JUST FOOD
because it is never just food
June 9-15, 2021: A Virtual Conference

Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS)
Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN)
Hosted by the Culinary Institute of America and New York University
In this most unusual time, four academic organizations engaged in food studies are hosting a virtual conference centered on the theme of Food Justice. The title, Just Food: because it is never just food, highlights how food is ensconced in systems of exclusion, oppression, and power. Papers, presentations and roundtables will grapple with cultural and historical entanglements of food with social justice by examining the production, distribution, and consumption of food while keeping in mind power differentials in local and global world systems. In particular, we have invited submissions that reveal and/or seek to challenge the systemic injustices of the industrial and alternative food systems that marginalize the food histories, practices, and experiences of diverse communities including Indigenous, Black, and people of color. In addition, this conference seeks to highlight the ways people use food for pleasure and autonomy. The conference hopes to make connections between diverse perspectives, to center historically marginalized voices, and to work towards building a greater understanding of how to achieve food justice on Turtle Island (North America) and globally.
Keynote Speaker – Poet Dr. Ross Gay
Award-winning poet and author of several books including: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding; Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, and The Book of Delights.
Founding board member of Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project and contributor to The Tenderness Project. Dr. Gay teaches at Indiana University.

Schedule of Papers
Registration
We have multiple options for registration, in an attempt to make this conference as inclusive and just as possible. For those who can afford to pay full price, we ask that you do so to help offset costs for organizing the conference.
English Version
Version française
Versión en español
The virtual conference will take place from June 9-15, 2021, and will reflect global times zones.
Call for Abstracts and Submission Links – Deadline February 22, 2021
Artwork by DC Artist and Educator Aaron Bland. Click here to see more of his art and to purchase the conference poster and his other works.