Marginalizing Access to the Sustainable Food System - A talk by Camille Tuason Mata October 13, 2010

Most studies of food deficiencies in minority communities have relied on health and income to understand the problems of food access. Camille Tuason Mata examines food deficiencies both broadly and in Oakland, California from a food-systems framework. Her research suggests that food access is at the crossroads of ecology and social justice.

Camille Tuason Mata is a freelance consultant and writer with several years of experience researching and writing about social issues and environmental justice. She received her Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is a volunteer for the non-profit organization, Partnership for Human Rights and Development (PaHRD) based in Valencia City, Mindanao, Philippines. Mata originally hails from Laoag City, Philippines and has lived in Western Massachusetts for over seventeen years.

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