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American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in the U.S. encompass culturally rich food landscapes and traditions. Yet food access in AI/AN communities remains a public health issue. Analyzing food access using the social ecological model (SEM), it is influenced by a myriad of factors that may interact at different levels.
In a new JAFSCD article, Food access interventions in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: A scoping review, authors Dr. Danya Carroll (corresponding author), Lynn Mad Plume, and Dr. Nicole Redvers present findings from a scoping review that aimed to map the existing Indigenous community food access literature in the U.S. to the SEM to identify common SEM impact levels that food access interventions are targeting. This scoping review highlights the importance of leveraging strengths in AI/AN communities to enhance food access, including through culturally aligned programs and traditional foods.
KEY FINDINGS
Interventions targeted the “intrapersonal” and “community” SEM levels the most, while the “institutional” and “public policy” levels were the least targeted.
Food access was promoted in various intervention formats, including supporting community and/or school gardens; providing seeds; providing traditional foods at school, family, and community events; and providing meals to families.
The scoping review found that valuable research has been conducted on AI/AN food access interventions, with many interventions targeting multiple levels of the SEM.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH
Further collaboration between AI/AN communities and researchers may lead to the development of more informed multilevel interventions that further integrate Indigenous methodological and culturally based approaches to improving food access. Leveraging existing strengths in AI/AN communities is crucial for supporting community capacity to strengthen overall food access programming and systems. SHARE ON YOUR SOCIALS
Indigenous food systems are essential to supporting thriving health and well-being in Indigenous communities. A recently published scoping review by Indigenous authors Carroll, Mad Plume, and Redvers highlights key food access intervention points and areas of further need across the socioecological spectrum in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Read the newly published @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2025.141.020
#Indigenous #AmericanIndian #AlaskaNative #health #wellbeing #foodaccess
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SEEKING NEW JAFSCD PARTNERS
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JAFSCD would appreciate your assistance in finding one or more new JAFSCD Partners to support its transformative work — emphasizing accessibility, equity, and engagement, and progressive editorial policies such as triple-rigor* and positionality or reflexivity statements. Other JAFSCD efforts include our Food Policy and Practice Briefs program, Voices of the Grassroots essays, author mentorship programs, and the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Editorial Circle and its new quarterly column. The additional income from additional partners (@ US$10,000 annually) would support these efforts and allow us to bring a new editor-in-chief on board. This is an advantageous time, as we are preparing to migrate JAFSCD to a new peer-review and publishing platform (Scholastica).
We would like additional JAFSCD Partners to join our current prominent partners :
- Food Systems Research Center at The University of Vermont
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Institute for Sustainable Food Systems
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The Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture and Sustainability (INFAS)
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) & the University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (in a joint partnership)
We’d like to recruit a partner in the Midwest or West Coast of the U.S., as well as one outside of North America. Moreover, we would like to add a national or international nonprofit organization, especially one that represents the interests of less privileged voices.
Please contact Duncan Hilchey if you are engaged with an organization that might be interested in becoming an ongoing JAFSCD Partner. He can provide additional information to share with colleagues or you can share this info sheet.
JAFSCD has great potential to contribute to a better world, and having a talented editor-in-chief is a key to unleashing it. Please help us find one or two new JAFSCD Partners to make this happen.
* Credit for the triple-rigor concept goes to the late Christine Porter of the University of Wyoming; see her 10-minute presentation here.
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POSITION OPENINGS FROM JAFSCD SHAREHOLDERS |
NOTE >> Deadline EXTENDED to February 10!
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The Food Connection at the University of Kentucky (TFC) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct applied research on value chain coordination (VCC) in local and regional food systems. This is a unique and high-impact postdoctoral researcher position, created in partnership with TFC, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Local and Regional Foods Division (LRFD), and the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD). The postdoctoral researcher will lead a novel multi-institution research initiative that results in scholarly publications, stakeholder-facing technical assistance resources, and policy recommendations at local, regional, and national scales.
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The successful candidate will develop and lead externally funded research and extension programs that support and strengthen the viability of the New Jersey agricultural sector and individual farms. Through active engagement with the agricultural community, the Specialist will identify existing and emerging opportunities and needs, conduct applied research to assess what technical assistance and policies would help farmers take advantage of these opportunities, and provide educational outreach in the agricultural community across different scales of operation, commodities, and production systems.
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The Department of Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology, and Education (AESE) at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking candidates for an Extension Program Specialist who will conduct Extension programs, develop enterprise budgets, and create and update publications for the Penn State “Ag Alternative” series. The role includes supporting research projects and offering expert advice on risk management. The candidate will effectively build solid connections with stakeholders and their organizations. This position requires a master’s degree plus three years of relevant experience or equivalent work experience.
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Building Strong Retail Systems for Local Farmers and Local Food
With about one dozen farm stops now successfully up and running and several more approaching launch, now is the perfect time to gather, learn from one another, share best practices, and envision the role we’d like to see farm stops play in our local food ecosystems.
Whether you operate a farm stop already, or think that you may one day want to open one in your community, our goal is to provide content useful to you as you move forward. With that in mind, we are putting together an ambitious slate of local food thought leaders, and planning a full lineup of panels on everything from fundraising and marketing, to farm relations and merchandising, while also leaving plenty of time for networking.
Speakers and panelists include Philip Ackerman-Leist, John Ikerd (JAFSCD columnist), Kate Krauss, Debra Tropp, Michelle Miller, Kathryn Barr, and many others. |
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