Vol. 12 No. 4 (2023): Summer 2023: Fostering Socially and Ecologically Resilient Food and Farm Systems Through Research Networks (and Open Call Papers)

The summer 2023 issue of JAFSCD (volume 12, issue 4) includes articles in response to our special call for papers on "Fostering Socially and Ecologically Resilient Food and Farm Systems Through Research Networks," sponsored by INFAS, eOrganic, and USDA NIFA. It also includes open-call papers on a wide range of topics.On our cover, Rebecca Ivanoff, left, and Nicola Inglefield, right, kneel with their farmer-researcher sign in a pepper patch that was part of Rebecca’s multifarm sweet pepper breeding project in cooperation with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s (EFAO) Farmer-Led Research Program. Rebecca and Nicola also conducted a trial in cooperation with EFAO testing different methods for cabbage seed production. See more in the article in this issue, “Farmer knowledge as formal knowledge: A case study of farmer-led research in Ontario, Canada.” Photo by Rebecca Ivanoff and used with permission.