Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

2010 - 2025

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Volume 14, issue 3, 2025

IN THIS ISSUE: Can the U.S. SNAP back?

Duncan Hilchey

Using food systems to foster Indigenous youth leadership in global health

Yazmeen Wardman

Supporting resilient food systems: Navigating challenges in U.S. rural communities

Brianna Routh, Yoshie Sano, Leah Pylate, Dawn Contreras, Sarah Feeney, Kimberly Greder, Doris Cancel-Tirado and Bradford Wiles

Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love

Christine Caruso

Egyptian nationalism in the age of cotton

Marion Dixon

Navigating a citizen science food waste project: Challenges and lessons learned

Cody Gusto, Catherine Campbell, Kay Kelsey and Ziynet Boz

“From struggle to strategy”: The role of Indonesia’s farming community in fostering agricultural sustainability

Agus Triatmo, Joko Suryono, Ade Yuliar and Usfandi Haryaka

Understanding consumer values of participants in a cost-offset community supported agriculture (CSA) program

Jairus Rossi, Thomas Pierce, Shuoli Zhao and Timothy Woods

Meatpacking in the COVID-19 context: Barriers to disease mitigation, worker justice, and the need for sector reform

India Luxton

From fencerow to product: The potential of feral apple jelly and other products for farm gate sales

Desiree Archer, Eric Sager, Matt Porter and David Beresford

Research systems exploitation: The true cost to community-based organizations

Yesenia Cuello, Melissa Castillo and Amy Elkins

Leaving a legacy where food is medicine and food stories can heal

Tammara Soma and Maggie Cross

Using implementation science to understand the implementation factors in a rural Produce Prescription program

Sonja Mydels, Liana Schreiber, Hannah Colby, Taylour Blakeman, Hilary Gebauer and Sadie Gannett

Community perceptions of small-town food environments, food equity, and home-based food cultivation: Insights from a community-engaged research study

Mahbubur Meenar and Leslie Spencer

Stakeholder perceptions of healthy food access and SNAP online grocery ordering during and after COVID-19

Kate Killion, Brenda Lituma-Solis, Lisbeth Lucas-Moran, Daniela Avelino, Caitlin Smith, Caitlin Caspi, Molly Waring, Michael Puglisi, Ock Chun and Valerie Duffy

Seeding resilience: Building knowledge and capacity through relationships among Black and Indigenous women farmers

Emma Brinkmeyer, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Hannah Dankbar, Maritza Pierre, Erin Upton, Nicole Gwishiri, Ebonie Alexander, Carrie Martin and Grace Summers

Lessons learned from piloting decentralized, smart miniature food pantries to mitigate college student food insecurity

John Jones, Lauren Linkous, Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth, Reyna Vazquez-Miller, Elizabeth Chance, Jackie Carter, Isaac Saneda, Youngmi Kim and Leland Waters

Connecting New England farmers to large retailers via values-based supply chains

Alexa Wilhelm, Isaac Leslie and Analena Bruce

Socio-cultural benefits of an urban agriculture initiative designed for vulnerable populations in Tucson, Arizona

Nataliya Apanovich, Gene King, Ashley Limbaugh, Garrett Smith and Sandra Bernal

Cultivating communities: Understanding motivations in urban gardening among low-income residents in Cape Town, South Africa

Tinashe Kanosvamhira

Living Lab exploring routinized kitchen practices to reduce cross-sectoral food waste

Anne Clausen, Niels Kristensen and Stine Hansen

Food insecurity and barriers to supplemental food provision in the Mississippi Delta: A qualitative analysis

Sophie Hathaway

Promoting health through transdisciplinary local food system partnerships: Insights from the North Carolina Local Food Council

Amanda Hege, Morgan Cooper, K. Alexander Soltany, Diane Beth, Maria Ramirez Perez, Alice Ammerman and Angel Cruz

Digitalization of food provisioning: A scoping review of social implications and pathways to equitable futures

Mosen Farhangi, Harald Rohracher, Nevin Cohen, Rositsa Ilieva, Meike Brückner, Suse Brettin and Esther Veen

Growing community, food sovereignty, and health: A case study of a farm-based produce prescription program

Sara Shostak, Anna Kehoe, Jolie Black and Rachel Bindman

Evaluating the sustainability of restaurant supply chains: A case study of organic restaurants in urban Thailand

Natapol Thongplew, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, Parcharapat Tawinnorppanan and Pia Laborgne

Nutritional education on fruit and vegetable consumption among food pantry clients: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Moses Wanyakha and Nancy Grudens Schuck

The impact of India’s onion policy on local growers and communities

Ashutosh Sharma

Women: The first farmers

Harpinder Sandhu

Readiness, outcomes, and capacity for future sustainability of food policy councils created through SNAP-Ed: A case study

Carrie Draper, Zachary Herrnstadt and Ashley Page Bookhart

Understanding the social implications of digital agricultural technologies

Jenny Melo-Velasco, Kelly Wilson, Mary Hendrickson and Corinne Valdivia

Urban farming as a form of the future food security in the Czech Republic

Jan Szturc, Tomáš Mašíček, Adéla Navrátilová and Jana Kozlovsky-Dufková

“The ones who are on their best behavior keep coming”: H-2A farmworkers in Idaho

Lisa Meierotto, Rebecca Som Castellano and Carly Hyland

Closing the food access gap in rural Mississippi: Evaluation of the Grocery Online Ordering Distribution Service (GOODS) program using an assets-based framework

Ivonne Quiroz, Katherine Fraser, Sara Evans Miller, Kevin Coogan and Nevin Cohen

Roots of resilience: A case study on the strength and survival of small-scale Black farmers in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta region

Destiny Crockett, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige and Brian Williams

Rethinking sustainable food supply chains: The role of stakeholders’ place identity

Yu-Jie Zhao, Kuan-Ting Wu and Jiun-Hao Wang

Establishing a community garden in Miawpukek First Nation, Newfoundland, Canada: Research brief on soil contamination challenges and solutions

Robert Moriarity, Meaghan Wilton, Eric Liberda, Tim Drew, Ada John, Howard Jeddore, Atanu Sarkar, Jim Karagatzides and Leonard Tsuji

Sustaining life: Protecting Pakistan’s fertile soil and advocating against soil sealing

Amanullah

Nutrition incentives in action: Exploring nutrition security and community connection in a longitudinal study

Alexandrea Manuel, Jon Graham, Ian Finch, Andrea Buckingham, Maja Pedersen and Blakely Brown

THE ECONOMIC PAMPLETEER: Common sense in a time of uncertainty

John Ikerd

Volume 14, issue 2, 2025

EDITORIAL: More than closing loops: Community-based circular food systems as pathways for transformation

María Alonso Martínez, Jacob Park, Anna Davies, WarīNkwī Flores, Sarah Rocker and Jim Worstell

IN THIS ISSUE: Community-based circular food systems

Duncan Hilchey

What does matter most for farmers’ choice of marketing channels? Evidence from coastal Bangladesh

Md Mahbubul Alam, Sharjana Shaba and S. M. Ashik-Uz-Zaman

Farm stops: Understanding a new model for local food distribution

Kathryn Barr

Lessons from building a regional food system in Eastern Connecticut

Sydney Clements

Community-based circular food systems in Pakistan: A path to sustainable food security

Amanullah and Urooj Khan

Building community through communal gardening

Gabriel Salah-Pfeiffer

Retail food loss and waste reduction interventions: A scoping review

Caitlin Olauson Barlas, Wanda Martin and Alejandra Fonseca-Cuevas

Food pricing and consumer choice: Recommendations for improving affordability for fresh produce in Missouri

Erica Williams, Participants of the 2024 Fruit and Vegetable Policy Convening, Lyndsey Ellis, Sagata Chatterjee, Thi Nguyen and Sarah Anderson

Implementing Spanish-language pesticide labeling: The role of internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers

Catherine LePrevost, Joseph Lee and Modjulie Moore

The Pluma designation of origin for coffee granted to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico

Jesica Jiménez-Mendoza, Norma Santos-Sánchez, Iván García-Montalvo, Marco Sánchez-Medina and Alma Pérez-Santiago

An account of labor market inequality in the craft beer industry

Christopher Elliott

Measuring community power: A scale to measure collective self-determination, Embodied Earth Care and Connection, and Ubuntu among urban farmers and gardeners

Ashley Gripper and Tori Cowger

How to address resource inequity in collaborative work: Reflections on partnerships between Vermont and Puerto Rico

David Conner

Unpacking innovation demands for climate-resilient mixed farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa: A case of northern Ghana

Abena Ofosu, Thai Thai and Birhanu Birhanu

Setting tables for community food sovereignty: Building a food sovereignty toolkit

William Schanbacher, Dhalia Bumbaca, Luciana Jones, Ana Vidal, Christiane Barros-Adwell, Anthony Olivieri and Jennifer Kue

Urban agriculture education for teens: A multidimensional study of positive psychosocial and metacognitive outcomes

Mecca Howe and Jennifer Robinson

Empowering teens through food justice: An exploration of youth development programs

Catherine Horwitz and Teresa Mares

Crafting a grassroots introduction to food policy course

William Schanbacher, Joe Bohn and Erica Hall

Failure to launch: An analysis of an attempted central kitchen pilot program to serve childcare meals

J. Dara Bloom, David Yates, Gizem Templeton, Emma Brinkmeyer and Caroline Hundley

Assessing the existence of food deserts, food swamps, and supermarket redlining in Saginaw: A small, racially segregated mid-Michigan city

Dorceta Taylor, Ashley Bell, Abdeali Saherwala, Storm Lewis, Greg Rybarczyk and Richard Wetzel

Scaling up local and regional food systems: Understanding and navigating opportunities and challenges in the Palouse region

Soren Newman, Darin Saul, Steven Peterson, Colette DePhelps, Felix Liao, Robert Heinse, Jodi Johnson-Maynard, Jane Kolodinsky and Hannah Smith

Understanding smallholder dairy productivity and poverty reduction in Eritrea: An A-WEAI approach

Stephen Onakuse, Lilian Treasure, Okbasilassie Msghina and Kahsay Negash

Community-based compost distribution program’s role in organic waste diversion and the circular food system

Taylor Baisey, Kristida Chhour, Isabel Cabrera and Jennifer Sowerwine

Reconsidering the wholesale food market: The Ontario Food Terminal and the role of public infrastructure in a corporate consolidated food system

Sarah Elton, Matilda Dipieri and Donald Cole

Relational autonomy highlights how interdependencies shift in the transformation of food provisioning

Margriet Goris, Daphne Schoop, Dirk Roep and Jan Hassink

Putting the P(ee) in perennial agriculture: Reflections on a workplace urine nutrient reclamation project

Madeline DuBois, Laura van der Pol, Tatiana Schreiber, Aubrey Streit Krug and Timothy Crews

Community farming in Northern Ireland: Definitions and impacts

Jonathan Hanson, Ciaran Collins, O’Hara, Tiziana and Matthew Williams

Towards a cohesive circular food economy: A motivation opportunity ability (MOA) approach to understanding an emerging group of practitioners in Metro Vancouver

Emily Burkholder, Tammara Soma, Marena Winstanley and Geoff McCarney

Co-creative rapid assessment for actionable circular food systems

Elisabeth Obeng, Sabine Desczka, Bobby Tsvetkov, Inder Kumar and Sophie Galema

Co-designing an impact evaluation tool for food hubs in the UK

Gemma Bridge, Effie Papargyropoulou, Sonja Woodcock, Emma Strachan, Joanna Rowlands and Elizabeth Boniface

Policy and practice brief on the 2019 New Swine Inspection System, line speeds, and workers

Kelsey Crawford and Patti Truant Anderson

Household food waste behaviors of participants in a municipal community compost program

Catherine Campbell, Cody Gusto, Kathleen Kelsey, Helen Haase, Nevin Cohen, Kai Robertson, Gregory Kiker and Ziynet Boz

The Economic Pamphleteer: Why not food-based communities?

John Ikerd

Volume 14, issue 1, 2025

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Government regulation: Too much or too little

John Ikerd

Sustainable agriculture impacts in urban settings make the case for federal investments

Hagan Capnerhurst, Hannah Quigley and Jason Hawes

IN THIS ISSUE: Indigenous knowledge at the food systems forefront

Duncan Hilchey

Indigenous food sovereignty: Pathways for Native scholars: Revitalizing Indigenous food systems through research and knowledge-sharing

Mapuana Antonio, Joseph Brewer, Richard Elm-Hill, Michael Johnson, Tabitha Robin, A-Dae Romero-Briones, Lois Stevens and Keith Williams

Restoring an Onkwehonwehnéha ecosystem

Jasmine Jimerson

Getting into the weeds: Vandana Shiva calls for an alternative to industrial agriculture

Anna Marchessault

First-year hemp farmers' motives and resources to cultivate hemp

Blake Colclasure, Jason Caldwell, Tyler Granberry, Christine Rost and Bailey Gasseling

Food recalls: An unnecessary and preventable factor in food waste

Rubén Morawicki

Understanding Indigenous knowledge of conservation and stewardship before implementing co-production with Western methodologies in resource management: A focus on fisheries and aquatic ecosystems

Stafford Maracle, Jennifer Maracle and Stephen Lougheed

A framework to guide future farming research with Indigenous communities

Daniel Hayden and Amber Hayden

Food access interventions in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: A scoping review

Danya Carroll, Lynn Mad Plume and Nicole Redvers

Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape]: Insights from Buffalo, New York

Micaela Lipman, Domonique Griffin, Erik Woyciesjes, Gabriella Hall and Samina Raja

U.S. farmers market attendance and experiences: Descriptive results from a national survey

Laura Witzling, Bret Shaw and Darlene Wolnik

What scale for local food system planning? Insights from French case studies

Tianzhu Liu

A research brief describing a logic model framework for planning a Food Recovery Network chapter at an undergraduate university

Tanu Altomare and Colleen Payton

Racial equity and the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture granting program and urban offices

Kristin Reynolds, Cédric Gottfried and Tamarra Thomas

Hāloa: The long breath of Hawaiian sovereignty, water rights, and Indigenous law

Puanani Apoliona-Brown

Transportation barriers in local and regional food supply chains

Caroline Krejci, Amy Marusak, Anuj Mittal, Narjes Sadeghiamirshahidi and Sue Beckwith

Setting the table for rural food access: Models from Appalachia and the Deep South

Abigail Darwin, Nicole Nunoo, Jung Lee, Abigail Borron and Jennifer Thompson

Formative assessment of community health center Food is Medicine programs during COVID-19 in Northern California

Cristina Moraga Franco, Edye Kuyper and Reina Engle-Stone

Experiences from a land-based learning project focused on local food interventions

Abbey Palmer, Phillip Warsaw, Aaron McKim, R. Bud McKendree, Maezie Nettleton, Tiffany Marzolino and Haley Brasier

Growing together or growing apart?: A study of food donation community garden programming during the COVID-19 pandemic

Moses Wanyakha, Nancy Grudens-Schuck and Ann Oberhauser

Regional food system sustainability: Using team science to develop an indicator-based assessment framework

Serge Wiltshire, Brian Beckage, Chris Callahan, Lisa Chase, David Conner, Heather Darby, Jane Kolodinsky, Jana Kraft, Deborah Neher, Walter Poleman, Taylor Ricketts, Daniel Tobin, Eric von Wettberg and Meredith Niles

Food insecurity in paradise: An exploration of food system resilience in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Joshua Gruver, Kimberly Lee and Emily Hayes

Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities

Lailà Lokosang, Leonard Kirui, Joyce Maru, Joseph Karugia, Sirak Bahta and Dolapo Enahoro

Garden access and barriers for low-income community members

Cherish Duerst, Robert Williams, Jose Lopez and Douglas LaVergne

Supporting new gardeners: Perspectives of gardeners and garden leaders

Alyssa Beavers, Rebekah Ray, Kristin Lacy, Eva Coringrato, Ashby Sachs, Kelly, Za’Nyia, Hannah Buchenau, Erin Decker, Lara Fahnestock, Pallas Quist, James Hébert, Jill Litt and Katherine Alaimo

Empowering local food security: A systematic review of community grain banks

Vaishali Sharma

Farmers market food safety: A comprehensive review of training needs in the U.S

Zeynal Topalcengiz, Sujata Sirsat, Jennifer Acuff and Kristen Gibson

Barriers to access to local produce in an early childhood setting in rural Appalachia

Miller, ‘Erali’, Kathleen Schroeder, Bhuwan Thapa and Elizabeth Shay

Exploring barriers and facilitators to direct-to-retail sales channels: Farmers’ perspectives on wholesaling produce to small food retailers in Charles County, Maryland

Audrey Thomas, Emma Lewis, Lisa Poirier, Stacey Williamson, Yutong Xie, Alexis Lightner and Joel Gittelsohn