Previous Conference Programs and Hosts:

• 2024: Right to Food-Food as Commons
  • Hosted by Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

• 2023: Knowing Food: Insights from Around the Table
  • Hosted by Boston University, Boston, MA
  • 2023 Conference Schedule

Read more: Past Conferences

• 2022: Cultivating Connections: Exploring Entry Points into Sustainable Food Systems
  • Hosted by University of Georgia, Athens
  • 2022 Conference schedule

• 2021: Just Food: Because it is Never Just Food
  • A Virtual Conference, hosted by The Culinary Institute of America and New York University
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  • Keynote Address, Dr. Ross Gay
  • 2021 ASFS Awards Ceremony

• 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19

• 2019: Finding Home in the “Wilderness”: Explorations in Belonging in Circumpolar Food Systems
  • University of Alaska Anchorage in collaboration with the Alaska Pacific University
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• 2018: The Agroecological Prospect: The Politics of Integrating Food and Farming with Values and the Land
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

• 2017: Migrating Pacific Perspectives on Food and Agriculture
  • 2017 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

• 2016: Scarborough Fare
  • 2016 Scarborough Fare University of Toronto Scarborough

• 2015: Bridging the Past: Cultivating the Future
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• 2014: Collaboration and Innovation Across the Food System
• ASFS-AFHVS 2014 Program, University of Vermont, Burlington

• 2013: Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes
  • AFHVS-ASFS 2013 Program Michigan State University
• 2012: Global Gateways and Local Connections
  • ASFS-AFHV 2012 Program NYU

• 2011: Under the Big Sky: People, Partnerships, Policies
  • AFHVS-ASFS 2011 Program University of Montana, Missoula
• 2010: Food in Bloom
  • ASFS-AFHVS 2010 Program Indiana University, Bloomington
• 2009: Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture
  • ASFS-AFHVS 2009 Program Penn State College

• 2008: Resilient Culinary Cultures: Disaster, Innovation, and Change in Foodscapes
  • ASFS-AFHVS 2008 Program The University of New Orleans

• 2007: Cultivating Appetites for Knowledge
  • AFHVS-ASFS 2007 Program University of Victoria
• 2006: Place, Taste, and Sustenance: The Social Spaces of Food and Agriculture
  • ASFS-AFHVS 2006 Program Boston University
• 2005: Visualizing Food and Farm
  • AFHVS-ASFS 2005 Program Portland, Oregon
• 2004: From Agriculture to Culture: The Social Transformation of Food
  • Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY
• 2003: Local Democracy: Sustaining Healthy Community through Ethical, Sustainable Food Systems
  • Austin, Texas
• 2002: City in a Garden: Producing and Consuming Food in the New Millennium
  • DePaul University, Chicago, IL
• 2001: Food Chains and Food Change: Food and Agricultural Issues at the Turn of the Century
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
• 2000: Millennial Stews: Food & Food Systems in the Global City
  • New York University, NY, NY
• 1999: Crossing Borders: food and Agriculture in the Americas
  • Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, ON

More Conference Photos:

Time is allowed for attendees to explore the local community, such as the Farmers’ Market of New Orleans.

Members enjoy sampling and discussing distinctive foods, such as boiled peanuts.

Excursions to cultural institutions, such as the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, are incorporated into the conference agenda.