Immigrants—especially those from farmworker or campesino backgrounds—have gained attention as promising recruits for a new generation of sustainable farmers. Nonprofits promoting this aspirational vision of food justice link sustainability to empowered workers and communities of color, and to the preservation or revival of (agri)cultural traditions. I present findings from ongoing research showing that Oregon nonprofit food sovereignty initiatives training Mexican immigrant farmers have achieved successes as cultural, community building, and educational programs, but have struggled to produce viable farm businesses. I contrast these farmers with the less ecologically oriented and less self-consciously “cultural” immigrant farmers who work without organizational support in the same region, and who find an aspirational agrarian good life in more conventional agricultural practices. I argue that activist and academic formulations of food sovereignty linking peasant heritage, sustainability, labor rights, and immigration justice may lead scholars to overstate immigrant farmers' actual propensity for "alternative" agriculture and ignore those immigrant farmers who fail to conform to this ideal.
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Studies have shown that many college students are experiencing food insecurity and that the reasons for this are multifactorial. Students are unable to acquire adequate food to meet their needs because of limited money, time, transportation, and other factors. However, food insecurity rates are almost always assessed by using the USDA’s food security survey module, which frames the barriers to food access as purely financial by relying entirely on items that explicitly ask about a financial barrier to food security, rather than any other possible barriers. Using survey and interview data collected in collaboration with our campus food pantry and undergraduate student researchers from 2015 to 2019, we show that student food insecurity is a result of complex factors that go beyond financial limitations. We argue that the USDA measure is insufficient for fully assessing the prevalence of college student food insecurity because it presupposes a financial cause for food insecurity and then undercounts those who are food insecure for other reasons.
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Post-civil war, African Americans developed communities in Georgia where traditional fishing practices created family fleets, processing plants, and other self-sustaining fisheries work. The decline in African American fishermen since that period has been attributed to increased fishing costs, little access to capital, and a reluctance to have children work in labor-intensive fisheries professions (Blount, MAST (Maritime Studies), 5, 2007, 5). Additionally, fluctuations in commercial landings may have had a negative influence. This study tested these hypotheses by comparing first-hand accounts from current and former African American fishermen and their families with trends in Georgia fisheries data (1950–2015). Analyses of the histories and landings data indicated that African Americans fished the most abundant species during the years described by the participants (1950–1985) and that reasons for fishing or not fishing could be classified into 8 major themes related to work experience, Gullah Geechee values, and generational shifts.
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<p>At the time we are writing this, the world is focused on fighting an unprecedented global pandemic following the spread of COVID-19. Many have been advised to work from home, and “social distancing” policies prohibit face-to-face interactions or social gatherings of more than ten. The articles in this issue reflect the creative and collaborative ways that anthropologists, including archaeologists, study how people experience and adapt to rapid or gradual ecological and social change in specific community contexts. As we grapple personally and intellectually with how to navigate the connections and disconnections created by COVID-19, these articles remind us of the many analytical tools that we have for researching processes of crisis, disruption, and renewal. The authors help us understand how communities process, grieve, remember, and work collaboratively toward renewal after experiencing different types of loss of environmental quality, livelihood, access to familiar foods, and mobility across borders. They remind us to take time to understand the deeply emotional, as well as the political and economic, processes at work in times of crisis and inspire us to continue working together (despite social distancing) to document the ways that communities navigate disruption.</p><p>In <i>Farming the Great Sage Plain: Experimental Agroarchaeology and the Basketmaker III Soil Record</i>, Cynthia M. Fadem and Shanna R. Diederichs draw on the results of two research projects undertaken by the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to investigate patterns of soil development in the semiarid Mesa Verde region. This research allows them to explore the effects of dryland agricultural practices used by Ancestral Pueblo peoples on pedogenesis (the process of soil formation) and soil fertility. These findings are important for understanding Ancestral Pueblo farming practices and lifeways and for mitigating the effects of climate change and desertification in this region today. Fadem and Diederichs also demonstrate the value of collaborative research in archaeology; at Crow Canyon, archaeologists work alongside members of the Hopi tribe as they experiment with traditional farming techniques.</p><p>Suzanne Kent and Keri Vacanti Brondo explore the importance of documenting how communities identify and ritualize emotional experiences of environmental loss in “<i>Years Ago the Crabs Was so Plenty</i>”<i>: Anthropology's Role in Ecological Grieving and Conservation Work</i>. They tease out the many ways that ecological grieving is central to our experiences in the Anthropocene and how it can create spaces for hope and regeneration. Working collaboratively with conservationists based in Honduras, Kent and Brondo conducted interviews with people living on the island of Utila. They examine these particular narratives of ecological loss and call on anthropologists to pay closer attention to the emotional dynamics of environmental change.</p><p>Consumption, especially of food
在我们写这篇文章的时候，世界正集中精力抗击COVID-19传播后前所未有的全球大流行。许多人被建议在家工作，“社交距离”政策禁止面对面互动或10人以上的社交聚会。本期的文章反映了人类学家，包括考古学家，研究人们如何在特定的社区背景下经历和适应快速或渐进的生态和社会变化的创造性和合作方式。当我们在个人和智力上努力应对COVID-19造成的联系和脱节时，这些文章提醒我们，我们有许多分析工具可以用于研究危机、破坏和复兴的过程。作者帮助我们了解社区在经历不同类型的环境质量、生计、获得熟悉的食物和跨境流动的损失后，如何处理、悲伤、记忆和合作重建。它们提醒我们，在危机时刻，要花时间去理解深刻的情感以及政治和经济过程，并激励我们继续共同努力(尽管保持社会距离)，记录社区应对混乱的方式。在《农耕大圣平原:实验农业考古学和制篮师III土壤记录》一书中，辛西娅·m·法登和莎娜·r·迪德瑞克斯借鉴了克罗峡谷考古中心开展的两个研究项目的结果，研究了半干旱的梅萨维德地区土壤发育的模式。这项研究使他们能够探索祖先普韦布洛人使用的旱地农业实践对土壤形成(土壤形成过程)和土壤肥力的影响。这些发现对于了解普韦布洛祖先的耕作方式和生活方式，以及减轻该地区气候变化和荒漠化的影响具有重要意义。Fadem和Diederichs也证明了合作研究在考古学中的价值;在克劳峡谷，考古学家与霍皮部落的成员一起试验传统的农业技术。Suzanne Kent和Keri Vacanti Brondo在《多年前螃蟹如此丰富》一书中探讨了记录社区如何识别和仪式化环境损失的情感体验的重要性:人类学在生态悲伤和保护工作中的作用。他们从许多方面梳理出生态悲伤是我们在人类世经历的核心，以及它如何为希望和再生创造空间。肯特和布朗多与洪都拉斯的环保主义者合作，采访了生活在乌鲁拉岛上的人们。他们研究了这些关于生态损失的特殊叙述，并呼吁人类学家更密切地关注环境变化的情感动态。消费，特别是粮食消费，是政治参与的一种关键形式，而可靠的粮食供应与政治合法性有着千丝万缕的联系。在《地缘政治、粮食安全和卡塔尔沙漠景观中的国家想象》一书中，克里斯汀·v·门罗描述了2017年卡塔尔在海湾地区的几个贸易伙伴切断外交关系并对这个沙漠国家实施封锁后，粮食和政治交织在一起的方式。根据参与者的观察和她当时在卡塔尔生活和教学的经验，梦露解释了国家如何通过大力投资温室蔬菜种植和室内养牛以及鼓励“购买本地”的消费文化来应对这场危机。为了与基于社区的研究深度保持一致，采用了多方法或基于基础的方法，来自美国南部的两篇论文强调了社区为什么以及如何放弃某些职业或采用新的基于市场的水质改善方案。在《登陆和遗产的故事:佐治亚州沿海渔业中的非裔美国人》一书中，迪翁·霍斯金斯-布朗揭示了内战后非裔美国人职业捕鱼活动减少的鲜为人知的情况。霍斯金斯-布朗对来自多个丰富来源的数据进行三角测量，即口述历史、萨凡纳城市记录、历史回顾、个人、存档的印刷材料以及来自NOAA渔业科学与技术办公室(NOAA OST)的年度登陆数据。她描绘了一幅渔业衰退的复杂图景，使现有的叙述和发现更加复杂。由于乔治亚州自然资源部没有收集或报告渔民的种族人口统计数据，因此本文的历史和发现尤其相关。Caela O 'Connell和Krista Billingsley强调了利益相关者之间的社区动态和利益相关者知识支持私有化水质交易(WQT)在水井旁的努力:农民参与水质政策设计的必要性。 他们特别关注田纳西州东部和中部的流域地区。他们采用这种合作方式的目的是让致力于在美国建立和修订水质交易市场和政策的个人和团体参与进来。他们细致入微的发现有可能在WQT策略实现的设计阶段更好地纳入利益相关者。此外，这种包容性可以为农民带来更公平的贸易和市场参数，在这些(大多是失败的)市场中，农民往往被低估并被视为理所当然。同样在这期，苏珊·安德烈阿塔评论了地理学家朱莉·古斯曼的《枯萎:草莓产业的病原体、化学物质和脆弱的未来》，这本书探讨了加州草莓生产的政治经济学。安德烈亚塔强调了本书的主要理论贡献，并提请注意其他资源，这些资源扩展了古斯曼对该行业劳动条件的相对薄弱的分析。James P. Verinis还评论了人类学家Teresa Mares的《另一个边界上的生活:佛蒙特州的农场工人和食物正义》。这本书考察了佛蒙特州乳业拉丁裔工人的生活经历。Verinis分析了这本书对关于边界和边界的人类学理论的重要贡献，并赞扬了民族志材料明确了移民劳工、食品运动活动家和佛蒙特州居民之间意想不到的主体间性和亲密关系的形式。
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At the time we are writing this, the world is focused on fighting an unprecedented global pandemic following the spread of COVID-19. Many have been advised to work from home, and “social distancing” policies prohibit face-to-face interactions or social gatherings of more than ten. The articles in this issue reflect the creative and collaborative ways that anthropologists, including archaeologists, study how people experience and adapt to rapid or gradual ecological and social change in specific community contexts. As we grapple personally and intellectually with how to navigate the connections and disconnections created by COVID-19, these articles remind us of the many analytical tools that we have for researching processes of crisis, disruption, and renewal. The authors help us understand how communities process, grieve, remember, and work collaboratively toward renewal after experiencing different types of loss of environmental quality, livelihood, access to familiar foods, and mobility across borders. They remind us to take time to understand the deeply emotional, as well as the political and economic, processes at work in times of crisis and inspire us to continue working together (despite social distancing) to document the ways that communities navigate disruption. In Farming the Great Sage Plain: Experimental Agroarchaeology and the Basketmaker III Soil Record, Cynthia M. Fadem and Shanna R. Diederichs draw on the results of two research projects undertaken by the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to investigate patterns of soil development in the semiarid Mesa Verde region. This research allows them to explore the effects of dryland agricultural practices used by Ancestral Pueblo peoples on pedogenesis (the process of soil formation) and soil fertility. These findings are important for understanding Ancestral Pueblo farming practices and lifeways and for mitigating the effects of climate change and desertification in this region today. Fadem and Diederichs also demonstrate the value of collaborative research in archaeology; at Crow Canyon, archaeologists work alongside members of the Hopi tribe as they experiment with traditional farming techniques. Suzanne Kent and Keri Vacanti Brondo explore the importance of documenting how communities identify and ritualize emotional experiences of environmental loss in “Years Ago the Crabs Was so Plenty”: Anthropology’s Role in Ecological Grieving and Conservation Work. They tease out the many ways that ecological grieving is central to our experiences in the Anthropocene and how it can create spaces for hope and regeneration. Working collaboratively with conservationists based in Honduras, Kent and Brondo conducted interviews with people living on the island of Utila. They examine these particular narratives of ecological loss and call on anthropologists to pay closer attention to the emotional dynamics of environmental change. Consumption, especially of food, is a key form of political engagement, a
{"title":"Crisis, Disruption, and Renewal: Diverse Approaches to Understanding How Communities Navigate Loss and Disconnection","authors":"M. Styles, D. Sen","doi":"10.1111/cuag.12246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cuag.12246","url":null,"abstract":"At the time we are writing this, the world is focused on fighting an unprecedented global pandemic following the spread of COVID-19. Many have been advised to work from home, and “social distancing” policies prohibit face-to-face interactions or social gatherings of more than ten. The articles in this issue reflect the creative and collaborative ways that anthropologists, including archaeologists, study how people experience and adapt to rapid or gradual ecological and social change in specific community contexts. As we grapple personally and intellectually with how to navigate the connections and disconnections created by COVID-19, these articles remind us of the many analytical tools that we have for researching processes of crisis, disruption, and renewal. The authors help us understand how communities process, grieve, remember, and work collaboratively toward renewal after experiencing different types of loss of environmental quality, livelihood, access to familiar foods, and mobility across borders. They remind us to take time to understand the deeply emotional, as well as the political and economic, processes at work in times of crisis and inspire us to continue working together (despite social distancing) to document the ways that communities navigate disruption. In Farming the Great Sage Plain: Experimental Agroarchaeology and the Basketmaker III Soil Record, Cynthia M. Fadem and Shanna R. Diederichs draw on the results of two research projects undertaken by the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to investigate patterns of soil development in the semiarid Mesa Verde region. This research allows them to explore the effects of dryland agricultural practices used by Ancestral Pueblo peoples on pedogenesis (the process of soil formation) and soil fertility. These findings are important for understanding Ancestral Pueblo farming practices and lifeways and for mitigating the effects of climate change and desertification in this region today. Fadem and Diederichs also demonstrate the value of collaborative research in archaeology; at Crow Canyon, archaeologists work alongside members of the Hopi tribe as they experiment with traditional farming techniques. Suzanne Kent and Keri Vacanti Brondo explore the importance of documenting how communities identify and ritualize emotional experiences of environmental loss in “Years Ago the Crabs Was so Plenty”: Anthropology’s Role in Ecological Grieving and Conservation Work. They tease out the many ways that ecological grieving is central to our experiences in the Anthropocene and how it can create spaces for hope and regeneration. Working collaboratively with conservationists based in Honduras, Kent and Brondo conducted interviews with people living on the island of Utila. They examine these particular narratives of ecological loss and call on anthropologists to pay closer attention to the emotional dynamics of environmental change. Consumption, especially of food, is a key form of political engagement, a","PeriodicalId":54150,"journal":{"name":"Culture Agriculture Food and Environment","volume":"119 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75367159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont Teresa M. Mares. 2019. Berkeley: University of California Press, 240 pages, ISBN: 9780520295735 paperback.","authors":"James P. Verinis","doi":"10.1111/cuag.12249","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cuag.12249","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54150,"journal":{"name":"Culture Agriculture Food and Environment","volume":"42 1","pages":"65-67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2020-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/cuag.12249","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91396305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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