The ASFS was founded in 1985 to promote the interdisciplinary study of food and society. It has continued that mission by holding annual meetings; the first was in 1987 and since 1992, the conferences have been held jointly with the organization: Agriculture, Food & Human Values.
Working with Routledge Publishing, the organization produces the journal, Food Culture & Society.
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The Graduate Association for Food Studies
Since January 1, 2017, the Graduate Association for Food Studies (GAFS) has been the student caucus of the ASFS! All ASFS members who are students will automatically be part of the student caucus. For more information on the GAFS, please visit their website.
2025 Annual ASFS/AFHVS Conference
“Food Cultures and Social Justice”
Hosted by Oregon State Univesity – June 18-21, 2025
Corvallis, Oregon (USA)
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Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
Racial Justice Research and Pedagogy Fellowships
As food studies scholars and practitioners, we are keenly aware of transnational systems of racial
inequality and entitlement. As an organization we are committed to supporting both research and
teaching in food studies that uses an intersectional lens to understand and dismantle racially
unjust systems and structures. We commit to building both a more racially just food system and a
more racially inclusive field of food studies. In support of these aims, and with funds from the
Mellon Foundation, we are offering two types of fellowships for scholars and practitioners
working in the humanities and humanistic social sciences (history, literature, philosophy, ethnic
studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, and other related fields):
- Racial Justice Research Fellowships, the aim of which are to support research that uses an
intersectional lens to identify and suggest action related to racialized inequities in the food
system, explore under-recognized contributions of racially marginalized groups to food cultures
and food systems, contribute to the well-being of racially marginalized communities, and/or
advance the careers of racially marginalized scholars. - Racial Justice Pedagogy Fellowships, the aim of which are to develop syllabi and
pedagogical tools for teaching about food and food systems that use an intersectional lens and
centers questions and outcomes related to racial justice in the food system and food cultures,
and/or advances the careers of racially marginalized scholars.