Beyond the Sovereign Body

Julie Guthman is a geographer and Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses in global political economy and the politics of food and agriculture. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, with a particular focus on voluntary food labels, community food security, farm-to-school programs, and the race and class politics of “alternative food.” Her publications include two multi–award winning books: Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.

Garrett Broad is the George Gerbner Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on the intersections between communication, social change, and the politics of knowledge in the global food system. He is currently completing his first book, an ethnographic exploration of community-based movements for food justice.

Kendra Klein is a Senior Program Associate at San Francisco Physicians for Social Responsibility, where she coordinates the California Healthy Food in Health Care Program. She received her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Hannah Landecker holds a cross appointment as Associate Professor in sociology and in the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (Harvard University Press, 2007). She is currently writing a book, “American Metabolism,” about the history and current transformation in concepts and practices of metabolism.

Julie Guthman is a geographer and Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses in global political economy and the politics of food and agriculture. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, with a particular focus on voluntary food labels, community food security, farm-to-school programs, and the race and class politics of “alternative food.” Her publications include two multi–award winning books: Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.

Garrett Broad is the George Gerbner Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on the intersections between communication, social change, and the politics of knowledge in the global food system. He is currently completing his first book, an ethnographic exploration of community-based movements for food justice.

Kendra Klein is a Senior Program Associate at San Francisco Physicians for Social Responsibility, where she coordinates the California Healthy Food in Health Care Program. She received her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Hannah Landecker holds a cross appointment as Associate Professor in sociology and in the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (Harvard University Press, 2007). She is currently writing a book, “American Metabolism,” about the history and current transformation in concepts and practices of metabolism.

Julie Guthman is a geographer and Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses in global political economy and the politics of food and agriculture. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, with a particular focus on voluntary food labels, community food security, farm-to-school programs, and the race and class politics of “alternative food.” Her publications include two multi–award winning books: Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.

Garrett Broad is the George Gerbner Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on the intersections between communication, social change, and the politics of knowledge in the global food system. He is currently completing his first book, an ethnographic exploration of community-based movements for food justice.

Kendra Klein is a Senior Program Associate at San Francisco Physicians for Social Responsibility, where she coordinates the California Healthy Food in Health Care Program. She received her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Hannah Landecker holds a cross appointment as Associate Professor in sociology and in the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (Harvard University Press, 2007). She is currently writing a book, “American Metabolism,” about the history and current transformation in concepts and practices of metabolism.

Julie Guthman is a geographer and Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses in global political economy and the politics of food and agriculture. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, with a particular focus on voluntary food labels, community food security, farm-to-school programs, and the race and class politics of “alternative food.” Her publications include two multi–award winning books: Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.

Garrett Broad is the George Gerbner Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on the intersections between communication, social change, and the politics of knowledge in the global food system. He is currently completing his first book, an ethnographic exploration of community-based movements for food justice.

Kendra Klein is a Senior Program Associate at San Francisco Physicians for Social Responsibility, where she coordinates the California Healthy Food in Health Care Program. She received her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Hannah Landecker holds a cross appointment as Associate Professor in sociology and in the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (Harvard University Press, 2007). She is currently writing a book, “American Metabolism,” about the history and current transformation in concepts and practices of metabolism.