Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development  

Duncan Hilchey

First paragraphs:This special issue draws attention to the roles and responsibili¬ties of knowledge producers, knowledge keepers, and food systems actors in managing and enhancing access to culturally appropriate food pro-duced through ecologically sound ... see more

John Ikerd

First paragraph:Growing concerns about global climate change have rekindled an age-old controversy about eating meat (Carrington, 2018). Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. However, animal agri­cul... see more

Nora Frank-Buckner, Northwest Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition

American Indians and Alaska Native people experi­ence large disparities in the prevalence of preventa­ble, diet-related diseases directly associated with the lack of access to healthy, traditional food. The Northwest Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition, a t... see more

Rhonda Bowers, Pat Harris, Clarisse Harris, Kathryn Lone Fight, Ina Weed, Nelson Pat White

As proud Native community leaders who call the Wind River Reservation home, our battles for sov­ereignty and respect are not just part of a long-ago history. Claiming our self-empowerment and put­ting it to good use on behalf of our entire commu­nity are ... see more

Zachary Paige

First paragraphs:Here in White Earth, we started our Food Sovereignty Initiative in the fall of 2017 to bring together and organize community-driven efforts that aid in establishing a sustainable and sovereign food system based in traditional methods of p... see more

Vanessa García Polanco, Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz

We wonder if food and agriculture will be an emer­gent theme in reclaiming the Taíno identity, the Indigenous people of the Caribbean. As we con­sider the emergent movement to decolonize our diets and utilize food as medicine alongside veganism and vegeta... see more

K. Nicole Wires, Johnella LaRose

Indigenous food sovereignty is about much more than consumption choices, food access, and tradi­tional knowledge; it is fundamentally about access to land for sacred ceremony and traditional prac­tice. This article will highlight an innovative case study ... see more

A-dae Romero-Briones

In this commentary, I focus on the impacts of Indian boarding school food on American Indian foodways and community as a source of acculturation that has a lasting effects even in the present day. From the introduction of specific foods that now make up t... see more

Mary Beth Jäger, Daniel B. Ferguson , Orville Huntington, Michael Kotutwa Johnson, Noor Johnson, Amy Juan, Shawna Larson, Peter Pulsifer, Tristan Reader, Colleen Strawhacker, Althea Walker, Denali Whiting, Jamie Wilson, Janene Yazzie, Stephanie Russo Carroll, and the rest of the Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network

In recent decades, there has been a movement toward rectifying injustices and developing collab­orations between Indigenous communities and mainstream researchers to address environmental challenges that are of concern to Indigenous Peo­ples. This movemen... see more

Tony N. VanWinkle, Jack Friedman

Based on research conducted with American Indian farmers and ranchers in southwestern Oklahoma, this paper interrogates how agricultural resource bureaucracies differentially constrain or enable resilience to climate variability. We demon­strate that whil... see more

Melvin L. Arthur, Christine M. Porter

Communities in Indian Country across the U.S. are reconnecting to traditional and healthier food sys­tems, often working explicitly for food sovereignty. This paper contributes to these reconnection efforts by (re)telling the story of the Northern Arapaho... see more

Tabitha Robin

Food sovereignty has recently emerged as a means of addressing pervasive food-related problems in many Indigenous communities in Canada as well as around the world. This is particularly important for Indigenous people who still face threats to their food ... see more

Charles Z. Levkoe , Lana Ray, Jessica Mclaughlin

Food policy councils provide a forum to address food systems issues and a platform for coordinated action among multisectoral stakeholders. While diverse in structure, most councils aim to develop democratic and inclusive processes to evaluate, influence,... see more

Krista M. Heeringa, Orville Huntington, Brooke Woods, F. Stuart Chapin III, Richard E. Hum, Todd J. Brinkman, Workshop Participants

Traditional harvest practices of the harvesting and sharing of fish, wildlife, and other wild resources are an integral source of food security that support physical, mental, and spiritual wellness, education, socio-economic development, and cultural iden... see more

Keith Williams, Suzanne Brant

Each year, more interdisciplinary food-related pro­grams are offered at Turtle Island colleges and uni­versities. First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI), an Indigenous postsecondary institution located on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario, is in the ... see more

Rachael Budowle, Melvin L. Arthur, Christine M. Porter

As a community-based participatory research pro­ject designed to promote health and wellbeing, Growing Resilience supports home gardens for 96 primarily Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho families in the Wind River Reservation, located in Wyoming. Thro... see more

Jennifer Sowerwine, Daniel Sarna-Wojcicki, Megan Mucioki, Lisa Hillman, Frank K. Lake, Edith Friedman

A long history of tribal disenfranchisement through government policies has contributed to a lack of trust and participation by tribal communi­ties in nontribal organizations and initiatives. This article will discuss the process through which new partner... see more

Erin Smith, Selena Ahmed, Virgil Dupuis, MaryAnn Running Crane, Margaret Eggers, Mike Pierre, Kenneth Flagg, Carmen Byker Shanks

Wild foods are recognized to contribute to diet and food security through enhancing the availability of local, diverse, and nonmarket food sources. We investigated the contribution of wild foods to diet, food security, and cultural identity in a Native Am... see more

Staci Emm, Jessica Harris, Judy Halterman, Sarah Chvilicek, Carol Bishop

American Indian tribes historically survived on hunting, gathering, and farming activities. As federal policy changed, reservations were estab­lished, which limited some of these hunting and gathering activities. Nevada is home to Washoe, Shoshone, and Pa... see more

Lois L. Stevens, Joseph P. Brewer II

The collective nations of the Haudenosaunee are governed by their shared ancestral knowledge of creation. This storied knowledge tells of an intellec­tual relationship with corn that has been cultivated by the Haudenosaunee through generations and represe... see more

Jennifer Sumner, M. Derya Tarhan, J. J. McMurtry

This paper reports on alternative food procure­ment initiatives in Canadian Indigenous commu­nities. Like many communities around the world, they have experienced the ‘nutrition transition’ toward nutritionally compromised industrial food, with debilitati... see more

Shirley Thompson, Keshab Thapa, Norah Whiteway

This paper tells a place-based story of food in the Wasagamack territory in Manitoba, Canada, through traditional land-use map biographies with 49 active Indigenous harvesters, video interviews with eight key informants, and input from commu­nity workshop... see more