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Spring 2023: Small Is Beautiful, But . . .
Vol. 12 No. 3 (2023)

The spring 2023 issue (volume 12, issue 3) includes papers on a wide range of food systems topics, as well as John Ikerd's column and several book reviews.

On our cover: Samantha and Chris Kemnah enjoy a moment with their cows on Clover Bliss Farm, their 190-acre farm in South Argyle, New York. Photo by Joan Lentini.
Winter 2022-2023: Justice and Equity Approaches to College and University Student Food (In)Security
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2023)

The winter 2022-2023 issue includes a special section of papers on the topic "Justice and Equity Approaches to College and University Student Food (In)Security." The special section sponsor is the Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture, and Sustainability (INFAS) and is guest-edited by Rachael Budowle (Virginia Tech), Christine Porter (University of Wyoming and INFAS executive committee chair), and Caitlin McLennan (Utah State University). In addition, open-call papers on a wide range of food systems topics are included. On our cover, University of Wyoming students share food from the Bim Kendall House Food Share Cabinet. See “Narrowing the equity gap in student food security: A student-led approach at the University of Wyoming” by Christine M. Porter, Kami Grimm, and Rachael Budowle, in this issue. Photo by Kellyn Chandler.
Fall 2022: Scaling Up Through Economies of Community
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022)

The fall of 2022 issue includes open-call papers on a wide range of food systems topics, with a cluster focused on the concept of economies of community.

On our cover: Kanoa Dinwoodie (at right), the owner and operator of organic-certified Feral Heart Farm in Sunol, California, shows children how to properly harvest blackberries. Kanoa specializes in seed production and diasporic Asian crops. He participated in the “agroecology encounters” research described in author Antonio Roman-Alcalá’s commentary in this issue, “Five practical strategies for those who work for food systems change.” Photo by Antonio Roman-Alcalá
Summer 2022: Fragility — and Resilience — in Food Systems
Vol. 11 No. 4 (2022)

The summer issue (volume 11, issue 4) includes papers on a wide range of food systems topics, many of which relate to both the fragility and resilience of food systems. On our cover: Julia Slocum was the owner and operator of Lacewing Acres, a small certified organic vegetable farm in Ames, Iowa, from 2012 to 2019. She is now a first-year doctoral student in counseling psychology at Iowa State University. Read about the decision to close her farm operation in Ending Lacewing Acres: Toward amplifying microperspectives on farm closure, by Abby M. Dubisar and Julia A. Slocum, in this issue. (Photo by Andrea Rissing)
Spring 2022: Celebrating New Farmers and Gardeners
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2022)

The spring 2022 issue includes peer-reviewed papers on a wide range of food systems topics, book reviews, and other articles. On our cover, Dhan Maya Subba is a participant in the New Farms for New Americans’ agriculture and education program for refugees. Subba is one of nearly 100 families from throughout Asia and Africa who participate in the program to grow food to feed their families. NFNA, a program of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, helps families who have been resettled in northern New England to access land, continue their agricultural traditions, and grow culturally significant crops. See “Nepali Bhutanese refugee gardeners and their seed systems: Placemaking and foodways in Vermont” by Junru Guo, Daniel Tobin, and Teresa Mares (all at the University of Vermont) in this issue. Photo by Alisha Laramee, Program Manager, NFNA
Winter 2021–2022: Weaving Western and Indigenous Knowledge for Resilience
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

The winter 2021–2022 issue includes commentaries from JAFSCD Shareholders and others, book reviews, and peer-reviewed papers on a wide range of food systems topics.
Food and Community Wellness
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021)

The fall 2021 includes papers, columns, book reviews, and more on a wide range of food systems topics, including on food and community wellness. On our cover, Karla Berger (front office assistant at the Brandon Community Health Center in Brandon, Vermont) helps distribute Farmacy Project shares to patients of the clinic. In 2021, the Farmacy Project had 200 members who received 15 weeks of local produce at no cost, grown by farms in the Rutland county area, purchased, bagged by volunteers, and distributed from the Vermont Farmers Food Center, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the local food system. The Farmacy Project is an innovative program building relationships between community health and local agriculture, and creating a new preventative healthcare model in the heart of Vermont. See the article in this issue: Empowerment, love, and connection: Lessons learned from the Farmacy Project, a food-is-medicine program in Rutland, Vermont. Photo by Miriam Berkson, University of Vermont student intern for the Farmacy Project.
Food as a Tool for Social Change
Vol. 10 No. 4 (2021)

This issue is on the special topic of “Food as a Tool for Social Change." It’s dedicated to the memory of Professor Evan Weissman of the Food Studies Department, Falk College, Syracuse University. It also includes open-call papers, commentaries, and papers on the impact of COVID-19 on the food system.
Open Call Papers, and More Papers and Commentaries on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Food System
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2021)

The spring 2021 issue includes additional peer-reviewed papers and commentaries on the impact of COVID-19 on the food system, and open call, peer-reviewed papers on a range of topics.
Special Issue: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Food System
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

The winter 2020-2021 issue (volume 10, issue 2) contains peer-reviewed papers along with commentaries and other items analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food system, worldwide. This content is cosponsored by INFAS, the Inter-Institutional Network for Food and Agricultural Sustainability. The issue also includes open-call peer-reviewed papers, a column, book reviews, and other items.
COVID-19 Commentaries and Open Call Papers
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020)

The fall issue of JAFSCD (volume 10, issue 1) includes open-call papers, commentaries on COVID-19 and the food system, as well as John Ikerd's column, book reviews, and Voices from the Grassroots essays.
More Than Value$ in the Food System
Vol. 9 No. 4 (2020)

The summer 2020 issue includes a set of papers on the topic "More Than Value$ in the Food System" from the University of Vermont College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (a JAFSCD partner), as well as papers on a range of topics and additional commentaries and Voices from the Grassroots essays on the COVID-19 pandemic.

On our cover: Taylor Barker and Arielle Luckmann of Waxwing Farm in Skagit County, Washington, participated in the Farm Fresh Food Box (F3B) community supported agriculture (CSA) pilot program to offer access to their produce to a wider range of individuals and families. (Photo by Diane Smith, Washington State University Extension, and used with permission.)
Open Call Papers and Early Responses to COVID-19
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020)

The spring 2020 issue includes papers, viewpoints, and book reviews on a wide range of food systems topics, plus early commentaries and Voices from the Grassroots essays on the COVID-19 pandemic and the food system.
Open Call Papers, Winter 2019-2020
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2020)

The winter 2019-2020 issue (volume 9, issue 2) includes papers on a wide range of food systems topics.

On our cover: Squid are loaded onto a conveyor belt by a Rhode Island fisherman. Rhode Island is fortunate to have a vibrant, year-round fishery steeped in tradition. The state’s Port of Galilee is one of the largest commercial fishing ports on the East Coast of the U.S. and is home port to over 250 commercial fishing vessels, including the Eastern Seaboard’s largest squid-fishing fleet. The Rhode Island Seafood Marketing Collaborative is actively engaged in a host of programs and activities aimed at fostering increased interest in and demand for local seafood products. See the article in this issue, Rhode Island Branding Program for Local Seafood: Consumer Perceptions, Awareness, and Willingness-to-Pay. Photo by M. Stultz, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America
Vol. 9 No. B (2019)

This supplemental issue includes papers in response to our call on Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America, sponsored by the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. The cover shows members of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, USA, harvesting wild rice. Photo copyright © 2009 by Duncan Hilchey.
Proceedings from the Place-Based Food Systems Conference
Vol. 9 No. A (2019)

This supplemental issue includes papers, keynote addresses, peer-reviewed papers, and snapshots of presentations and posters from the Place-Based Food Systems Conference. The conference was sponsored and hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and the Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, British Columbia) in August 2018.
Open Call Papers, Summer 2019
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019)

Volume 9, issue 1 (Summer 2019) includes papers on a wide range of food systems topics.

On our cover: The Historic Round Barn & Farm Market in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, USA, is seen from South Mountain. This section of the mountain is known for its extensive fruit belt on the southeast face. Round barns are increasingly rare, but this well-preserved example is the centerpiece of a quintessential Appalachian agricultural landscape. For details on this one, visit http://roundbarn.farm. Photo copyright © 2007 by Duncan Hilchey.
The Power of Food Justice
Vol. 8 No. 4 (2019)

The winter–spring 2019 issue includes open-call papers on a wide range of food systems topics, several of which focus on food justice.

On our cover: Rafael Aponte is the owner and operator of Rocky Acres Community Farm in the town of Freeville, just northeast of Ithaca, New York. In this photo from fall 2017, Aponte gives a tour of his 10-acre operation, explaining the cultural significance of raising goats for Black and other communities of color in central Upstate New York. See the article Building Emancipatory Food Power: Freedom Farms, Rocky Acres and the Struggle for Food Justice, by Bobby J. Smith II, in this issue. Photo credit: Bobby J. Smith II; used with permission.
Economics of Local Food Systems: Utilization of USDA AMS Toolkit Principles
Vol. 8 No. C (2019)

This supplemental issue, "Economics of Local Food Systems: Utilization of USDA AMS Toolkit Principles," includes case studies, reflective essays, and other articles about measuring the impact of local food systems through the use of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Services' Local Food Systems Toolkit. The issue is sponsored by Food Systems at Colorado State University and USDA AMS. Guest editors are Dawn Thilmany McFadden and Becca B. R. Jablonski, both at Colorado State University.
Open Call Papers
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2018)

The fall 2018 issue of JAFSCD includes open-call papers on a wide range of food systems topics, including on farm-to-childcare programs.

On our cover: Zariah enjoys a morning snack of local cantaloupe at the Cary Towne KinderCare childcare center in Cary, North Carolina. This center, along with many other providers from around the country, are enrolling in farm to early care and education programs to help connect low-income families with sources of fresh, local foods. This center committed to feeding children three or more local food items a week through the growing season, exposing children to a variety of new fruits and vegetables while also investing in local farmers and distributors. See the article in this issue, “Farm to Childcare: An Analysis of Social and Economic Values in Local Food Systems,” by Jacob C. Rutz, J. Dara Bloom, Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, and Chris Gunter. Photo credit: Jacob Rutz; used with permission.