From info at lysoncenter.org Thu Apr 6 16:27:25 2023 From: info at lysoncenter.org (JAFSCD) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: Two LOCAL MEAT articles--on marketing & on supporting processors In-Reply-To: <0.0.A7.A17.1D968CB9BF94174.0@drone125.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.A7.A17.1D968CB9BF94174.0@drone125.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <03b801d968df$5dc07530$19415f90$@lysoncenter.org> Read about the latest research published in JAFSCD! ? ? View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ April 6, 2023 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website Marketing more locally raised meats: A South Carolina study JAFSCD article by Steven Richards (Clemson Cooperative Extension) and Michael Vassalos (Clemson University) ? Full article South Carolina is one of the newest to join the ranks of states looking to invest in local meat processing. With these new capital investments, local meat processing capacity will undoubtedly increase, but what remains to be seen is the level of sustained consumer demand. This uncertainty was the impetus for a survey identifying local meat consumers, where they buy and consume locally raised meats, their preferences, how much they are willing to pay, and what attributes matter most to them. In a new JAFSCD article, " Marketing opportunities and challenges for locally raised meats: An online consumer survey in South Carolina," authors Steven Richards (the the corresponding author) and Michael Vassalos add to the literature concerning the consumption of local foods and meats. This is one of the few studies that disaggregates and examines the consumption of more than one type of local meat: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, and goat. More importantly, this study gives local meat producers and their allies more information about their target customers and provides a basis for future marketing strategies. KEY FINDINGS This study shows that there are both opportunities and challenges for marketing locally raised meats. Specifically: * Local meat consumers tend to be younger, reside in larger households, have higher educational attainment and household income, and are long-term residents of South Carolina. * Consumers are generally willing to pay up to a 24% premium for local meats to be eaten at home and a US$1.00 to US$1.99 premium per entr?e for local meats at a restaurant. * The most desirable attributes of local meats are hormone-free, all-natural, no antibiotics, and grass-fed. * Barriers to purchasing (or purchasing more) local meat are product unavailability, high prices, food safety concerns, convenience, and ease of preparation. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH The results of this study show that sales of local meats may be limited by price (willingness to pay), a lack of local meat availability, and inconvenience (both in sourcing and preparing local meats). Alternatively, local meat sales may be increased through greater access to more sales outlets, highlighting local meat attributes most valued by consumers, following best marketing practices such as product sampling, offering fresh meat (versus frozen), and increasing consumer interaction and education. Photo above: A local meat purveyor displays their offerings. Photo ? 2019 by Amy Christian. Can a better understanding of small and very small meat processors strengthen the local supply chain? JAFSCD article by Muh Syukron (Lincoln University of Missouri; now at the University of British Columbia) and Ye Su (Lincoln University of Missouri) Full article Meat processors are critical to local meat producers and the meat supply chain. However, various barriers have restricted small meat processors, which is challenging the local meat supply chain. Although the local food system has gained enormous scholarly attention, little has been devoted specifically to exploring the meat processing sector. In a new JAFSCD article, " Understanding small-and very-small-scale meat processors in Missouri to strengthen the local supply chain," authors Muh Syukron and Ye Su (the corresponding author) present findings from a survey of meat processors that investigated the characteristics and challenges of small- and very-small-scale meat processors in Missouri. KEY FINDINGS * Most small meat processors surveyed were relatively young businesses and processed multiple species of animals. * Two-thirds of the surveyed meat processors perceived that their business was in better or much better condition than before the COVID-19 pandemic. * Small meat processing facilities were limited by the labor shortage, complicated regulations, high regulatory compliance costs, and other issues. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH * Helping meat processors solve labor issues is key to improving their sustainability. * Providing financial support to small processors for their capital investment can reduce their reliance on labor. * Extension specialists can provide labor training for meat processors to reduce their cost of labor. Photo: "Yale, Michigan. This is where the famous bologna comes from." Photo 2001 by Flickr user Jim Rees and used under CC BY license. JAFSCD publishes its first article translated into Spanish! We're pleased to announce that JAFSCD has published its first paper translated into Spanish, "Critical food policy literacy: Conceptualizing community municipal food policy engagement" / "Alfabetizaci?n cr?tica de pol?ticas alimentarias: Conceptualizando la participaci?n de las comunidades en pol?ticas alimentarias municipales" by Carol E. Ramos-Gerena (UB Food Lab, University at Buffalo-SUNY). We extend our appreciation to Carol E. Ramos-Gerena, who suggested providing this translation and who translated her own work. We hope to include more translations going forward. For more information, contact managing editor Amy Christian. Read this article for free in English and in Spanish! Photo: Food system policy workshop led by Food System Planning and Healthy Communities Lab ( UB Food Lab). Photo by Dr. Samina Raja. In the Finding Your Future in Food Systems webinars, the North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) provides connections and insights to help identify next steps for your career. Share with friends & colleagues! The final episode in the spring 2023 series on Tuesday, April 18, 6:00-7:00 PM ET, features these job creators: * Evan O'Neal, The Food Project (MA) * Jesse Rye, Farm Fresh Rhode Island (RI) * Stef Funk, Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL) Register for free! NAFSN is a professional development association connecting people to opportunities and resources to promote resilient and equitable local and regional food systems. NAFSN is a sister program of JAFSCD. 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! 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URL: From info at lysoncenter.org Thu Apr 13 10:17:52 2023 From: info at lysoncenter.org (JAFSCD) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: Food system networks and racial equity; Ag intentional communities In-Reply-To: <0.0.7.11C.1D96E2A330A56BC.0@drone123.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.7.11C.1D96E2A330A56BC.0@drone123.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <020301d96e2b$e52708d0$af751a70$@lysoncenter.org> Read about the latest research published in JAFSCD! ? ? View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ April 13, 2023 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website COVID-19 reveals importance of food system networks and racial equity JAFSCD article by Rowan Obach, Tania Schusler, Paulina Vaca, Sydney Durkin (all at Loyola U Chicago), and Ma?raj Sheikh (Chicago Food Policy Action Council) Full article The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted food systems across the globe. In the Chicago region, it created immediate concerns around increased hunger, food insecurity, supply chain disruptions, and loss of local livelihoods. This was especially evident in communities of color, which faced disproportionate pandemic impacts. In March 2020, the Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) coordinated a Rapid Response Effort that convened people in working groups related to emergency food assistance, local food producers, small businesses, and food system workers to address the urgent needs that arose due to the pandemic. In a new JAFSCD article, ?Connectivity and racial equity in responding to COVID-19 impacts in the Chicago regional food system,? Obach (corresponding author), Schusler, Vaca, Durkin, and Sheikh present insights generated through thematic content analysis across stories about the Rapid Response Effort. Their findings indicate a need for research and practice that intentionally attend to power disparities related to race within collaborative networks in order to structure local and regional food systems to achieve greater racial equity and resilience to future shocks. KEY FINDINGS * Initially, the Rapid Response space formed direct connections between participants; over time, it evolved into an information exchange hub for addressing different, yet equally urgent, priorities. * Connections allowed for small-scale producers and community-based organizations to build power and more effectively influence state and federal policies and programs. * Discrepancies occurred between the desire to hear from specific groups, such as growers, and insufficient action to address the problems voiced by those groups. * For equitable collaborative networks, it is important to monitor how power dynamics may shift over time, especially given that goals, financial resources, and internal structures of individual organizations can change over time. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH * Future research on collaborative networks in food systems should attend to power dynamics related to race and social equity. Developing equitable, non-extractive partnerships holds exciting potential for creating local-level solutions that reimagine and transform the neoliberal food system. Food researchers and scholars need to engage more with communities of color as a part of the solution to this issue. * Some suggestions for researchers and scholars are creating lasting ties with BIPOC communities, more participatory research involving Indigenous or local knowledge methodologies, and financial or other forms of compensation for taking part in a study. Photo above: A work day at La Huerta Roots and Rays in Chicago, IL. Photo 2010 by Flickr user La Huerta Roots and Rays under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Exploring the psychology of agricultural intentional community residents JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Jess M. Lasoff-Santos and Raymond De Young (both at the U of Michigan) Full article Intentional communities are an alternative living solution for people who want to live with others who share their values. These communities range widely in their governance, social norms, types of housing, and more. Some common examples of intentional communities are cooperatives, cohousing, communes, and ecovillages. In a new JAFSCD article, " Exploring the motivations, satisfactions, and well-being of agricultural intentional community residents," authors Jess Lasoff-Santos ( corresponding author) and Raymond De Young present findings from an exploratory study that examined different aspects of the psychology of residents living in agriculturally focused intentional communities across the U.S. KEY FINDINGS Agricultural intentional community residents: * Are motivated by connecting with their community, direct participation in community endeavors, living sustainably and frugally. * Envision a future in which their neighbors and garden-farms are thriving. * Have a high sense of psychological well-being and life meaning. * Have multiple reasons for engaging in local provisioning systems, most of which focus on their being intrinsically motivated to do so. * Have multifaceted characteristics that contribute to their psychological well-being and the intrinsic satisfaction they derive from being directly engaged with their community and their local provisioning economy. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH Communications and marketing materials should emphasize the following themes, as intentional community residents are motivated by: * Communitarian values * The feeling of contributing to a larger goal or purpose * Pursuing an environmentally friendly, frugal lifeway Photo: EcoVillage Ithaca (New York) integrates housing with gardens and an affiliated CSA farm. Photo by EcoVillage at Ithaca. 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 keep JAFSCD's content freely available to all, regardless of their resources. We welcome individual shareholders as well. JAFSCD is published by the Thomas A. 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All new individual shareholders will be entered into a drawing for a recently published food systems book! JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website 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. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action (an affiliate of Cornell University). CTA is a 501(c)(3) organization that accepts donations on our behalf. 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View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ April 20, 2023 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website In this JAFSCD Article Heads-up, we share more articles from the special section of JAFSCD on Justice and Equity Approaches to College and University Student Food (In)Security. This collection was sponsored by the Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture, and Sustainability (INFAS). Practice recommendations from a student-led effort to narrow the equity gap in student food insecurity JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Christine Porter, Ph.D. (U of Wyoming), Kami Grimm (U of Wyoming), and Rachael Budowle, Ph.D. (U of Wyoming, now Virginia Tech) Full article Although most higher education institutions have begun to address food insecurity among students in general, fewer have implemented strategies that explicitly aim to tackle the stark disparities in which groups of students face the highest rates of food insecurity. At the University of Wyoming and elsewhere, students of color and Native American, LGBTQIA+, and international students disproportionately experience food insecurity. In ? Narrowing the equity gap in student food security: A student-led approach at the University of Wyoming,? co-authors Christine Porter, Kami Grimm, and Rachael Budowle share experiences and recommendations from student-led food security equity work at the University of Wyoming (UW). Contact corresponding author Christine Porter at Christine.Porter@uwyo.edu. KEY FINDINGS Emerging from the student-led UW Food Security Taskforce, co-authors and others formed an equity working group and launched its efforts through a project-based course. Students connected with organizations and services that support Native American, LGBTQIA+, and international students. By listening and following up, the working group explored, implemented, and planned a range of equity strategies with and for students who disproportionately experience food insecurity. These included: * creating an interactive map accessible by QR code posted in key offices, clearly explaining where all food security resources are located, when they are open, and that they are accessible to all without demonstration of need; * implementing and expanding non-centralized food share cabinet; * including materials to support students who are also parents; and * providing increased funding for cabinets that primarily serve students who inequitably experience food insecurity. Letting students go hungry or struggle to succeed in their studies after long hours at low-wage jobs, or both, is a moral failure. It is also a fiscal failure, in that food insecurity threatens college and university returns on investments in education in terms of student learning, time to graduation, and retention. The gross inequities in which student groups face food insecurity multiply both failures and compound inequities in scholastic achievement and later career opportunities. Any institution serious about improving retention and graduation rates and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion should start by ensuring that every student is nourished. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH Provisional lessons learned and offered in this brief can inform student food security equity work at other colleges and universities. These include: * Build connections with disproportionately affected groups before and beyond the scope of student food security. * Consult at other tables in addition to inviting people to yours. * Measure the inequity in student food security. * Articulate the core, moral values of student food security work. * Work to put equity at the center of every food security strategy conversation. * Engage students in action through experiential learning. * Promote the resources your college or university does have, especially among students most likely to face food insecurity. * Name how far you still need to go while recognizing that you are on the way there as long as you keep going. Photo above: Melvin Arthur with the Be?3Einoooonesi Cebisee (Walking Cedar Tree) Food Share Cabinet in the Native American Education, Research, & Cultural Center at the University of Wyoming. Photo by Christine Porter. Exploring the impacts of using participatory action research to address college food insecurity ?JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Rachel Brand (U of San Francisco) Full article Studies indicate that college students experience high rates of food insecurity. Growing awareness of food insecurity on college campuses has resulted in efforts by many institutions to address the problem through innovative programs such as food pantries, campus gardens, and educational workshops. While these initiatives play an important role in facilitating food access, they fall short of meeting students? needs. There is little research on how students? experiences or knowledge can inform strategies to address food insecurity, nor is there extensive research on how students view this issue for themselves and their peers. In a new JAFSCD article, ? Students as co-researchers: Using participatory action research to address college food insecurity,? author Rachel Brand looks at the benefits of engaging students in participatory action research (PAR) to address college food insecurity. This paper examines how a PAR project, conducted throughout a semester-long undergraduate course, resulted in innovative, student-centered strategies to address college food insecurity. KEY FINDINGS Finding showed that when students work collectively to address food insecurity, they prioritized the following areas: * Developing a collective understanding of food insecurity that pays attention to varied student experiences; * Centering food security strategies on the experiences of those most impacted by the issue; * Understanding how perceptions of wealth on campus, along with stigma and shame impact students? experiences with food insecurity; * Understanding and addressing the impacts of food insecurity on students? social life; and * Envisioning a food secure campus that includes the entire community. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH The following are recommendations for those interested in addressing food insecurity on their college campus: 1. There is a need to address food insecurity through collaborative, participatory-based research methodologies with students to truly understand students? experiences. 2. An academic class can serve as a space to address campus food insecurity. 3. Relationships across campus are essential in addressing food insecurity, and students can and should be at the center of these relationships. 4. Students may experience food challenges but still not identify as food insecure; as such, it is important that students understand how their college defines food insecurity so that they feel comfortable accessing resources. Photo above: Students at Durham Tech sort food at the Campus Harvest Food Pantry. Student-led efforts to support food-insecure peers JAFSCD practice brief by Hayden DePorter, Shayna Moss, Grace Ayo Puc, Kavya Ayalasomayajula, and Irwin Goldman (all the University of Wisconsin-Madison) Full article In the practice brief ? Campus Food Shed: Student-led efforts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support food-insecure peers,? authors Hayden DePorter, Shayna Moss, Grace Ayo Puc, Kavya Ayalasomayajula, and Irwin Goldman (the corresponding author) share statistics surrounding college food insecurity and describe a student-led effort on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to alleviate these issues. The authors describe how students have created and maintained a system to distribute donated produce to students at the UW-Madison campus. The authors also describe setbacks encountered in their efforts, as well as recommendations for other campuses looking to adopt a similar system. Photo above: Student and article co-author Hayden DePorter at the opening of the Campus Food Shed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1ST Annual ?Week of Giving Starts on Earth Day, April 22 Only TWO DAYS until you can "buy" your own individual share in the world's only community-supported journal devoted to food systems. Borrowing from the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model in the local food movement, we invite you to join with others to donate what you can in order to keep JAFSCD free to all. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS! JAFSCD has had enormous impact since its inception! The journal is pioneering, integrative and relevant. I'm glad to support this innovative effort to ensure its reach and accessibility for all interested scholars and practitioners. ?Clare Hinrichs, Penn State University 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? 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URL: From dentzman at IASTATE.EDU Fri Apr 21 12:49:08 2023 From: dentzman at IASTATE.EDU (Dentzman, Katie [SOCCJ]) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] Fw: 2023 AFHVS-ASFS Conference Information--Early-Bird Registration Ends April 24! In-Reply-To: <1.49cb29fa10c5e49573e3@live-mail-6> References: <1.49cb29fa10c5e49573e3@live-mail-6> Message-ID: Reminder to register for the AFHVS in Boston May 31 - June 3 ASAP?early bird registration ends April 24th. Detailed information below?let me know if you have any questions! __________________ Dr. Katherine Dentzman (She/Her/Hers) Assistant Professor of Rural Policy and Rural Sociology Sociology and Criminal Justice Iowa State University dentzman@iastate.edu ________________________________ From: The Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 4:44 PM To: Dentzman, Katie [SOCCJ] Subject: 2023 AFHVS-ASFS Conference Information--Early-Bird Registration Ends April 24! [https://afhvs.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/EmailTracker.ashx?emailCode=TjEIR5Uuw%2f83JOMepkKAV%2fPhSNhyZTqsJjiiARG7yLWUS7VhZK5cJN3zUdizXgQkft6Dk%2b%2f7Ux0pnyegii22HXdtVGe9wLk%2bNQQHlizJ2pQ%3d] 2023 Conference Information! Early registration deadline April 24! [https://AFHVS.wildapricot.org/Resources/Pictures/logo.jpg] April Member Newsletter This newsletter is full of details regarding registering for the 2023 conference in Boston (and virtual conference activities!). The early-bird discount ends on April 24. Knowing Food: Insights from around the Table The theme for this year?s conference is ?Knowing Food: Insights from around the Table.? The conference dates are May 31-June 3 (virtual conference May 31 only). BU MET?s graduate programs in Gastronomy & Food Studies and Programs in Food & Wine have been guided by the idea that you cannot know food unless you know food?by which we mean that our material interactions with food inform our intellectual engagement with food, and vice versa. We can read about food cultures or policies, but they come to life when we get involved at the hands-on level, whether that?s in a garden planting seeds, in the kitchen cooking with people, or among the community engaging in food systems. Conversely, if we cook without knowing why certain foods are in our kitchens or collaborate for change without understanding how food systems are organized, we only get half the picture. Without the full picture, we cannot make meaningful change. The ASFS and AFHVS invite interested scholars and practitioners to engage with the idea of knowing food?join us at the table to gain new insights that bring you closer to knowing food and its role in society. Various conference events have different links. Our conference page is: https://sites.bu.edu/asfs2023/about-the-conference/ The preliminary agenda is posted here: https://sites.bu.edu/asfs2023/about-the-conference/agenda/. Conference Registration and On-Campus Housing are available at https://sites.bu.edu/asfs2023/registration/ (select in-person or virtual). * Daily parking for those not using university housing can be purchased with your conference registration. * The link for on-campus housing is also on this page; parking for those staying in on-campus housing is available as an "add-on" within the housing registration. Food Tours (Wednesday, May 31) are described on this page: https://sites.bu.edu/asfs2023/about-the-conference/tours/. Each tour description contains a link to make reservations for that tour. (Some reservations are made by email; others have online forms.) The Evening Program/Banquet (Friday, June 2) is a Dine-Around this year. For more information and to purchase a ticket, please visit this page: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35291/production/1156274?performanceId=11260854. Please note that we have set up a raffle for students to be able to purchase reduced-price tickets for the dine-around. The link to the raffle is on the Dine-Around ticket page. The Welcome Reception (Wednesday) and Awards Luncheon (Saturday) do not require reservations or special tickets. We are very excited to see you all soon in Boston! We will be posting the preliminary program shortly. Questions should be sent to ASFS2023@bu.edu. Special Conference Mentoring Event: Join us for a Mentorship Moment Breakfast at the ?Knowing Food? 2023 Conference! The Graduate and Early Career Professional Committee (GSECC) of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, in conjunction with ASFS conference leadership, is pleased to announce a mentorship breakfast designed to support student and early career professional attendees and help them make the most of their time at the conference. This event is completely free to all conference attendees. Sign up for the mentorship breakfast here. The deadline for registering for the breakfast is May 10, 2023. We will email participation confirmations on May 17, 2023. When: Friday morning, June 2, from 7:00 am-8:00 am in the rooftop lounge on the 18th floor of the Student Village at 10 Buick Street. Format: We will match you with a table pod of up to 6 mentors and mentees with similar interests. There is no expectation of continued engagement beyond the breakfast, although we do hope the event organically fosters continued dialogue among conference participants. Virtual Mentoring Activity: This will be offered on Tuesday, May 30; the time will be determined based on participant availability. Sign up here by May 10. We welcome both mentors and mentees to this event! Please direct any questions to the planning committee: Dylan Turner (dturne53@uncc.edu), Nicole Nunoo (nnicole19@vt.edu) or Lijing Gao (gaolt@bc.edu). Membership Reminder: The best rates for conference registration are available to members of AFHVS and ASFS. If you have not yet renewed your AFHVS membership for 2023, please do so by clicking this link and signing into your account: https://afhvs.wildapricot.org/Sys/Profile. Update your profile and choose your membership level; you can pay online with a major credit card. We will send emails closer to the time of the conference with information about other events of interest during the conference, so please look for those! Listserv Reminder There are two listservs available to interested individuals; you do not need to be a member of the Society to join these listservs. * Our primary AFHVS listserv can be joined by sending an email to LISTSERV@LIST.MSU.EDU with the command SUBSCRIBE AFHVS YourFirstName YourLastName in the body of the email. * Students and early-career professionals can also join our early-scholar Google Group by sending an email to grads.chair@afhvs.org with subject Join Request. Upon receiving your request, we will add you to the group. Please indicate your connection to food/agriculture in your email to expedite your approval. afhvs.wildapricot.org info.afhvs@gmail.com Unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: