In recent years a number of alternatives to the globalized system of food production and consumption have emerged. Organic production, fair trade, community supported agriculture, farmers’ markets, school and urban gardens, and others have articulated alternative visions of networks of food production and consumption.
The Environment and Community M.A. in Social Science Program at Humboldt State University is soliciting articles for a special issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (HJSR) on alternative food systems,broadly defined. Contributions may deal with specific case studies or may explore the challenges of alternative food systems theoretically.Specific topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:
· Alternative food systems as critique of capitalist globalization
· Gender, class, and racial dynamics of agro-food systems
· Questions of social and environmental justice in the context of alternative food systems.
· Community supported agriculture and farmers’ markets as neolocalism
· The slow food movement
· Community food security, food sovereignty, and food democracy
· Urban agricultural production and access to food
While submissions are welcome from anyone interested in contributing to the special issue, we particularly welcome those from graduate students.
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is April 5, 2010. Queries may be sent to the guest editor at any time.
Submissions should be sent electronically, in MS Word format, to Noah Zerbe, guest editor (noah.zerbe@humboldt.edu). Contributions should be approximately 4,500 to 6,000 words and should comply with the American Sociological Society style sheet. A ll articles will be sent out for blind peer-review.
Articles accepted for publication will appear in the fall 2010 issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations is a peer-reviewed,interdisciplinary social science journal that publishes originalresearch in the fields of sociology,anthropology, political science, economics, geography, history,philosophy and psychology. It has been published biannually since 1974.
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