Recordings Posted for Farm Bill Webinar Series: Nutrition & Food Policy, Trade Implications and Research Title Highlights

2014 Farm Bill Webinar Series Continues:

Recordings for this webinar and past webinars are available here:

http://www.farmmanagement.org/aginuncertaintimesenglish/ag-in-uncertain-times/recordings/

Presentations:

* Dr. Helen Chipman, NPL-Food and Nutrition Education NIFA, USDA - Nutrition and Food Policy:
Nutrition Education - EFNEP/SNAP-Ed

* Dr. John Vansickle, University of Florida - 2014 Farm Bill Implications to Trade Policy and Food Aid

* Dr. John King & Kelly Day-Rubenstein Agricultural Economists, USDA Economic Research Service - 2014 Farm Bill Research Title Highlights

Upcoming Webinar Presentations:
April 14 - Specialty Crop Programs, Food Safety & FSMA and Thoughts for the Future
Archives: Webinars will be recorded and presentation materials are archived at:

http://www.farmmanagement.org/aginuncertaintimes

For More Information:
Point your browser to http://AgInUncertainTimes.FarmManagement.org for additional details and to log in.

Webinar Sponsors: 

Extension Risk Management Education Centers

SERA 39 Multistate Public Policy Issues Education Committee

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association-Extension Section

The Council on Food, Agriculture, & Resource Economics

Regional Extension Farm Management Committees and Ag in Uncertain Times

New Issue of Choices Available Online

A new issue of our free online magazine Choices is now available! This issue's theme focuses on Developing Local Food Systems in the South. Local food systems have been heralded as an avenue to provide quality food to local consumers grown profitably by local producers. This issue introduces an overview of the Land Grant System's role in peeling back the complex layers of risk management, consumer demand, marketing, food safety and environmental and economic effects in developing viable local food system. 
http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine

Call for Abstracts: Collaboration and Innovation Across the Food System

Joint Annual Meetings of the Association for the Study of Food and

Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society

(AFHVS)

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

June 18-22, 2014

Call for Abstracts is now open: http://www.uvm.edu/conferences/foodsystems/

Submission deadline is February 1, 2014

Decisions will be made by March 15, 2014

The University of Vermont is a fantastic site to host the 2014 conference. In a state that has been at the forefront of the sustainable food movement, UVM has adopted Food systems as one of three spires of excellence in a university-wide transdisciplinary research initiative.

Conference Background:

The Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) was founded in 1985, with the goals of promoting the interdisciplinary study of food and society. It has continued that mission by holding annual meetings; the first of which was in 1987. The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) encompasses individual and institutional members from disciplines that range from

agricultural production and the rural social sciences to nutrition policy and the humanities. The AFHVS was formed in 1987 to promote the study of values issues associated with the production, consumption and distribution of food, fiber and natural resources. Follow above link for submission details.

Questions? Contact Serena Parnau, aparnau@uvm.edu

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Food Policy, "Zero Tolerance Rules in Food Safety and Quality"

The journal Food Policy is now accepting submissions for a special issue titled "Zero Tolerance Rules in Food Safety and Quality". Papers should be on average 6,000 words long (including abstract, appendices, tables etc) and must be submitted by April 16, 2012.

Here's the description of the special issue from its editors:

The special issue of Food Policy will focus on zero tolerance as a characteristic of public policy, statues, and/or regulations of food. We also consider private rules including grades and standards. Of interest are the public and private rules that impose a "zero" standard for substances, e.g. residues, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pathogens, and other constituents such as gluten and transfats. This standard also applies to rules governing production practices, for example, added hormones, and product defects, such as, insect parts.

You can find more information about this issue in the full call for papers. More information about how to submit is available on the journal website.