Justine Lindemann

I have several years of experience working on issues around community and economic development related to food system change both domestically and internationally. My research and community engagement work is translational and applied, focusing on issues related to urban food systems, equity in the food system, and urban community resilience more broadly. I have spent several years researching experiences and politics of vacant land reuse and urban agriculture among Black gardeners and farmers in small to mid-size cities. Recent publications center questions of urban land, competing epistemologies of land use and value, and the contours of Black agrarian praxis related to self-determination in food across history and geographies. My teaching focuses on theories and practices of community development and engagement with an emphasis on civic engagement and anti-racist praxis.