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The JAFSCD spring issue contains a collection of commentaries that emerged from the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023 (held in Kansas City, Missouri, in May 2023). This collection provides insights into the dynamics of organizing in the U.S. toward agroecology, within research and outside of it. The guest editors are Karen Crespo Triveño, Ana Fochesatto, Catherine Horner, Ivette Perfecto, and Antonio Roman-Alcalá. |
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In a newly published JAFSCD commentary, Reflections on research agendas in agroecology: In search of a practical guide, authors Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer of the University of Michigan write, "it is evident that in order to achieve the transformation of our agri-food system into a just and sustainable one, it is essential to simultaneously disassemble the agro-industrial system responsible for the social, economic, and environmental crises we are facing today, while building sustainable and just alternatives in its place . . . [and that] for an effective and truly transformative change, we need to clearly articulate what the old system should be replaced with." Read the entire commentary for free.
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In a new JAFSCD commentary, Enantiomorphs no more: Indigenous agroecology and the future of food sovereignty: Reflections on the U.S. United States Agroecology Summit 2023, author Devon G. Peña of the University of Washington and The Acequia Institute explores the need for a decentralized and Indigenous orientation to agroecology. An excerpt: "Continuing dialogue is important in seeking to implement strategies that address the power/knowledge inequities currently constraining the possibilities for a BIPOC-led future for agroecology in the U.S. and especially across institutional spheres that reside and thrive outside academia. This means reconceptualizing the problem as involving much more than an academic struggle worthy of support; it points at a shift in focus toward agroecology as a community-based asset-building movement serving the larger goals and objectives of environmental justice and food sovereignty" [emphases in the original]. Read the entire commentary for free.
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Maíz / Milpa Tangamandapio, Michoacán. Photo from Feria de Productores on Flickr.
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The Institute for Sustainable Food Systems new YouTube channel hosts past webinars and research-related videos across the breadth of ISFS's programming, such as: -
Planning for Food Systems in Canada (webinar)
- Okanagan Bioregional Food Systems Study Webinar and Discussion
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- Community Supported Agriculture at KPU
- Bring Pasture to Production Field Day
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