JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF AFHVS & ASFS MAY 28‐31, 2009 PENN STATER CONFERENCE CENTER STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, USA 1 2 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture WELCOME! Welcome to the 2009 joint annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society! The theme of our conference this year—“Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture”—has only become more relevant since it was first settled upon about a year ago. As the administrations of national governments have changed, as economies at a multitude of scales experience strains and generate hardships not seen in decades, as more people actively recognize and respond to the social and environmental crises that cross‐cut our local places and global relations in the 21st century, we need to come together, now perhaps more than ever, to share our research findings, our intellectual insights and our practical ideas about the future of food and agriculture. This is precisely what will happen in dizzying abundance over the two‐and‐a‐half days of the 2009 AFHVS/ASFS conference. We hope you enjoy the conference. We welcome you to Penn State University, to the borough of State College, and to the beautiful wooded hills and farms of Central Pennsylvania! We encourage you to take a walking tour of at least some of the 7,200 acre campus with over 14,064 trees including 224 historic stately elm trees. The pedestrian‐friendly campus is beautifully landscaped with perennial flowers, shrubs, and trees and the spring is an excellent time to take in the sights. During your walk, you might want to sample the ice cream at the Berkey Creamery or stroll down Curtin Road to the Palmer Art Museum. Adjacent to the campus, downtown State College is also pedestrian‐friendly with plenty of restaurants and shops. For good local coffee shops, try Saints, The Cheese Shop, or Websters. For good beer and/or music, check out Ottos, Zenos, or Elk Creek Café (in Millheim). If you get a chance to get out to the countryside, travel to nearby Belleville or Aaronsburg to visit Amish farms and shops (which are not touristy). For hikers or walkers, try Black Moshannon State Park, Bald Eagle State Park, or the many mountain trails behind Tussey Mountain. Clare Hinrichs Carolyn Sachs 1 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture CONFERENCE PLANNING AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Clare Hinrichs, Conference Program Coordinator Carolyn Sachs, Local Arrangements Coordinator Ann Stone, Conference Registration Coordinator Leland Glenna, Exhibits and Displays Coordinator Carmen Alvarez Jessica Bagdonis Dorothy Blair Dara Bloom John Eshleman Audrey Maretzki Rachel Moran Audrey Schwartzberg Don Thompson Susan Thompson Joan Thomson SPECIAL THANKS TO CONFERENCE SPONSORS Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Penn State University Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Penn State University Department of Nutrition, Penn State University Department of Women’s Studies, Penn State University Science, Technology, and Society Program, Penn State University CONFERENCE BOOKSELLERS Berg Publishers Penn State Press Scholars' Choice 2 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture OFFICERS OF THE AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND HUMAN VALUES SOCIETY, 2009‐2010 President: Daniel Block Vice‐President: Neva Hassanein Executive Secretary: Richard Haynes Ex officio: Gilbert Gillespie, AFHVS President 2008‐2009 Harvey James, Jr., Editor, Agriculture and Human Values Council Members: Janet Chrzan David Cleveland Jason Evans Jessica Goldberger Alison Harmon Betty Izumi JoAnn Jaffe Dan Jaffe Theresa Selfa OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY, 2009‐2010 President: Fabio Parasecoli Vice‐President: Annie Hauck Lawson Secretary: Babette Audant Treasurer: Jennifer Berg Ken Albala and Lisa Heldke, Editors, Food, Culture and Society Warren Belasco, Associate Editor, Food, Culture and Society Krishnendu Ray, Book Review Editor, Food, Culture and Society Jonathan Deutsch, Education Editor, Food, Culture and Society, and ASFS Listserv Manager Elaine Power, Chair, Paper Prize Committee 3 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture KEYNOTE ADDRESS Judy Wicks “Local living economies: A future of green, fair and fun” Friday, May 29, 2009 1:30‐2:30 p.m. Dean’s Hall (Main Level) Judy Wicks is founder of Philadelphia's landmark White Dog Café, and a national leader in the local, living economies movement. Over the last 26 years, the White Dog Café has become a model enterprise, known nationally for its community involvement, environmental stewardship, responsible business practices, and leadership in the local food movement. White Dog has purchased sustainably grown produce from local family farmers for more than 20 years, and is committed to purchasing only humanely and naturally raised animal products and sustainably harvested fish. Many imported ingredients, such as coffee, tea, chocolate, vanilla, and cinnamon are certified fair trade. White Dog practices include recycling and composting, solar hot water, eco‐friendly soaps and office supplies, and purchasing 100% of electricity from renewable sources, the first business in Pennsylvania to do so. In January 2009, Judy sold the majority interest in White Dog Café, through an innovative exit strategy that preserves the values and socially responsible business practices through a “social contact.” In 2001, Judy co‐founded the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), now with 65 local networks in the US and Canada. That same year she founded the Philadelphia Fair Food Project and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, the local BALLE network, now with over 400 business members. Co‐author of White Dog Café Cookbook: Multicultural Recipes and Tales of Adventure from Philadelphia’s Revolutionary Restaurant, Judy is currently working on a new book, Good Morning, Beautiful Business, to be published by Chelsea Green in 2010. 4 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES AFHVS President Gilbert W. Gillespie, Cornell University “The steering question” Saturday, May 30, 2009 1:30‐3:15 p.m. Dean’s Hall ( Main Level) Gilbert Gillespie holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University and has been a Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell. Both as a researcher and a social movement participant, he has focused on more civic forms of local food system social “infrastructure,” including farmers’ markets, small‐scale food processors, start‐up farms, and organizations supporting agriculture and food based community development. His recent research projects have included a study on developing community capacity through developing indicators of agricultural viability. He has taught undergraduate courses in “agriculture, food, and society,” “environment and society,” and “comparative social inequalities.” These courses have been a vehicle for helping students to grasp the important interrelations between societies and ecosystems, properly conceived together as socio‐ecosystems. ASFS President Fabio Parasecoli, New York University “Shared meals and other delectable symptoms: Ruminations on the concept of food community” Saturday, May 30, 2009 1:30‐3:15 p.m. Dean’s Hall ( Main Level) Fabio Parasecoli lives between Rome and New York City, where he writes about food and gastronomy both as a journalist and as an academic. His research focuses on the intersection of food, politics, and communication. He teaches in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. He also collaborates with other institutions, such as the University of Illinois Champaign‐Urbana, Hohenheim Universität in Stuttgart, l’Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, and the University of Gastronomic Studies in Italy. Fabio Parasecoli is general editor – together with Peter Scholliers – of the forthcoming six volume Cultural History of Food (Berg 2011). 5 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture 2009 STUDENT PAPER AWARD WINNERS AFHVS Graduate Student Paper Award “Keeping the wineglass full: Sustainable viticulture and its role in sustaining agricultural livelihoods in Lodi, California” Matthew Hoffman, Iowa State University (To be presented in Conference Session 70) AFHVS Undergraduate Student Paper Award “In search of a new ‘fair trade’ paradigm: An alternative to the market‐driven relationship” Ezequiel Zylberberg, University of Florida (To be presented in Conference Session 9) ASFS— Alex McIntosh Graduate Student Paper Prize “Japanese spin on Italian pasta: The social life of Wafuu pasta in Japan” Sun Lee, New York University (Paper will be not be presented at conference) ASFS— Bill Whit Undergraduate Student Paper Prize “The American grotesque: Competitive eating and the cultural meaning of American bodies” Adrienne Johnson, University of California‐ Berkeley (Paper will not be presented at conference) 6 2009 AFHVS/ASFS Conference Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture PRE‐CONFERECE TOURS MAY 28, 2009 DAIRY DIVERSITY TOUR 8:30 A.M.—4:30 P.M. Though much of the dairy production in Pennsylvania moves through conventional market channels, alternative dairy