I promise to update this page more soon, but you can find the book here, and pre-order it wherever you buy books from! The full title is North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, out July 14th on MIT Press.
The book describes a shift in recent decades of US food movement politics – driven by the greater inclusion and influence of people of color – towards more radical political ideals of anti-capitalism and anti-colonialism, and skepticism of the state as a tool for emancipation. North Stars tackles questions of social movement convergence amidst a rise in right wing politics at the national level, and offers strategic and scholarly lessons – based on my 20+ years of participation in food and farming movements, and my engaged research with such movements in California.
I am organizing a book tour to New York City and Upstate (July 15-26, 2026), probably to universities in the Fall and thereafter, and I’m open to suggestions for book events, whether virtual or in person. Get in touch!
So far, events in the works are:
- July 16, P.I.T. NYC
- ~July 19-23, Abode Farm (upstate) (final date to be confirmed)
- July 21 or July 22, Troy Media Sanctuary (upstate)
- July 24, Word Up Bookstore NYC
- October 22, in San Francisco, as part of LitQuake