Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

2010 - 2025

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Volume 10, issue 4, 2021

Re-energizing Japan's teikei movement: Understanding intergenerational transitions of diverse economies

Chika Kondo

Gardening for change: Community giving gardens and senior food insecurity

Kathleen Tims, Mark Haggerty, John Jemison, Melissa Ladenheim, Sarah Mullis and Elizabeth Damon

Using common practices to establish a framework for mobile produce markets in the United States

Christina Kasprzak, Julia Schoonover, Deanna Gallicchio, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Leah Vermont, Alice Ammerman, Samina Raja, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter and Lucia Leone

COVID-19, food insecurity, and diet-related diseases: Can syndemic theory inform effective responses? A case study

J. Robin Moon, Craig Willingham, Shqipe Gjevukaj and Nicholas Freudenberg

Reflections on the North Central Community Gardens Branch Out Project

Maegan Krajewski

Setting the table, not running it: An inclusive approach to access to healthy foods

Karen Emmerman and Lauren Ornelas

Recipes for resistance: Practical applications of restorative food justice in New Haven, Connecticut

Cara Santino

From seed to social agency

Chelsea Klinke and Gertrude Samar

How partnerships shaped the Dane CARES Farm-to-Food Bank program

Jessica Guffey Calkins and Claire Mance

In remembrance of our colleague Evan Weissman: Scholar, community leader, mentor, and friend

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Anne Bellows, Rick Welsh and Mary Kiernan

Tribute to Evan Weissman on behalf of the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance

Maura Ackerman, Mary Carney, Brandy Colebrook, Nel Gaudé, Elissa Johnson, LaToya Jones, David Knapp, Jessi Lyons, Peter Ricardo, Jonnell Robinson, Rachel Viens and Curtis Waterman

Trace and tribute: Evan Weissman

Matthew Potteiger

A tribute to Evan Weissman from Syracuse Grows

Jonnell Robinson, Sarah Brown, Rose Tardiff, Dennis Brady, Jen Pauley and Mable Wilson

An academic for the people: A tribute to Evan Weissman

Jessi Lyons

Evan Weissman: Food studies scholar and hometown scholar-activist

Daniel Block

Alternate harvest: Lessons in openness and connection

Zeke Leonard

Tribute: Evan Weissman

Tod Rutherford

Evan Weissman: Remembering our advisor, professor, and comrade

Katie Mott

Food as a Tool for Social Change: Introduction to the special section

Katie Mott, Maegan Krajewski, Cheyenne Schoen, Hanna Goldberg and Will Cecio

Improving the function of a high obesity program: Findings from community-engaged Mississippi Delta focus groups

Erin King, Connie Baird-Thomas, Angela Robertson, Masey Smith and David Buys

Information sources utilized by Vermont foodservice businesses during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Henry Blair, David Conner, Naomi Cunningham, Jessica Krueger and Claire Whitehouse

An examination of adaptations of direct marketing channels and practices by Maryland fruit and vegetable farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Grace Bachman, Sara Lupolt, Mariya Strauss, Ryan Kennedy and Keeve Nachman

Getting the food out: A content analysis of the online communication of Seattle food banks during the initial response to COVID-19

Audrey Immel, Yona Sipos, Amber Khan and Nicole Errett

African and Native American foodways and resilience: From 1619 to COVID-19

Lindsey Lunsford, Melvin Arthur and Christine Porter

“Not a new pattern”: Black farmers’ perspectives on barriers to participating in federal farm programs

Kelli Russell, Leslie Hossfeld and Gina Rico Mendez

Effects of experiential food education on local food purchasing and eating behavior

Amy Lanou, Leah Mathews, Jessica Speer, Lance Mills and Nicholas Gold-Leighton

Food sovereignty and farmland protection in the Municipal County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Greg Cameron and David Connell

Market challenges for local specialty crop producers during the early phase of COVID-19 in North Carolina

Hannah Dankbar, Ethan Phillips, Angel Cruz, Emma Volk and Mark Hoffmann

Models for cost-offset community supported agriculture (CO-CSA) programs

Marilyn Sitaker, Mackenzie McCall, Weiwei Wang, Mia Vaccaro, Jane Kolodinsky, Alice Ammerman, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Karla Hanson, Diane Smith and Rebecca Seguin-Fowler

What do farmers bring to market? Exploring good types, number of vendors, and founding dates by SES and race/ethnicity

Justin Schupp, Katherine Martin, Delia MacLaughlin and Eric Pfeiffer

Controlled environment agriculture and containerized food production in northern North America

Alex Wilkinson, Craig Gerlach, Meriam Karlsson and Henry Penn

Volume 10, issue 3, 2021

IN THIS ISSUE: Open call papers, and more papers and commentaries on the impact of COVID-19 on the food system

Duncan Hilchey

The encyclopedia of agroecology and Indigenous wisdom: Reflections on McFadden’s Deep Agroecology

Alissa Boochever

Reimagining solidarity with strawberry farmworkers in the United States

Emily Nink

Exploring differences in communication behaviors between organic and conventional farmers

Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa, Joy Rumble and Emily Buck

Examining food insecurity and areas with unmet food needs during COVID-19: A geospatial, community-specific approach

Kathryn Janda, Raven Hood, Amy Price, Samantha Night, William Edwin Marty, Amanda Rohlich, Kacey Hanson, Marianna Espinoza and Alexandra van den Berg

Nested risks and responsibilities: Perspectives on fertilizer from human urine in two U.S. regions

Tatiana Schreiber, Shaina Opperman, Rebecca Hardin, Julia Cavicchi, Audrey Pallmeyer, Kim Nace and Nancy Love

Bridging scientific and experiential knowledges via participatory climate adaptation research: A case study of dry farmers in Oregon

Melissa Parks, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally and Amy Garrett

Food forests: Their services and sustainability

Stefanie Albrecht and Arnim Wiek

Can large-scale land acquisition deals improve livelihoods and lift people out of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? Empirical evidence from Tanzania

Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena

"Treat everybody right": Examining foodways to improve food access

Alex Hill

Cost-benefit analysis as a tool for measuring economic impacts of local food systems: Case study of an institutional sourcing change

Zoë Plakias

Visitors and values: A qualitative analysis of agritourism operator motivations across the U.S

Lindsay Quella, Lisa Chase, David Conner, Travis Reynolds, Weiwei Wang and Doolarie Singh-Knights

Resurgence, refusal, and reconciliation through food movement organizations: A case study of Food Secure Canada’s 2018 Assembly

Heather Elliott, Monica Mulrennan and Alain Cuerrier

Access to foods using Grand Rapids, Michigan, as a case study: Objective versus subjective issues

Zeenat Kotval-K, Shruti Khandelwal and Kendra Wills

Indicators of readiness and capacity for implementation of healthy food retail interventions

Jennifer Sanchez-Flack, Kakul Joshi, Eunice Lee and Darcy Freedman

Wild gardening as a sustainable intensification strategy in northwest Cambodian smallholder systems

Sarah Eissler, David Ader, Sovanneary Huot, Stuart Brown, Ricky Bates and Thomas Gill

Disease and disaster: Navigating food insecurity in a community affected by crises during COVID-19

Andrew Pyle, Michelle Eichinger, Barry Garst, Catherine Mobley, Sarah Griffin, Leslie Hossfeld, Mike McGirr and Helen Saunders

COVID-19 and consumer demand for local meat products in South Carolina

Steven Richards and Michael Vassalos

Eating inequity: The injustice that brings us our food

Manar Alattar

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Local foods: Seeds for social change

John Ikerd

The scope of U.S. state soil health legislation: A mixed-methods policy analysis

Madison Delmendo, Yona Sipos, David Montgomery, Ryan Cole and Jennifer Otten

Volume 10, issue 2, 2021

IN THIS ISSUE: The impact of COVID-19 on the food system

Duncan Hilchey

Missouri's specialty crop beginning farmers cultivate resilience during COVID-19

Amy Patillo, James Millsap, Patrick Byers, Jamie Gundel, Katherine Peregoy, Amy Lake, Sarah Denkler, Eric Meusch and David Burton

A systems approach to navigating food security during COVID-19: Gaps, opportunities, and policy supports

Alesandros Glaros, Chloe Alexander, Jodi Koberinski, Steffanie Scott, Stephen Quilley and Zhenzhong Si

Cass Clay Food Partners: A networked response to COVID-19

Noelle Harden, Bob Bertsch, Kayla Carlson, Megan Myrdal, Irena Bobicic, Abby Gold, Kim Lipetzky and Tim Hiller

COVID-19 and school food: The impact of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic on student nutrition programs in Ontario

Indra Noyes and Nicola Lyle

Application of free-listing in identifying desirable foods and their accessibility in an urban nonprofit supermarket

Kaitlyn Harper, Emma Lewis, Lisa Poirier, Bengucan Gunen, Antonio Trujillo and Joel Gittelsohn

From globalism to localism: How structural economic shifts can support the local food movement

Emily Duncan

Thinking better about rural wealth creation and retention

David Kay

Sacred recipes: The praxis, power, and politics of Black food culture

Lauren Forbes

Food bank drive-through distribution during COVID-19: A reflective essay

Brittney Cavaliere, Carson Drew and Katie Martin

SNAP participants' purchasing patterns at a food co-op during the COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary analysis

Molly Parker, Valisa Hedrick, Sam Hedges, Elizabeth Borst, Meredith Ledlie Johnson, Maureen Best and Sarah Misyak

Stirring up lessons for food activists

Robert Kluson

Small farms might rescue the future

Hannah Lohr

Tackling food systems from a broad spectrum

Cassandra Hawkins

Media coverage of a pandemic's impacts on farmers and implications for agricultural resilience and adaptation

Douglas Jackson-Smith and Hadi Veisi

Introducing an innovative design to examine human-environment dynamics of food deserts responding to COVID-19

Chyi-Lyi Liang, Lyubov Kurkalova, Leila Hashemi Beni, Timothy Mulrooney, Manoj Jha, Haoran Miao and Gregory Monty

Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i

Saleh Azizi Fardkhales and Noa Lincoln

The impact of COVID-19 on local government stakeholders' perspectives on local food production

Catherine Campbell

Lockdown farmers markets in Bengaluru: Direct marketing activities and potential for rural-urban linkages in the food system

Neda Yousefian, M. Soubadra Devy, K. Geetha and Christoph Dittrich

Universal free school meals through the Community Eligibility Provision: Maryland food service provider perspectives

Amelie Hecht, Roni Neff, Tam Kelley and Keshia Pollack Porter

Assessing sense of community at farmers markets: A systematic review

Jennifer Russomanno and Jennifer M. Jabson Tree Jabson Tree

Growing a sustainable local grain economy in Arizona: A multidimensional analytical case study of an alternative food network

Nigel Forrest and Arnim Wiek

Civic agriculture in review: Then, now, and future directions

Allison Kaika and Alexis Racelis

How health-conscious urban gardeners aim to increase vegetable consumption in their community while simultaneously supporting Black entrepreneurship

Rachel Soper

A system dynamics approach to examining household food insecurity

Kyle Metta, Laura Olabisi and Renee Wallace

Farming the future: Youth enthusiasm and transforming Nepal’s economy through agriculture

Saugat Khanal, Pankaj Dhital and Stephen Christian

The role of community-based efforts in promoting sustainable diets: Lessons from a grassroots meat-reduction campaign

Rebecca Ramsing, Kenjin Chang, Zoé Hendrickson, Zhe Xu, Madison Friel and Ellen Calves

Stories as indicators: Lessons learned using the Most Significant Change method to evaluate food systems work in Michigan

Lilly Fink Shapiro, Lesli Hoey and Kathryn Colasanti

Farmer social connectedness and market access: A case study of personal networks among emerging farmers

Christian Scott and Robert Richardson

Where do 'localphiles' shop? A mixed-methods case study of food-buying habits

Emily McKee

Operating principles for collective scholar-activism: Early insights from the Agroecology Research-Action Collective

Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Annie Shattuck, Alastair Iles, Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Antonio Roman-Alcalá and M. Jahi Chappell

Alternative food distribution networks, resilience, and urban food security in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nurcan Atalan-Helicke and Bürge Abiral

Dedication, innovation, and collaboration: A mixed-methods analysis of school meals in Connecticut during COVID-19

Katherine Connolly, Molly Babbin, Sarah McKee, Kevin McGinn, Juliana Cohen, Sandra Chafouleas and Marlene Schwartz

Dismantling and rebuilding the food system after COVID-19: Ten principles for redistribution and regeneration

Dana James, Evan Bowness, Tabitha Robin, Angela McIntyre, Colin Dring, Annette Desmarais and Hannah Wittman

Perspectives from the front line: The post-pandemic emergency food system in North Carolina

Amanda Hege, Nikki McCormick, Peggy Robinson, Kina Charles, Jan Jones and Eric Aft

Food access initiatives: An integral piece of the Revere, Massachusetts, COVID-19 response

Molly Babbin, Rachel Zack, Jean Granick and Kathleen Betts

New survey shows COVID-19's impacts on South Carolina oyster farmers and offers hope for recovery

Steven Richards and Marzieh Motallebi

A global food systems framework for pandemic prevention, response, and recovery

Anastasia Lambrou, Isha Berry, Amelie Hecht and Alain Labrique

Walking the nutrition talk: The impact of a community-engaged nonprofit in Selma, Alabama

Susan Raymond and Chad McEachern

The impact of COVID-19 on food security and income of women farmers in South and Southeast Asia

, Neha and Kaustubh Kumar

Case study of a food relief grocery model: The Neighborhood Pop-Up Grocery Project

Hallie Casey, Jenifer DeAtley, Carissa Eckle, Mia Burger, Jarred Maxwell and Eric de Valpine

Nimble in a pandemic: Lessons learned from Concrete Jungle’s Grocery Delivery Program

Rachel Blacher and Nichole Fields-Kyle

Cultivating community resilience: How North Carolina’s food council is facilitating an effective response during COVID-19

Angel Cruz, Alice Ammerman, Nancy Creamer, Barry Nash, Ethan Phillips, Martha Przysucha and Amanda Hege

A food nonprofit's response to COVID-19: The Common Market leans on its mission to serve

Caitlin Honan

Farming in the time of pandemic: Small farms demonstrate flexibility, innovation, and hope

Nora White

Immediate impacts of COVID-19 measures on bean production, distribution, and food security in Eastern Africa

Eileen Nchanji, Cosmas Lutomia and David Karanja

Activating the local food system in emergency food response

Andy Ollove and Samiha Hamdi

A collaborative response to equitable food access during COVID-19: Building from Mass in Motion practices

Kim Etingoff and Jessica del Rosario

A collaborative approach to COVID-19 response: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems community-based food system initiatives

Shorlette Ammons, Sarah Blacklin, Dara Bloom, Shironda Brown, Marcello Cappellazzi, Nancy Creamer, Angel Cruz, Janie Hynson, Gini Knight, Laura Lauffer, Kathleen Liang, Lee Menius, Abbey Piner, Arneisha Smallwood, Robyn Stout, Caroline Stover, Tessa Thraves and Bevelyn Ukah

Agritourism around the globe: Definitions, authenticity, and potential controversy

R. David Lamie, Lisa Chase, Emilio Chiodo, Lori Dickes, Sharon Flanigan, Claudia Schmidt and Thomas Streifeneder

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Realities of regenerative agriculture

John Ikerd

Volume 10, issue 1, 2020

IN THIS ISSUE: COVID-19 commentaries and open call papers

Duncan Hilchey

Observations and suggestions during COVID-19: Harnessing pre-existing elements to increase food security

Neil Cox and Zoe Beynon-MacKinnon

Operation Community Impact responds to food insecurity and challenges faced by dairy producers

Stacey Stearns, William Davenport and Jennifer Cushman

Food systems resilience through dialogue: Localizing a food systems approach in pandemic response

Angela Hansen, Eilif Ronning and Katie Collier

“Let us be small”: A case study on the necessity for intentionally small producers

Alexandria Huber

Community Capitals Policing merges food economy and public safety, repairing decades of harm

Martin Neideffer

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity

Maha Almohamad, Dania Mofleh and Shreela Sharma

Providing menu and shopping toolkits to improve food access and security during a pandemic

Kelly Kunkel, Abby Gold and Betsy Johnson

Fostering food equity in an immigrant neighborhood of New York City during COVID-19

Valerie Imbruce

Making seafood accessible to low-income and nutritionally vulnerable populations on the U.S. West Coast

J. Koehn, Emilee Quinn, Jennifer Otten, Edward Allison and Christopher Anderson

Toward a framework for assessing managerial intentions: A review of support for market managers’ engagement with nutrition incentive programs

Cody Gusto and John Diaz

A gap analysis of farm tourism microentrepreneurial mentoring needs in North Carolina, USA

Bruno Ferreira, Duarte Morais, Adriana Szabo, Becky Bowen and Susan Jakes

Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College

Amanda Green, David Martin and Gracie Ghartey-Tagoe

Rethinking “food security” in Africa

Joeva Rock

Framing the fight: Food, history, and meaning in the mess

Jess Gerrior

Indigenizing food sovereignty

David Everson

The promise of sustainability for Iowa

Paul Lasley

Incorporating local foods into low-income families’ home-cooking practices: The critical role of sustained economic subsidies

Jennifer Gaddis, Amy Coplen, Molly Clark-Barol, Allea Martin, Claire Barrett and Lauren Lubowicki

Evaluating food hubs: Reporting on a participatory action project

Erin Nelson and Karen Landman

Oregon farmers' perspectives on motivations and obstacles to transition to certified organic

Deanna Lloyd and Garry Stephenson

iZindaba Zokudla: A conversation about food systems change in South Africa

Naudé Malan

ICT solutions to support local food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anuj Mittal and Jason Grimm

Iteration, innovation, and collaboration: Supporting farmers markets' response to COVID-19

Diana Broadaway and Darlene Wolnik

COVID-19 responses: Food policy councils are “stepping in, stepping up, and stepping back"

Anne Palmer, Abiodun Atoloye, Karen Bassarab, Larissa Calancie, Raychel Santo and Kristen Cooksey Stowers

Vulnerabilities of the craft chocolate industry amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Jeana Cadby

Community-led food resilience: Integrating grassroots food access into municipal emergency planning

Sasha Avrutina, Hanah Murphy and Eesha Patne

Providing planetary health diet meals to low-income families in Baltimore City during the COVID-19 pandemic

Richard Semba, Rebecca Ramsing, Nihaal Rahman and Martin Bloem

An initiative to develop 21st century regional food systems: (Jump-started by a US$10 billion federal stimulus COVID package)

Larry Yee and Jamie Harvie

Communication helped UConn Extension address the needs of agricultural producers

Stacey Stearns and Joseph Bonelli

Interventions and compliance: How the response to COVID-19 reflects decades of retail food protection efforts

Girvin Liggans, Devin Dutilly, Komita Carrington-Liggans, Mary Cartagena, Charles Idjagboro, Laurie Williams, Glenda Lewis, Mia Russell, Veronica Moore and Robert Sudler

Community gardening during times of crisis: Recommendations for community-engaged dialogue, research, and praxis

Angie Mejia, Manami Bhattacharya, Amanda Nigon-Crowley, Kelly Kirkpatrick and Chandi Katoch

Leveraging informal community food systems to address food security during COVID-19

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Annie Hardison-Moody and Carmen Byker Shanks

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: A Fair Deal for rural America

John Ikerd

Multi-objective optimization identifies trade-offs between self-sufficiency and environmental impacts of regional agriculture in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Christian Buschbeck, Larissa Bitterich, Christian Hauenstein and Stefan Pauliuk

How CARES of Farmington Hills, Michigan, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic

Thomas Schoenfeldt

COVID-19 amplifies local meat supply chain issues in South Carolina

Steven Richards and Michael Vassalos