Information For Readers

JAFSCD is the world's only peer-reviewed transdisciplinary journal focused solely on food and farming-related community development. JAFSCD uses a double-blind peer-review process, with expert reviewers who include both researchers, scholars, and food systems professionals in the field. Each accepted article is published online immediately after copy-editing and formatting, then aggregated into quarterly issues for the purposes of indexing.

As of January 1, 2018, JAFSCD became open access! All of JAFSCD's content is freely available, and we are listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). We are funding our work using an innovative model borrowed from the good food movement as the world's first community-supported journal. See the list of Library Shareholders and University & College Program and Nonprofit Shareholders. We welcome your institution's support—learn how at our publisher's website. As an individual you can also pitch in by donating a modest amount to become an individual shareholder. Thank you!

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NEW Food Policy Council Publications from the Center for a Livable Future

From Partnerships to Policy: Promising Practices for New Food Policy Councils offers info and resources on starting a food policy council, with an emphasis on leading with policy and addressing emergent food systems issues like racial equity, resiliency, and environmental sustainability.

Developing a Communication Strategy: A Guide for Food Policy Councils outlines the fundamental steps to creating a strategic communication plan and illustrates each step with examples.