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Chhaya Kolavalli on why the local food movement is so white

Published: April 5, 2020, 7 p.m.

This episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. \n\nMelissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee.\n\nA conversation with Chhaya Kolavalli. \n\n\nThe local food movement has been criticized for its overwhelming whiteness. How has the movement responded to these critiques? And what are the implications of these responses? Chhaya Kolavalli confronts whiteness in Kansas City\u2019s local food movement, examining diversity work and discourses of privilege and power. Chhaya Kolavalli is the assistant director of the Center\nfor Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky. Her research intersects whiteness, race, and class-based inequality, specifically exploring politics of sustainable, equitable redevelopment in US cities.