Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development  

Duncan Hilchey

First paragraphs:It seems like just yesterday that I attended a very early farm-to-school workshop in the mid-'90s at a national conference. I don’t remember the name of the conference or where it took place, but I vividly recall the animated discourse th... see more

Teresa Mares

First paragraph:After years of challenging economic conditions, the first several months of 2018 spelled disaster for a number of Vermont’s dairy farms. As reported in a local weekly newspaper article, “Sell­ing the Herd: A Milk Price Crisis Is Devastatin... see more

John Ikerd

First paragraphs:We are in the midst of a battle for the future of our food systems. In spite of persistent denials, today’s so-called modern food system simply cannot be sustained for much longer. Mounting evidence of the negative impacts of today’s domi... see more

Kate Clancy, Kathryn Z. Ruhf

First paragraphs:In 2010, we presented a set of arguments and assumptions supporting the value of regional thinking and the regional scale in food systems work in papers that we wrote under the aegis of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group ... see more

Anna Dawson

First paragraphs:In a 2016 study of fresh food loss on Vermont farms, Salvation Farms Director Theresa Snow and her colleague offered insights into farmer production problems. They extrapolated from their survey results that about 14.3 million pounds (6.5... see more

Jacob C. Rutz, J. Dara Bloom, Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, Chris Gunter

Farm to institution is a component of the local food movement, representing the growing link between local producers and organizations like schools, prisons, and hospitals. These are organiza­tions that have concentrated buying power and thus a sizable in... see more

Lesli Hoey, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Noel Bielaczyc

In a bifurcated U.S. food market, where one market is largely controlled by national brands and global corporations alongside an expanding alter­nate market of hyper-local direct sales, midscale producers and processors are struggling to persist. One emer... see more

Jonathan Adam Watson, Danielle Treadwell, Ray Bucklin

Farm to school (F2S) programs aim to educate people about food and farming, to increase the availability of fresh, nutritious foods, and to improve health outcomes among children. Nationally, all states have school districts that self-identify as farm-to-... see more

Lauren Gwin, Christy Anderson Brekken, Lindsay Trant

In 2011, the Oregon legislature passed the Farm Direct Marketing Law (FDML), which took effect in 2012. The law clarified licensing and food safety requirements for direct-to-consumer sales at farmers markets, farm stands, and similar venues. It also incl... see more

Jared T. McGuirt, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Rebecca A. Seguin, Margaret Bentley, Molly DeMarco, Alice S. Ammerman

Innovative programming is needed to improve diets among low-income individuals. Incorporating a healthy food access program within existing Extension community nutrition education programming at the local government level may be an effective approach to i... see more

Larissa Calancie, Kristen Cooksey-Stowers, Anne Palmer, Natasha Frost, J.D., Holly Calhoun, Abbey Piner, Karen Webb

Food policy councils (FPCs) are collaboratives that work to strengthen food systems. Over 300 FPCs exist in the United States, Canada, and Tribal Nations. In 2015, we surveyed the types of initia­tives FPCs undertook and identified food sector targets and... see more

Jairus Rossi, Timothy A. Woods, Alison F. Davis

Identifying successful development priorities for local food systems (LFSs) is a challenge for pro­ducers, LFS advocates, Extension agents, and policymakers. Consumer perceptions and prefer­ences regarding what constitutes an active, healthy, and vibrant ... see more

Maizy T. Ludden, Rick Welsh, Evan Weissman, Duncan Hilchey, Gilbert W. Gillespie, Amy Guptill

Indicators and metric systems are crucial tools in efforts to reach societal objectives, and these sys­tems are being employed increasingly in initiatives to improve the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of agri-food systems. Indicators c... see more

Rebekah VanWieren

The number of college and university student farms is growing rapidly in the United States. New, and even established, student farms have the opportunity and challenge to define both their strategy and physical design, which are critical to the farm’s suc... see more

Corey Lee Wrenn

First paragraph:Miller’s (2017) Building Nature’s Market introduces the American natural foods movement to social movement studies, highlight­ing its challenge to the prevailing social order related to food, consumption, health, state author­ity, and indi... see more

Matt Comi

First paragraph:Discourse on governance always faces the challenge of describing, and usually simpli­fying, the many voices who formally and informally participate in controlling, and therefore governing, shared outcomes for community members both locally... see more

Marianna Siegmund-Schultze

First paragraphs:Jahi Chappell continuously begs the question: “Who benefits?” He shares his thoughts about hunger and our food systems in his book Beginning to End Hunger: Food and the Environment in Belo Hori­zonte, Brazil, and Beyond. In six chapters, ... see more

Christine M. Porter

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Renee Brooks Catacalos

First paragraph:Mark Winne may not have invented food policy councils, but he has probably done more than anyone in the U.S. to popularize them over his more than four decades of experience working in the food movement. In the last 15 years, Winne has tra... see more

Aaryn Wilson

First paragraphs:Catfish Dream is told in 129 pages with every line crafted to tell the best parts of a man who rose above barriers to become a war hero, commu­nity hero, family hero, and business hero. In this book, Rankin articulates the proud history o... see more

Carrie A. Scrufari

First paragraph:Knowing Where it Comes From seeks to provide a history for the various labeling systems for foods now present in the global supply chain. Accordingly, author Fabio Parasecoli explains what a geographic indication is while comparing how the... see more