WELCOME to NAFSN!
The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) supports the work of professionals, academics, and activists who focus on agriculture and food issues. Your membership includes a subscription to the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD). Learn more about joining!
NAFSN GOOD FOOD TALK WEBINAR
At the end of the month the North American Food Systems Network will host a webinar building on the theme of equity and sustainability, focusing on the Food Water-Energy Nexus and the forthcoming summit scheduled for September 20-22, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. http://www.famuenergy
Topic: Environmental Justice & the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Time: 3:00 pm Eastern Time (12:00 noon Pacific Time)
Presenters:
Richard D. Schulterbrandt Gragg, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Florida A&M University and Chair, FAMU Environment and Sustainability Council Founding Director, Center for Environmental Equity and Justice
Victor Ibeanusi, PhD -- Dean, School of the Environment, Florida A&M University and Chair of the Energy-Water-Food Nexus (EWFN) International Summit
Moderator: Bakari McClendon -- NAFSN member and Executive Director, Tallahassee Food Network, Inc.
Register: HERE
The EnergyWaterFoodNexus seeks to unite an international public-private network focused on solving international sustainability problems. Addressing environmental resource issues worldwide, the Nexus is a much-needed response to the global energy, water and food crisis.
About FAMU. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is an 1890 land-grant institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, resolution of complex issues and the empowerment of citizens and communities. FAMU’s distinction as a doctoral/research institution will continue to provide mechanisms to address emerging issues through local and global partnerships. Expanding upon the University’s land-grant status, it will enhance the lives of constituents through innovative research, engaging cooperative extension, and public service.
The Center for Environmental Equity and Justice, established in 1998, is an information resource center to increase the community, faith-based organizations, state and local government and any other interested parties awareness of environmental justice issues primarily in the state of Florida and throughout the country.The Center assists, trains, and educates people about environmental justice. The CEEJ’s mission is to address environmental issues through research, education, training and community outreach, and make recommendations to be used in developing policies that are designed to protect all citizens from exposure to environmental hazards.
Log-in details:
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NAFSN MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LAURA RIDENOUR
Interviewed and profiled by Erin Allgood
Laura Ridenour, a founding member of NAFSN, is changing the food system from her home in Bellingham, Washington. Her contemplative, systems-thinking nature resonated with me throughout our conversation and I quickly came to admire her long history of work in this field and her dedication to positive social change.
Read Laura's full spotlight here.
NAFSN MEET & GREETS
NAFSN members are presenting, networking, and organizing all over the U.S & Canada. Meet & Greets are designed to bring folks together to get our network out of the cloud.
There will be two Meet & Greets next week:
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Look for the NAFSN Meet & Greet on Thursday during the Morning Break!
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NAFSN Training and Certification CoP
to Conduct Workshop on proposed Curriculum
NAFSN and Food First Roundtable
On Land Justice and Black Agrarianism
Thursday, June 15th, 3:15 - 4:30 at the AFHVS/ASFS Conference,
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
If you are in Los Angeles or attending the Annual Meetings and Conference of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) June 14-17, 2017 we invite you to this workshop (Room Johnson, 106)
Title: Roundtable -- Land Justice: Building on Black Agrarianism for Pacific Contestations
Moderator:
Elissa Johnson, Syracuse University
Participants:
Gail Myers, Farms to Grow, INC
Monica White, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Justine Williams, Food First
Owusu Bandele, Southern University Agricultural Center and co-founder of the Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network
This roundtable, chaired by NAFSN and Food First (The Institute for Food and Development Policy), will present recent work on contemporary and historic land-based struggles in the United States – with an emphasis on the roots, resistance, and regeneration of Black Agrarianism – and consider how emergent struggles in the Pacific can build from and with these movements.2 Questioned addressed will include (1) How can deeper knowledge of land justice enrich work on food systems and economic justice? (2) What examples of collectivism and cooperatives in the Black Agrarianism movement can other movements build on? (3) How can Pacific communities, the Black Agrarianism movement, the urban food justice movement, farmworkers’ movement, and others build together for land justice? (4) What role can food systems professionals play in this work?
The roundtable is based on research and analysis included in the forthcoming volume Land Justice: Re-imagining Land, Food, and the Commons in the US, published by Food First Books, and builds on a NAFSN webinar titled “Land Justice, Black Agrarianism, and the Freedom Movement: Emerging Voices.” The webinar also featured the work of Monica White’s soon to be released book "Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, 1880-2010."
NAFSN Good Food Talk Webinar Series
The NAFSN Good Food Talk webinar series shares innovations in the field and highlights efforts to promote just and sustainable food systems. They provide you with the opportunity to learn and interact with food system practitioners and experts in diverse locations and regions. And they're free and open to the public!
Recent webinar:
Economic Impacts of Local Food Systems. This webinar focused on building a community of practice for evaluating and assessing local food system activity.
Panelists:
- Rich Pirog (Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University)
- Dawn Thilmany (Regional Economic Development Institute, Colorado State University)
- Ariel Kagan (Food Institute, George Washington University)
- Kathleen Liang (Center for Environmental Farming Systems, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University)
- Becca Jablonski (Food Systems, Colorado State University
Moderator
- Jeffrey K. O’Hara (Local Food Research & Development, USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service)
Learn more and find recordings on the NAFSN Good Food Talk webinars page!
JOIN NAFSN!
(Photo by Chelsey Simpson, National Farm To School Network)
NAFSN is a professional development association for individuals and organizations working at the forefront of food systems programming—on initiatives, programs, and research from beginning farmers and sustainable agriculture to food hubs, farm-to-school, food security, and healthy eating. NAFSN provides affordable training opportunities, resources, tools, and networking opportunities for its members.
Learn more about our programs and services and download a copy of the NAFSN White Paper to get more background on NAFSN's development.
Membership Benefits
• Participation in NAFSN’s Good Food Talk webinars;
• Special invitations to training opportunities and to NAFSN Meet & Greets at conferences;
• Networking on the NAFSN Social HubSite;
• Discounts on select conferences and workshops offered by partnering organizations;
• Access to member-only professional development tools and resources on this website;
• A free subscription to the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD); and
• Participation in the development of programs such as the NAFSN certification program.
Interested in Joining?
Memberships range from US$60 to US$90, depending on your professional occupation. We also have a lifetime membership option. Learn more here.
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