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It’s no secret that food and nutrition is traditionally taught through a white-centric lens. In this episode I’m joined by Hanna Garth, a food anthropologist and professor and author of Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice to talk about the underlying problems of food inequality as they pertain to race and culture.

If you’ve ever wondered how a food swamp differs from a food desert, or what the term food apartheid actually means (...and why it’s preferred over food swamp and/or food dessert), this episode has some answers for you.

Hanna is helping parents learn to speak about food and culture to our kids in a way that challenges the rhetoric of nutrition and food that needs to look or be a certain way in order to be “normal” or “healthy”.

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode I’m joined by Hanna Garth, MPH, PHD

Hanna discusses:

• The racist connotations of the term “food desert” and why “food apartheid” is a preferable alternative

• How parents can challenge the rhetoric of nutrition and food that needs to look or be a certain way in order to be “normal” or “healthy”

• The “why” behind her book Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice and what it means for parents today

LINKS from episode

• Follow Hanna Garth on Instagram @hgarth and Twitter @hannagarth 

• Hanna’s website

• Her book, Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice.

• Hanna’s book, Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal.

• Writers mentioned in the episode by Hanna include Julie Guthman and Rachel Slocum. She also mentioned Judith Williams and Billy Hall who have chapters in the Black Food Matters publication. 

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