This year’s JustFood21 conference, organized by ASFS, AFHVS, CAFS, and SAFN, centers on the theme of food justice, highlighting how food is ensconced in systems of exclusion, oppression, and power. We reached …
Read More >As part of our #AAG2021 virtual conference series, we reached out to author Julie Guthman to discuss her award-winning book, Wilted, and our Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics series. Julie Guthman is …
Read More >March is Women’s History Month, and we at UC Press are proud to share our rich record of publishing stories of women from throughout history, between disciplines, and across borders. Please enjoy …
Read More >excerpted from Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry by Julie Guthman The appearance of Fusarium and Macrophomina in California’s strawberry fields, where they had supposedly never been before, …
Read More >During the third annual Mobilization conference from May 10-11 at San Diego State University, learn more about books on social movements, non-violent protests, and resistance. Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization …
Read More >As part of our “Resources for Your Summer Research” blog series, we present some of our recent titles that we think would be great additions to your Food Studies library. Happy reading! …
Read More >We’re excited to announce that Food and Power: A Culinary Ethnography of Israel by Nir Avieli is the co-winner of the 2018 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Award! The ASFS Book …
Read More >One of the themes in this year’s American Association of Geographers conference (occurring in Boston from April 5 – 9) is Mainstreaming Human Rights and Geography. Many geographers and scholars from all disciplines are concerned …
Read More >In our current political climate, reliable access to fresh and nutritious food remains an issue throughout the United States and other parts of the world. …
Read More >Last month, two UC Press authors received major prizes at the annual joint meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values …
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