Press Release Issued on

CSA Health Insurance Rebates Research

Together with the case study authors and the community organization coordinating this innovative program, we have issued a press release on the paper An Analysis of the Impacts of Health Insurance Rebate Initiatives on Community Supported Agriculture in Southern Wisconsin.

The sponsoring nonprofit, the Madison Area CSA Coalition, is excited to share their experience and success with this program, and hopes to assist other organizations that want to implement a similar system. See and share the press release at PRLog.org. For more details about this program, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , CSA Coalition executive director.

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New Papers Being Posted to Issue

Focusing on Food System Planning

News for 28 November 2011: Additional open-call papers and a column focusing on the special topic call of Food System Planning have been posted:

• Case Study: A Systems Analysis of Cattle Morbidity in a Niche Market Beef Cooperative — by Kim McCuistion, Jen Johnson Livsey, Doug Wilmeth (all at Texas A&M University-Kingsville), Dan Probert (Country Natural Beef), Barry Dunn (South Dakota State University), Ryan Rhoades, and Clay Mathis (both at Texas A&M University-Kingsville)
• The Community Food Centre: Creating Space for a Just, Sustainable, and Healthy Food System — by Charles Z. Levkoe and Sarah Wakefield (both at the University of Toronto)
• Land Use Planning for Sustainable Food Systems — The Economic Pamphleteer column by John Ikerd

News for 30 October 2011: Two new papers have just been posted focusing on the special topic call of Food System Planning:

• From Turf to Table: Grass Seed to Edible Grains in the Willamette Valley — by Katlyn J. Giombolini, Kimberlee J. Chambers, Joe W. Bowersox, and Peter M. Henry (all at Willamette University)
• Evaluating Food Systems in Comprehensive Planning: Is the Mississippi Gulf Coast Planning for Food? — by Jennifer S. Evans-Cowley (at The Ohio State University)

News for 25 October 2011: We have recently posted two additional papers focusing on the special topic call of Food System Planning:

• The Emerging Role of a Food System Planner: Integrating Food Considerations into Planning — by Tammara Soma (Sustain Ontario) and Sarah Wakefield (University of Toronto)
   
• Do Fast Food Restaurants Cluster Around High Schools? A Geospatial Analysis of Proximity of Fast Food Restaurants to High Schools and the Connection to Childhood Obesity Rates — by Hilary Nixon (San Jose State University) and Lauren Doud (Insignia Environmental)

News for 13 October 2011: We have recently posted two additional papers focusing on the special topic call of Food System Planning:

• Practicing Food Sovereignty: Spatial Analysis of an Emergent Food System for the Standing Rock Nation — by Morgan L. Ruelle, Stephen J. Morreale, Karim-Aly S. Kassam (all at Cornell University)
• An Optimization Approach To Assessing the Self-Sustainability Potential of Food Demand in the Midwestern United States — by Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan Arendt, and Randy Boeckenstedt (all at Iowa State University)

News of 3 October 2011: We just posted the first set of papers for our current issue:

• Incorporating Policies for a Healthy Food System into Land Use Planning: The Case of Waterloo Region, Canada — by Ellen Desjardins (University of Waterloo), John Lubczynski (Region of Waterloo Public Health), Marc Xuereb (Region of Waterloo Public Health) — in response to our call for papers on Food System Planning
• An Analysis of the Impacts of Health Insurance Rebate Initiatives on Community Supported Agriculture in Southern Wisconsin — by Greg Jackson, Amanda Raster, and Will Shattuck (all at University of Wisconsin–Madison)
• Acculturation and Consumption: Examining the Consumption Behavior of People of Afro-Caribbean Descent in Canada — by Bamidele Adekunle (University of Guelph), Glen Filson (University of Guelph), Sridharan Sethuratnam (FarmStart), and Dario Cidro (University of Guelph)

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Update: Issue 4 on

Food Value Chains

Is Now Complete

Volume 1, issue 4, on the special topic call of Food Value Chains — as well as open-call papers on additional topics — is now complete! See the current issue contents for details.

The first issue of Volume 2 will focus on Food System Planning Theory and Practice. Papers will be posted beginning in mid- to late September.

Open call papers that will be posted soon include:

• Case Study: A Systems Analysis of Cattle Morbidity in a Niche Market Beef Cooperative by K. C. McCuistion, J. J. Johnson, J. D. Wilmeth, D. Probert, B. H. Dunn, R. D. Rhoades and C. P. Mathis
• An Analysis of the Impacts of Health Insurance Rebate Initiatives on Community Supported Agriculture in Southern Wisconsin by Greg Jackson, Amanda Raster, and Will Shattuck
• Consumer Preference for Locally Grown Produce: An Analysis of Willingness-to-Pay and Geographic Scale by Perry Burnett, Todd H. Kuethe, and Curtis R. Price

JAFSCD Participates in U.S. National
Black Agriculture Awareness Week

In recognition of Black Agriculture Awareness Week, the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development will make a newly published paper available without subscription throughout the week of July 10–16, 2011.

     The study on which the paper is based used a participatory research approach to explore issues of ownership and loss with experienced North Carolina Black farmers. The researchers are associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

     The paper is entitled "'The Next Generation, That's Why We Continue To Do What We Do': African American Farmers Speak About Experiences with Land Ownership and Loss in North Carolina," by Peter Balvanz, Morgan L. Barlow, Lillianne M. Lewis, Kari Samuel, William Owens, Donna L. Parker, Molly De Marco, Robin Crowder, Yarbrough Williams, Dorathy Barker, Alexandra Lightfoot, Alice Ammerman. Read the paper now for free!

   Volume 1, Issue 3 is complete!

  Open Call Papers and

  Papers on Urban and

  Peri-Urban Agriculture,

  Part 2

Volume 1, Issue 4's FORTHCOMING PAPERS

on Food Value Chains (and Open Call Papers)

• The potential of a "Agriculture of the Middle" model in the context of EU rural development: An American solution to an Irish problem? by Áine Macken-Walsh >> Now Posted!
• Mid-Scale Food Value Chains: An Introduction by G. W. Stevenson, Kate Clancy, Robert King, Larry Lev, Marcia Ostrom, and Stewart Smith >> Now Posted!
• Informal and Formal Mechanisms of Coordination in Hybrid Food Value Chains by J. Dara Bloom and C. Clare Hinrichs >> Now Posted!
• Using a Supply Chain Analysis to Assess the Sustainability of Farm-to-Institution Programs by Gail Feenstra, Patricia Allen, Shermain Hardesty, Jeri Ohmart, and Jan Perez >> Now Posted!
• Value Chains and Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Scholar and Practitioner Efforts To Foster Partnerships by David S. Conner, Andrew Nowak, JoAnne Berkenkamp, Gail W. Feenstra, Julia Van Soelen Kim, Toni Liquori, and Michael W. Hamm >> Now Posted!
  
• Food Value Chain Development in Central New York: CNY Bounty by Becca B. R. Jablonski, Javier Perez-Burgos, and Miguel I. Gómez >> Now Posted!
• Acting Collectively To Develop Mid-Scale Food Value Chains by Larry Lev and G. W. Stevenson >> Now Posted!
• Corbin Hill Road Farm Share: A Hybrid Food Value Chain in Practice byNevin Cohen and Dennis Derryck >> Now Posted!
• Access to Information and Farmer’s Market Choice: The Case of Potato in Highland Bolivia by Nadezda Amaya and Jeffrey Alwang >> Now Posted!
  
• Kentucky State Parks Local Food Purchasing: A Reflective Essay by Bob Perry >> Now Posted!
• Money and Mission: Moving Food with Value and Values by Adam Diamond and James Barham >> Now Posted!
• Out in the Cold About COOL: An Analysis of U.S. Consumers’ Awareness of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labels for Beef by Katie L. Allen, Courtney Meyers, Todd Brashears, and Scott Burris >> Now Posted!
• Agricultural Economic Development at the Rural-Urban Interface: Community Organization, Policy and Agricultural Change by Jeff S. Sharp, Doug Jackson-Smith, and Leah Smith  >> Now Posted
• Increasing Farm Income and Local Food Access: A Case Study of Combined Storage, Marketing, and Distribution Strategies that Link Farmers to Markets by Michele C. Schmidt, Dr. Jane M. Kolodinsky, Thomas P. DeSisto, and Faye C. Conte >> Now Posted!

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