Value Chain Coordination Editorial Circle

LATEST NEWS FROM VCC Editorial Circle

April 2026: The Value Chain Coordination column, "Turning supply chains into value chains," has been published. See Hall, A., Edwards-Orr, L., Carberry, A., & De Luca, E. (2026). VALUE CHAIN COORDINATION COLUMN: Turning supply chains into value chains. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 15(2), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.152.039 

April 2026: Our first VCC Brief is under review and will be published in May. Stay tuned! If you have questions about or suggestions for the series, please be in touch with Associate Editor Anaya Hall, PhD, at anaya.hall@uky.edu. If you’d like to submit a topic for a brief, please go to the JAFSCD query form.

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VCC EC Purpose

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Associate Editor: Dr. Anaya Hall, Postdoctoral Scholar, The Food Connection at the University of Kentucky

Anaya Hall

 

Members

Value Chain Coordination Editorial Circle is made up of the scholars and practitioners below, who will also jointly produce the quarterly column in JAFSCD.

  • Kathryn Barr, Associate, SupplyChange
  • Patrick Baur, Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island
  • Analena Bruce, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire
  • Andrew Carberry, Project Manager, Wallace Center at Winrock International
  • Eric DeLuca, Consultant, Food Finance Institute
  • Laura Edwards-Orr, Senior Agricultural Marketing Specialist, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Local and Regional Food Division
  • Heather (“H”) Nieto-Friga, CEO, SupplyChange
  • Ashton Potter, Executive Director, The Food Connection at the University of Kentucky
  • Elliott Smith, Consultant, Kitchen Sync Strategies
  • Jodee Smith, Executive Director, FARMWISE Indiana
  • Ye Su, Assistant Professor, Lincoln University of Missouri
  • Dawn Thilmany, Professor, Colorado State University
  • Kamran Zendehdel, Research Branch Chief, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Local and Regional Food Division

For more information about the VCC editorial circle, contact the VCC associate editor, Dr. Anaya Hall.