From lhoey at umich.edu Wed Sep 14 04:51:17 2022 From: lhoey at umich.edu (Lesli Hoey) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] Food Systems Fellowships for Underrepresented Students at the University of Michigan Message-ID: Please share this opportunity below with your undergraduate students, undergraduate alumni or community partners to apply for the second cohort of the Transformative Food Systems Fellowship at the University of Michigan. TFS Fellows can earn a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning while studying food systems. Over $1 Million to Support new Transformative Food Systems Fellowship at the University of Michigan *Are you passionate about building ecologically resilient, healthy and equitable food systems? Read more below about the new Transformative Food Systems (TFS) Fellowships at the University of Michigan. * *Two-Year Fellowship* The TFS Fellowship is a two-year opportunity for master?s students who are U.S. citizens and traditionally underrepresented in food systems studies and careers. Supporting master?s students who enroll in the Fall of 2023, the TFS Fellowship offers a stipend, international summer travel award, and tuition scholarships -- with a total estimated value of $85,000. *3 Degree Options* TFS Fellows will participate in several interdisciplinary food systems classes and complete a field experience project while earning a master?s degree in either: - Nutritional Sciences (School of Public Health) - School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) - Urban and Regional Planning (Taubman College) *APPLY TODAY* Applications for the second class of Fellows in 2023 are due by January 31, 2023. Separate admission applications are required for the TFS Fellowship and also the SPH, SEAS or URP Master?s degree programs. Learn more here Learn more about the Transformative Food Systems Fellowship *Upcoming Interactive Webinar* Join us for an interactive webinar on *October 26 at 6:30pm *to learn more about the TFS Fellowship. Meet the current fellows and faculty, ask questions, and learn about what makes this new Fellowship so unique and exciting. Register here Meet the current TFS Fellows This email was sent to SFS-faculty@umich.edu *why did I get this?* unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Sustainable Food Systems Initiative ? 440 Church St ? Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ? USA [image: Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From duncan at lysoncenter.org Mon Sep 19 08:03:13 2022 From: duncan at lysoncenter.org (Duncan Hilchey) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] FREE Training: NEW Strategic Planning Course for Food Systems Development Professionals in the Northeast In-Reply-To: <00ef01d8cc37$d38388b0$7a8a9a10$@lysoncenter.org> References: <0.0.1D4.4C.1D8C93A05A005B8.0@drone120.ral.icpbounce.com> <108BB8CF-79A8-450C-99AF-294F4366CE75@lysoncenter.org> Message-ID: ANNOUNCEMENT PLEASE SHARE ATTENTION: Food Systems Development Professionals in the Northeast Do you work with food and agricultural groups that are at strategic-decision crossroads?maybe an exciting opportunity, or perhaps a crisis? Are they struggling with how to proceed? If so, apply to join the first group of trained and certified ACRE Strategic Planning Facilitators. The deadline for this application is Monday, October 3, 2022, at 5 pm ET.?AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion? (ACRE for short) is a professionally facilitated strategic planning process to help groups of farmers, especially those in value chains, work together and compete more effectively in an increasingly complex world. ACRE helps local and regional groups of farmers and their stakeholder allies transform into more resilient ?AgriClusters? by identifying shared concerns, histories, values, and opportunities, and by developing a strategic work plan. These groups of farmers and allies may include ranches, fisheries, mariculture, agroforestry and timber production, food handlers, food processors and packagers, distributors, and retailers, as well as nonprofit and government allies.We invite food system and agriculture development professionals (such as Extension staff, consultants, and nonprofit staff) in the Northeast United States to apply. By joining this first cohort of trainees, you will help beta-test the three-part curriculum, and become trained in strategic planning for agricultural clusters. Those who complete certification will be eligible to train other professionals who are working with farmer-led value-chain projects. To learn more about ACRE and our training and certification program for 2022-23, review the background information and video HERE, and complete the application if you are interested.PLEASE NOTE: The ACRE Program is dedicated to equal access and engagement. We encourage individuals who self-identify as a member of any disenfranchised group (e.g., BIPOC, LGBTQIA+) to apply. LEARN MORE The ACRE Facilitator Training & Certification Program is a collaboration of the Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, VetAgro Sup (Lyon, France), Cornell University?s Cooperative Enterprise Program, and the North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN). Funding for ACRE has come from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program (NESARE) and the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD). NAFSN is a professional development association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. Learn more at our website or social media channels! Questions about ACRE or the application? Contact Duncan Hilchey at duncan@lysoncenter.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 551350 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 2988 bytes Desc: not available URL: From info at lysoncenter.org Tue Sep 20 13:31:13 2022 From: info at lysoncenter.org (Info-Lyson Center) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: H-2A for farm labor; calls for papers & conf. abstracts & more! In-Reply-To: <0.0.134.B2.1D8CCFA3FFEC5AA.0@drone118.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.134.B2.1D8CCFA3FFEC5AA.0@drone118.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <048d01d8cd2f$f592df70$e0b89e50$@lysoncenter.org> View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ September 20, 2022 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, L ibrary Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website Call for Papers for a Special Issue of JAFSCD ?Fostering Socially and Ecologically Resilient Food and Farm Systems Through Research Networks? Special Issue Themes: INFAS and eOrganic are calling for submissions that help reveal whether and in what ways research networks can help regenerative agriculture (including organic and sustainable agriculture) better deliver on its promise of providing enhanced social and environmental benefits. We seek empirically based, transdisciplinary contributions at the intersection of scientific, policy, political, legal, practice, and civic arenas that validate regenerative agriculture practices that are ecologically and socially resilient. We are particularly interested in how transdisci?plinary research networks can foster food and farming systems that maximize social and environmental goods related to health, fairness, and care. Learn more at the full call for papers at the JAFSCD website or contact the lead special issue guest editor, Jessica Guarino (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). Deadlines: * Submission for presubmission review: 9/30/2022 * Notification of invitation to submit a full paper: 10/31/2022 * Submission of final manuscript: 2/28/2023 Please share this opportunity with your networks. Sharable images are at JAFSCD's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or download the full call as a PDF for printing and sharing! Is the H-2A Program and Farm Workforce Modernization Act the future of agricultural labor? ?JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Anna Zoodsma (Syracuse University), Mary Jo Dudley (Cornell University), and Laura Anne Minkoff-Zern (Syracuse University) Full article The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Visa Program is a fast-growing, uncapped source for seasonal agriculture labor across the US. Proposed expansions and changes to the program are being debated now in the Senate in a bill called the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which has already passed in the House of Representatives. If the bill passes in the Senate, the H-2A Program will expand to include year-round agriculture industries, provide a pathway to citizenship for some workers, and temporarily cap the potential for wage increases, among other changes. This legislation is highly contested due to possible impacts on immigration policy and national food security. Yet, any H-2A Program change will be most consequential for farmers and workers. In a new JAFSCD article, ? National food security, immigration reform, and the importance of worker engagement in agricultural guestworker debates,? authors Zoodsma, Dudley, and Minkoff-Zern present findings from both an in-depth media analysis of the H-2A Program and Farm Workforce Modernization Act and a series of qualitative interviews. Varied viewpoints of farmers, workers, grower and worker advocacy groups, intermediary agents, and politicians are compared, and the implications of this legislation for each stakeholder are discussed. KEY FINDINGS * Perspectives on the H-2A Program and Farm Workforce Modernization Act are dependent upon actors? level of direct interaction with workers. * Those who support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act use discourses of national food security and immigration reform to justify their support. * Moderate-sized farmers and regionally based worker advocacy groups tend to be the most concerned with issues in day-to-day H-2A program operations and fair working conditions. * National-level advocacy groups, intermediary agents, and politicians are less critical of the H-2A Program's shortcomings and seek to broadly expand farmer access to guestworkers. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH * A regional food systems approach is necessary to understand the nuanced impacts on the many stakeholders affected by the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and to address national food security and immigration reform as related issues. * Policymakers should develop systems to verify past employment of both H-2A and undocumented workers, to ensure that pathways to citizenship and opportunities for advanced level employment and security, if created through H-2A Program reforms, are equitably accessible to all workers. * Moderate-sized farmer and worker-level vulnerabilities must be prioritized in any proposed legislative reforms to the H-2A Program to ensure the long-term viability of a diverse, just, and sustainable agricultural labor system. * Moderate-sized farmers could benefit from increased program affordability, a streamlined process for completing paperwork and other bureaucratic tasks, and a policy that protects all farm laborers in the U.S. from deportation, regardless of other immigration reforms, among other changes. * Workers could benefit from legal protection to unionize and collectively organize without jeopardizing future employment, responsive grievance boards, and the ability to switch employers as needed without jeopardizing their visa, among other changes. Suggested Facebook or Instagram post: Is the H-2A Program and Farm Workforce Modernization Act the future of agricultural labor? New research from Syracuse University and Cornell University researchers analyzes findings from media reports as well as interviews with farmers, workers, grower and worker advocacy groups, intermediary agents, and politicians, highlighting contrasting perspectives on the H-2A Program and proposed reforms. Read the article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.114.009 Suggested tweet: Is H-2A Program and Farm Workforce Modernization Act the future of #aglabor? New research uses media reports, interviews w/ farmers, workers, advocacy groups, etc. to show perspectives. @SUFalkCollege #CornellFarmworkerProgram Read @JAFSCD for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.114.009 Photo above: Farmer taking care of crops, by Mark Stebnicki (public domain). CALL FOR CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Novel Foods and Novel Food Production: A Contribution to Sustainability and Food Security? Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2022 (see details below) Conference date: March 10, 2023 The American University of Rome| Papers can be presented in person or online The conference will focus on the wave of so-called disruptive technologies developed by mission-oriented entrepreneurs in the name of sustainability and food security: novel foods. These range from cellular meat, plant-based meat alternatives, and microorganism- and insect-based proteins. Similarly, innovations in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), encompassing a variety of indoor farming systems and vertical farming, aim to free the production of fresh produce from the risks and rhythms of the natural environment, and integrating it into urban life. Keynote speakers: * Prof. John Wilkinson, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (in person) * George Monbiot, Writer, Journalist, Environmental and Political Activist (online) The themes for contributions include: * The institutional characteristics of the new food innovation ecosystem * Novel forms of food production: Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA), characteristics, and social and governance dimensions * CEA as a reconfiguration of rural/urban perspectives * Novel foods: the extent of their adoption and their impact on diets * Consumer responses: vegetarianism, veganism, and flexitarianism * Responses of different social movements: environment, animal welfare, and food and health * Alternative proteins, including insects: a new problem for food security or part of the solution? * Plant-based proteins: consumption and production issues in the EU and U.S. * New forms of intellectual property in food and implications for food security * Impact of current innovations on agriculture, farmers, global food chains, and local food systems * Current innovations and new axes of global governance Deadline for the extended abstracts (800-1,200 words, including introduction, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions) and a short CV: November 30, 2022 Notifications of acceptance status: January 2023 Send questions or submissions to foodstudies@aur.edu More information: https://aur.edu/novelfoods2023 | Maria Grazia Quieti & Maria Fonte: m.quieti@aur.edu The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) is a professional association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. NAFSN is a sister program of JAFSCD. See NAFSN's new website to learn about our projects. * Events, including 2 webinar series and "Seasonal Sips & Job Tips" sessions * The upcoming launch of 3 NAFSN student chapters * 984 jobs posted so far this year on the only curated jobs board for food systems positions?updated daily! * 1-on-1 & other networking opportunities and job coaching for members Become a member today! Free trial available! This email is sent to you as a notification of newly published content and other JAFSCD news. Were you forwarded this JAFSCD Article Heads-up and you'd like to join the mailing list? Sign up! JAFSCD is an open access, community-supported journal! Your library, program, or organization can become a shareholder to help make JAFSCD's content available to all, regardless of their resources. We welcome individual shareholders as well. JAFSCD is published by the Thomas A. 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URL: From duncan at lysoncenter.org Mon Sep 26 08:50:52 2022 From: duncan at lysoncenter.org (Duncan Hilchey) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] FREE Training: NEW Strategic Planning Course for Food Systems Development Professionals in the Northeast In-Reply-To: <00ef01d8cc37$d38388b0$7a8a9a10$@lysoncenter.org> References: <0.0.1D4.4C.1D8C93A05A005B8.0@drone120.ral.icpbounce.com> <108BB8CF-79A8-450C-99AF-294F4366CE75@lysoncenter.org> Message-ID: ANNOUNCEMENT PLEASE SHARE ATTENTION: Food Systems Development Professionals in the Northeast Do you work with food and agricultural groups that are at strategic-decision crossroads?maybe an exciting opportunity, or perhaps a crisis? Are they struggling with how to proceed? If so, apply to join the first group of trained and certified ACRE Strategic Planning Facilitators. The deadline for this application is Monday, October 3, 2022, at 5 pm ET.?AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion? (ACRE for short) is a professionally facilitated strategic planning process to help groups of farmers, especially those in value chains, work together and compete more effectively in an increasingly complex world. ACRE helps local and regional groups of farmers and their stakeholder allies transform into more resilient ?AgriClusters? by identifying shared concerns, histories, values, and opportunities, and by developing a strategic work plan. These groups of farmers and allies may include ranches, fisheries, mariculture, agroforestry and timber production, food handlers, food processors and packagers, distributors, and retailers, as well as nonprofit and government allies.We invite food system and agriculture development professionals (such as Extension staff, consultants, and nonprofit staff) in the Northeast United States to apply. By joining this first cohort of trainees, you will help beta-test the three-part curriculum, and become trained in strategic planning for agricultural clusters. Those who complete certification will be eligible to train other professionals who are working with farmer-led value-chain projects. To learn more about ACRE and our training and certification program for 2022-23, review the background information and video HERE, and complete the application if you are interested.PLEASE NOTE: The ACRE Program is dedicated to equal access and engagement. We encourage individuals who self-identify as a member of any disenfranchised group (e.g., BIPOC, LGBTQIA+) to apply. LEARN MORE The ACRE Facilitator Training & Certification Program is a collaboration of the Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, VetAgro Sup (Lyon, France), Cornell University?s Cooperative Enterprise Program, and the North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN). Funding for ACRE has come from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program (NESARE) and the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD). NAFSN is a professional development association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. Learn more at our website or social media channels! Questions about ACRE or the application? Contact Duncan Hilchey at duncan@lysoncenter.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 551351 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 2989 bytes Desc: not available URL: