. The result is a multi-faceted look at a complex food system leading to a plea for participatory food democracy.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
Acknowledgments Free access PDF PDF	vii
Introduction Aya Hirata Kimura and Krisnawati Suryanata Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
1. Tangled Roots: The Paradox of Important Agricultural Lands in Hawai’i Krisnawati Suryanata and Kem Lowry Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	17
2. Food Security in Hawai’i George Kent Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	36
3. Kaulana O’ahu me he ‘Āina Momona Lilikalā K. Kame’eleihiwa Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	54
4. Farmers′ Markets in Hawai’i: A Local/Global Nexus Monique Mironesco Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	85
5. Is the Transgene a Grave? On the Place of Transgenic Papaya in Food Democracy in Hawai’i Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	116
6. Seeds of Contestation: The Emergence of Hawai’i’s Seed Corn Industry Benjamin Schrager and Krisnawati Suryanata Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	138
7. Farming on the Margin: Women Organic Farmers in Hawai’i Aya Hirata Kimura Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	156
8. Labor of Meaning, Labor of Need: Organic Farm Volunteering in Hawai’i Mary Mostafanezhad, Krisnawati Suryanata, Saleh Azizi and Nicole Milne Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	185
9. Epilogue Aya Hirata Kimura and Krisnawati Suryanata Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	211
Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	215
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	219

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