June 4-7, 1998
San Fransico, CA
Gateway Holiday Inn

Conference Activities

THURSDAY, JUNE 4

6 p.m.-9:30 p.m.: Conference registration

(convention foyer)

8 a.m.-4 p.m: 1. Tour of Bay Area Entrepreneurial and Youth Urban Gardens. Departure from hotel front lobby

Coordinator: Gail Feenstra

7:30-8:45 p.m. 2. ASFS KEYNOTE ADDRESS

(Goldrush A)

Welcome and introduction: Jacqueline Newman, President, Association for the Study of Food and Society

THE LEGACY OF CULINARY SPIRIT FROM THE WOMEN OF THERESIENSTADT.Bianca Steiner Brown, translator of In Memory's Kitchen: A Legacy of the Women of Terezin, a cookbook compiled by women in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Ms. Brown was also a prisoner detained in the same camp.

8:45-10 p.m. Reception and cash bar

(convention foyer)

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Conference registration

(convention foyer)

7:30-9:00 a.m.(Monterey) 3. ASFS BUSINESS/PLANNING MEETING

(Carmel) 4. AFHVS BUSINESS/PLANNING MEETING

9-10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

(Nevada) 5. CULTURE AND CUISINE

THE TORTILLA AS ARTIFACT. Anne Fitzgerald, The Development Group for Alternative Policies, Berkeley, CA

SOUL FOOD AS CULTURE. William Whit, Department of Sociology, Grand Valley State University

ON THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "COOKED DINNER" IN BRITAIN: 15 YEARS ON. Anne Murcott, South Bank University, London.

(Washington) 6. PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY

CONNECTING LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICY IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.

Kate Clancy, Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, MD

WARRIOR WORK AND BUILDER WORK: EXPLORING RESPONSES TO BI-POLAR ENTERPRISE STRUCTURES IN ADVANCED AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS. G. W. Stevenson, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin--Madison

AGRICULTURE, ECOLOGY AND A NEW MILLENNIUM. Steve Oberle, Stevens Point, WI

(California) 7. FOOD AND NUTRITION ISSUES OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AND ACCULTURATION AMONG FILIPINO WOMEN. Heidi Sarmiento-Hardin San Diego State University; Audrey Spindler, San Diego State University

KOREAN-BORN ADULT IMMIGRANTS' CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS OF FOODS.H.L. Ashraf, L.I. Friede-Tamez, and E.M. Sliepcevich, Department of Animal Science and Food and Nutrition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

ACCULTURATION, HEALTH BEHAVIORS, BODY WEIGHT, AND HEALTH IN KOREAN AMERICANS. Soo-Kyung Lee, Mary Marcus, Hui-Chuan Lai, Christopher Green, Amy Radtke, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

(Redwood) 8. HOW TO (REALLY) EAT LOCALLY--FROM DOGMA TO DIET

Joan Dye Gussow, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jennifer Wilkins, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Jesse Cool, Owner/Chef, Flea Street Cafe; Richard Corichi, Owner/Manager, Community Mill and Bean; Toni Liquori, Community Food Resources Center

(Oregon) 9. FROM SCARCITY TO SCARE CITY: FOOD SAFETY AS A MIDDLE CLASS SOCIAL MOVEMENT. Melanie DuPuis, David Goodman, Margaret Fitzsimmons, Daniel Block, University of California, Santa Cruz

10:15-10:45 a.m. Break with refreshments

(Redwood) 10. 10:45-11:45 a.m. FEATURED SPEAKER

FROM "DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET" TO THE NEW MILLENIUM: THE "FOOD FIRST" VISION OF HUNGER AND FOOD. Peter Rosset, Executive Director, Institute for Food & Development Policy-Food First

11:45-1 p.m. Lunch

(Redwood) 11. 1-2:30 p.m. AFHVS KEYNOTE ADDRESS

THE FUTURE OF FAMILY FARMING AND AGRARIAN THINKING IN THE UNITED STATES. Victor Davis Hanson, scholar and author of Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea, and David Mas Masumoto, farmer, poet, and author of Epitaph for a Peach: Seasons on my Family Farm

2:30-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions



(Redwood) 12. PANEL: THE CALIFORNIA COUNTERCUISINE--THEN AND NOW

Organizer and Moderator: Warren Belasco, American Studies Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Panelists: Ed Bauman, Institute for Educational Therapy; Narsai David, KCBS; Joan Dye Gussow, Columbia University; Marion Nestle, New York University; Bill Staggs, food writer; Paul Vossen, University of California Cooperative Extension.

(Oregon) 13. FOOD AND LABOR

PICKING APPLES: A COMPARISON OF FARM WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN SOUTH AFRICA. Lucy Jarosz, Department of Geography, University of Washington

GREEN LABELS AND THE WELFARE OF FARM WORKERS. William Vorley and Kathryn Gilje, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, MN

THE HANDS BEHIND THE APPLE: WOMEN PACKING FRESH APPLES IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. Joan Qazi, Department of Geography, University of Washington

(Nevada) 14. RETHINKING CITY AND COUNTRYSIDE: FOOD AND FARMING, TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN FORM. Robert Gottlieb, Moderator and Participant, Occidental College; Carl Anthony, Urban Habitat/Earth Island Institute; Gloria Ohland, Surface Transportation Policy Project; Steve Sanders, California Futures Network

(WASHINGTON) 15. COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY: NEW STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH. Michelle Mascarenhas, Moderator, Community Food Security Project; Sheri Courtemanche, The California Endowment; Kanthony Gerauld, California Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Branch; Lucia Sanchez, Farmers' Market Fruit and Salad Bar Program; Gregory Schafer, Healthy Cities Project

(Monterey/Carmel) 16. FACTORS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD CHOICE

THE INFLUENCE OF IDEAS OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ON THE FOOD PREFERENCES OF THE POPULATION: THE ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. Maria Tysiachniouk, Center for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg State University.THE ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF THE ARGENTINE FARMERS: THE CASE OF THE AGROINDUSTRIALIZATION OF RURAL BASE. Marcelo Germán Posada, CONICET en la UNLu / FLACSO Argentina

(California) 17. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: NON-U.S. PERSPECTIVES

TRACKING CHANGE TOGETHER IN AGRICULTURE:PARTICIPATORY MONITORING OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN BRAZIL

Irene Guijt, International Institute for Environment and Development, London

PEOPLE, POWER AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: KEY SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS TO IMPLEEMENT AGROECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES. Ann Thrupp, World Resources Institute

SOCIAL TRADITION AND NEW FARMING TECHNOLOGIES IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA, NIGERIA AND SWAZILAND. S.K. Subair, University of Botswana, Botswana College of Agriculture, Gabarone, Bostwana.

FACING WORLD COMPETITIVINES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE MEXICAN DAIRY COOPERATIVE LALA CASE. Luis Arturo Garcia-Hernandez, UAM-Xochimilco; Estela Martinez-Borrego, IIS-UNAM; Hernan Salas Quintanal, IIS-UNAM.

3:45-4:15 p.m. Break with refreshments

4:15-5:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

(Oregon) 18. COOKING AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER

"FOOD TALK": SOCIABILITY, CLASS, AND GENDER. Alice P. Julier , Department of Sociology, Smith College

FOODS AS SACRED BLESSINGS: NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, FOOD, AND CULTURE.Barrie Kavasch, Bridgewater, CT

FEMINIST FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EDITING "THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW" Arlene Voski Avakian, Women Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

(Nevada) 19. BIODIVERSITY

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SEED INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR FOODWAYS. Wayne Smeltz, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Rider University

FROM THE GRASSROOTS: SAVING SEEDS AND PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES. Carolyn Sachs, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University

LANDCARE IN AUSTRALIA: CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RURAL ENVIRONMENTS. Stewart Lockie, Agri-food Restructuring and the Environment Program, Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University, Australia

LANDCARE IN AUSTRALIA: LESSONS FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. Allan Curtis, School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Michael Lockwood, School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Australia

(Washington) 20. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

JEFFERSON AND AGRARIANISM. Paul B. Thompson, Department of Philosophy,

Purdue University

THE JEFFERSONIAN IDEAL VS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE: THE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Leland Glenna and Max Pfeffer, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

FARM ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT IN THE 1910s

Stuart Shulman, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon

STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE LAND-GRANT SYSTEM: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS. Frederick H. Buttel and Jessica Goldberger, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin

(Monterey/Carmel) 21. ORGANIC RULES: STRUCTURE, STRUGGLE, OPPORTUNITYSean L. Swezey, organizer and moderator, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz; Julie Guthman, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley; Tim Voss, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

(California) 22. SCHOOL CHILDREN AND DIET

DIETARY CHANGE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN AS IT RELATES TO ACCULTURATION OCCURRING IN EAST OXFORD, ENGLAND. Jeanne Lawless, Department of Biological & Allied Health Sciences, Bloomsburg University, and Helen Macbeth and Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England

BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOOD EDCATION PROGRAM AT QUIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARTFORD CONNECTICUT: AN EXAMPLE OF FOOD EDUCATION IN A COMPLEX URBAN CULTURE. Elizabeth Wheeler, Hartford Food System.

FINDING COMMON GROUND: INCORPORATING ETHNIC FOODS IN A PRESCHOOL MENU. J. Nelson, M. Smith, S. Starbuck, and H. Ashraf, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

(Redwood) 23. FOOD FIRST: UNCONVENTIONAL VIEWS OF HUNGER, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS. Peter Rosset, Executive Director, Institute for Food & Development Policy-Food First

HOW RACIALIZED INTERPRETATIONS OF HUNGER DISTORT POLICIES TOWARD AFRICA. Deborah Toler, Senior Analyst, Institute for Food & Development Policy-Food First

CUBA AND CALIFORNIA: LESSONS AND MOVEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Martin Bourque, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, Institute for Food & Development Policy-Food First

FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT. Anuradha Mittal, Policy Director, Institute for Food & Development Policy-Food First.

24. 4 p.m. Tea Tasting and Chinese Banquet [need meeting place info]

Coordinator: Jaqueline Newman

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

8-10 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m.: Conference registration

(convention foyer)

7 a.m. 25. Early morning visit to the San Francisco Farmer's MarketDeparture from hotel lobby

Coordinator: Barbara Gordon

8:30-9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

(California) 26. FOOD AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WINE: MODAVI, JULIO GALLO, COMMODITY FETISHISM, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION, William H. Friedland, University of California, Santa Cruz

LOVE 'ER OR LIVER: FOIE GRAS-AN UNLIKELY DELICACY GAINS F(L)AVOR IN AMERICA. Mitchell Davis, James Beard Foundation and the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University

TAKING A BITE OUT OF GLOBALIZATION: NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS

Gail Satler, Department of Sociology, Hofstra University

(Washington) 27. CONSUMERS, COMMODITIES AND COMMUNITIES: LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS IN A GLOBALIZING ENVIRONMENT.Gail Feenstra, University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program; Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University; Larry Busch, Michigan State University; Steve Stevenson, University of Wisconsin.

(Nevada) 28. AGRICULTURE ISSUES, PARTICULAR CONCERNS

AGRICULTURE, METHYL BROMIDE AND THE OZONE HOLE: FILLING THE GAPS. Jean Ristaino, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEM FOR SEEDLESS WATERMELON GROWN IN ROTATION WITH GREEN MANURE CROPS. M.R. Reddy, Kanglin Li, Austin Bull, and John O'Sullivan, North Carolina A&T State University

IMPLEMENTATION OF FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES OF EXTENSION TRAINING IN OIL-PALM SECTOR: A MAYLAYSIAN EXPERIENCE. Maimunah Ismail, Department of Extension Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia; Mohammad bin Salleh, Research Unit, Office of Chancellory, Serdang, Malaysia

(Oregon) 29. PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING FOODS AND FOODWAYS FROM THREE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND COUNTRIES. Organizer and presider: Jo Marie Powers, University of Guelph, Canada

RESEARCHING FOODS AND BEVERAGES USING HISTORICAL SOURCES. Dorothy Duncan, Executive Director, Ontario Historical Society, Toronto, ON, Canada

RESEARCHING MEXICAN FOOD TRADITIONS. Janet Long-Solis, Anthropology, National University of Mexico

TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL DATA SOURCES RELATED TO REGIONAL AND ETHNIC FOOD CONSUMPTION, Barbara G. Shortridge, Department of Geography, University of Kansas.

(Redwood) 30. CORPORATE FOOD--GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH?

Joan Dye Gussow, Teachers College, Columbia University (Moderator); David Henson, Occidental Center for Art and Ecology; Marion Nestle, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University.

(Redwood) 9:45-10:45 a.m. 31. ASFS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

DIETARY CONSUMPTION OF ONE WORLD WITH MANY CULTURES AND ONE CULTURE IN MANY WORLDS. Jacqueline Newman, Queens College, CUNY

10:45-11:15 a.m. Break with refreshments

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

(California) 32. FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND SUSTAINABLITY: PHILOSOPHY INTO PRACTICE

WHAT'S ON THE MENU? OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES RELATED TO INCREASED USE OF LOCAL FOODS BY INSTITUTIONS. John Hendrickson, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison

THE EVOLUTION OF A RURAL COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: LESSONS LEARNED IN POLITICS AND PRACTICE. Richard W. Ryan, San Diego State University.

FROM SOCIAL MOVEMENT TO FOOD INDUSTRY: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION. Niels Neine Kristensen, Thorkild Nielsen, Department of Technology and Social Sciences, Technical University, Denmark.

(Redwood) 33. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

THE CHALLENGE OF CLASS FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE: EMERGING INSIGHTS IN CENTRAL IOWA. Clare Hinrichs, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University; Kathy Kremer, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University

COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP MODEL: PROMOTING BETTER FAMILY FOOD DECISIONS IN COMMUNITIES. Ardyth H. Gillespie, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University; Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr., Rural Sociology, Cornell University; Susie Craig, Cooperative Extension, Washington State University.

CATALYZING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANNING TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY: INSIGHTS GAINED FROM NEW YORK STATE'S NORTH COUNTRY. Vivica Kraak, M.S., R.D., Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

UNDERSTANDING ISSUES OF PARTICIPATION AND POWER WITHIN A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE IN NEW YORK'S NORTH COUNTRY. Christine McCullum, M.S., R.D., Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

(Oregon) 34. THE GENDERED ROLE OF NUTRITION IN TWO CULTURES: THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED STATES FROM THE LATE 19TH TO THE MID-20TH CENTURY.COOKERY SCHOOLS: ON WOMEN'S LIB AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A MODERN LIFE STYLE IN THE NETHERLANDS (1880-1940). Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen, Free University of Amsterdam

THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION: IMAGES IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN NON-FICTION FOR GIRLS. Rima D. Apple, Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin

THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF KITCHEN AND COOKING: INCREASING DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN HOUSEHOLDS AND COMPANIES, 1920-1970.

Anneke H. van Otterloo, University of Amersterdam

(Nevada) 35. EDUCATING THROUGH FOOD

INVESTIGATING UPPER ELEMENTARY, INNER-CITY SCHOOL CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS ABOUT FOOD AND ITS CONNECTION TO SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. Pamela D. Koch, MS, RD, Toby J. Hindin, MS, MEd, Isobel R. Contento, PhD, Kimberley Yang, MA, Angela Calabrase-Barton, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University

CULTIVATING A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY IN CHILDREN THROUGH GARDENING. Marcia Eames-Sheavly, F&VS Department, Cornell University

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GARDEN PROJECT AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY; A MODEL URBAN GARDEN PROJECT FOR PRODUCE DEMONSTRATIONS. Barbara Gordon and B. Dixon, San Jose State University

(Washington) 36. ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Patricia Allen, Center for Ag & Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz; Eric Holt-Gimenez, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, California; Lori Ann Thrupp, World Resources Institute, Berkeley, California

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch break

(Redwood) 1:30-2:30 p.m. 37. AFHVS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH A CSA: THE REFLECTIONS OF A BRUISED AND SOMEWHAT WISER ANTHROPOLOGIST. Laura DeLind, Michigan State University

2:30-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

(California) 38. VEGGIES AND VEGETARIANISM

TOO SKINNY OR JUST TOO HEALTHY? WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN THE VEGETARIAN MOVEMENT. Donna Maurer, Department of Sociology, Central Connecticut State University

VEGETARIANISM AND THE GENDERED BODY: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.

Stewart Lockie, Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: DO PEOPLE REALLY EAT THEM?

Jacqueline M. Newman, Amy Jeiger, and Jia Zheng Hong, Queens College CUNY

(Monterey/Carmel) 39. THE AUTHOR AND THE ISSUE: IRENE TINKER'S STREET FOODS

Kenneth A. Dahlberg, organizer and moderator, Western Michigan University

Panelists: Sheldon Margen, University of California, Berkeley; Dorothy Blair, The Pennsylvania State University; Elaine Power, University of Toronto

Author/Respondent: Irene Tinker, University of California, Berkeley

(Oregon) 40. SELF-DETERMINATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN CALIFORNIA

Patricia Allen, organizer and moderator, Center for Ag & Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz

Darrie Ganzhorn, Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, California

Gia Grant, Sembrando el Futuro, Santa Cruz, California

Jose Montenegro, Rural Development Center, Salinas, California

Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, San Francisco, California

(Redwood) 41. FOOD AND FILM

TASTING THE ESSENCE: FOOD AND MEANING IN PULP FICTION. Rebecca Lindsey Epstein, Department of Film and Television, UCLA

SELLING THE BIG NIGHT: ON FOOD FILMS, CONSUMPTION, AND AMERICAN IDENTITY. Laura A. Lindenfeld, Department of Critical Theory, University of California at Davis

"IF I DON'T GET MY VITAMINS,...ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN: NUTRITION IN 20TH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE. Rima D. Apple, Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin

(Nevada) 42. BIOTECHNOLOGY: PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE

BREEDING FAMILIARITY: CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE IN AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. Elisabeth Abergel, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University; Katherine Barrett, Botany Department, University of British Columbia

IMPLEMENTING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE FOR BIOENGINEERED FOOD CROPS: HERBICIDE TOLERANT SOYBEANS AS A CASE STUDY. Britt Bailey, Center for Ethics in Toxics, Gualala, CA

IN SEARCH OF TRANSPARENCY AND TRACEABILITY? THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS) THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN. David Barling, Centre for Food Policy, Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University

(Washington) 43. MEXICAN FOOD TRADITIONS

Janet Long, organizer and presider, National University of Mexico

FOOD SAFETY IN ANCIENT MEXICO: ARE THERE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE PAST? Luis Alberto Vargas, Anthropology, and Leticia Casillas, Medicine, National University of Mexico

AMARANTH. Christina Mapes, Botannical Gardens, National University of Mexico

THE MEXICAN DIET AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. Janet Long, Anthropology, National Univerisity of Mexico.

3:45-4:15 p.m. Break with refreshments

4:15-6 p.m. Concurrent Sessions



(Oregon) 44. ETHICS AND VALUES: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES

THE ETHICS OF GLOBAL WARMING: WHO SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN. E. Wesley F. Peterson, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

ETHICS AND EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURE: THE VOICES OF DEVELOPMENT IN A REGIONAL INDUSTRY. Mora Campbell and James Moreira.

VALUES DISPUTES AND THE KANKAKEE WETLANDS RESTORATION. Sarah Roberts, Purdue University

(Nevada) 45. FOOD IN MEDIATED FORMS

MEDIA BROADCAST ON FOOD SAFTEY: ECONOMIC/ETHICAL ISSUES

Valluru Ram, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Douglas H. Jose, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

COOKERY WRITERS AS AGENT OF CHANGE, HEALTH PROMOTION CONUNDRUMS AND PARADOXES. Martin Caraher and Tim Lang, Centre for Food Policy, Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University, England

CONSUMING IMAGES: FOOD ADVERTISING AS SOCIAL TRAINING. Nona L. Wilson, Counseling and Human Resource Development Department, South Dakota State University; Anne E. Blackhurst, Counseling and Student Personnel Department, Mankato State University

(Washington) 46. PARTICULAR ISSUES OF SMALLER-SCALE FARMING

EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ON-FARM GRAIN STORAGE OF SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA - A BAD AND A PROMISING EXAMPLE. Abraham Blum, Hebrew University

NITROGEN AND HUMAN NUTRITIONAL CARRYING CAPACITY IN VILLAGE ECOSYSTEMS OF CHINA'S YANGTZE DELTA REGION. Erle C. Ellis, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

ADDING VALUE TO FRESH VEGETABLES TO IMPROVE INCOMES OF MINORITY FARMERS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FARM COMMUNITIES, Paul W. Armah, College of Agriculture, Arkansas State University

(Redwood) 47. THEOLOGICAL ETHICS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY. Darryl Lynn Birkenfeld, organizer and presider, The Promised Land Network, Hereford, TX

BEYOND POPULATION: A CHALLENGE TO MALTHUSIAN THEOLOGY

Carol Manahan

AN ECOLOGICAL COMMON GOOD APPROACH TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. Richard O. Randolph, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA

RECONSTRUCTING HOLISM AS AN APPROACH TO AGRICULTURAL ETHICS

Darryl Lynn Birkenfeld, The Promised Land Network, Hereford, TX

(California) 48. THE CALIFORNIA EXCEPTIONALISM: A LOOK AT HISTORY AND FUTURE

Patricia Allen, organizer and moderator, Center for Ag & Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz; E. Melanie DuPuis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz; Margaret FitzSimmons, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; William Friedland, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz; Julie Guthman, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

(Monterey/Carmel) 49. THE SOUL OF AGRICULTURE VISION STATEMENT

Stanislaus Dundon, organizer and moderator, Davis, CA

Panel members: To be announced

(Monterey/Carmel) 6-7:30 p.m. 50. JOINT ASFS/AFHVS BUSINESS/PLANNING MEETINGS

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

8:00-9:30 a.m.: Conference registration

(convention foyer)

8:30-9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

(Monterey/Carmel) 51. EXAMINING TOXINS AND TOXICITY

FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROTEST IN DENSELY POPULATED AND INDUSTRIALLY CONTAMINATED REGIONS. Anne C. Bellows, CRCEES/Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

A SURVEY OF APPLE GROWERS' ACCESS TO INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN TWO CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. Kathleen Walker, Department of ESPM, Division of Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

(California) 52. THEORY AND FOOD

USING THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF PIERRE BOURDIEU FOR SOCIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF FOOD AND NUTRITION ISSUES. Elaine Power, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

BACK FROM THE FIELD: READING INTO THE FOOD VOICE. Annie Hauck Lawson, Department of Health & Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College

HUNGER, APPETITE AND SATIETY IN A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE. Soren Tange Kristensen, Research Department of Human Nutrition, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark

(Washington) 53. FOOD AND TRANSITION

WEIGHT AND WEDDINGS: INTERPRETING WEIGHT AT THE TRANSITION INTO MARRIAGE. Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

CHANGING APPALACHIAN FOODWAYS: PERCEIVED CHANGES AND RATIONALE FOR FOOD HABITS OF APPALACHIAN OHIOANS. Deanna L. Tribe, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension; Cynthia S. Oliveri, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

PARENTING STYLE, PARENTAL AND PEER WEIGHT BELIEFS, AND ADOLESCENT BODY COMPOSITION. Emily Lazarou, Alex McIntosh, Karen S. Kubena, David McMurray, Michael Weir, Carolyn Bailey, and Liz Keith. Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A& M University, College Station; Department of Animal Science, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Department of Pediatrics - Scott and White Clinic

(Nevada) 54. LABORING IN CALIFORNIA'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEM

Patricia Allen, organizer and moderator, Center for Ag & Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz

Kate Hallward, United Farm Workers, Watsonville, California

Jose Montenegro, Rural Development Center, Salinas, California

Don Villarejo, California Institute for Rural Studies, Davis, California

(Oregon) 55. OLESTRAOLESTRA AND HUMAN VALUES. Hugh Joseph, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

THE SELLING OF OLESTRA. Marion Nestle, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University

9:45-10:15 a.m. Break with refreshments

(Redwood) 10:15-11:15 a.m. 56. Featured Session

Reading by Arlene Avakian, editor, and E. Barrie Kavasch, contributor, from their new book, Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking

(Beacon, 1997).



11:15-12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

(California) 57. FOOD SECURITY AND INSECURITY: RIGHTS AND DEBATES

HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS? THE RISE OF EMERGENCY FOOD. Janet E. Poppendieck, Center for the Study of Family Policy, Hunter College, New York, NY

RE-EMBEDDING TRUST: UNRAVELLING THE WEB OF INTERESTS CONSTRUCTING MODERN DIETS. Colin Sindall, Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Deakin University, Australia; Jane Dixon, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

THE RIGHT TO FOOD: RESHAPING THE SOCIAL POLICY DEBATE IN CANADA. Graham Riches, College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

(Nevada) 58. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS

LABELING PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: TOWARDS COMMUNICATION AND CONSENT. Debra Jackson, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University

NUTRACEUTICALS AS AN ETHICAL-POLITICAL PROBLEM. M. Korthals, Applied Philosophy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands

IS A POSITION AGAINST BIOTECHNOLOGY VIOLATING THE COMMON GOOD?

Marc Lappe, Director, Center for Ethics in Toxics (CETOS), Gualala, CA 95445

(Washington) 59. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FOOD AND NUTRITION

UNIVERSITY STUDENT BELIEFS ABOUT SEASONAL AND LOCAL FOODS. Jennifer Wilkins, Jeffery Sobal, Elizabeth Bowdish, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

A PILOT STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOME STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND LEVELS OF LEARNING IN A FOOD AND NUTRITION COURSE. W.F. Barker, M.M. Barker, and M.L. Campbell, Departments of Educational and School Psychology and Food and Nutrition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

CURRICULAR CHALLENGE: THE FOOD AND NUTRITION STUDENT- A PRODUCT OF A SOCIETY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THE TIME OR KNOWLEDGE TO COOK. M.M. Barker, M.L. Campbell, and W.F. Barker , Departments of Food and Nutrition and Educational and School Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

(Monterey/Carmel) 60. BEYOND THE "GUT" COURSE: A PEDAGOGICAL AND PRACTICAL EXPLORATION OF THE FOOD

STUDIES MOVEMENT

Netta Davis, Boston University, Program in Gastronomy

Amy Bentley, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University

(Oregon) 61. PANEL: HUNGER VS. FOOD SECURITY: ADDRESSING SOME DIFFERENCES Hugh Joseph, organizer and moderator, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University; Ed Bolen - California Food Policy Advocates, San Francisco, CA; Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalition, Venice, CA; Moderator/commentator: Patricia Allen, Center for Ag &Sustainable Food Systems, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz

(Convention lobby?) 62. POSTER SESSION: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ETHNIC FOODS DATA BASE. Bhat, J., M.S., 40835 Lincoln Street #1, Fremont, CA 94538, Sucher, K., Sc.D., R.D., Department of Nutrition & Food Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Korfhage, C., M.S., R.D., First DataBank, San Bruno, CA.

(Convention lobby?) 63. POSTER SESSION: PROMOTING BIOLOGICALLY INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS (BIFS) TO REDUCE AGRICHEMICAL USE. Robert L. Bugg and Janet C. Broome, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8716

64. Napa Valley Winery Tour: Departure time and place and other tour particulars to be announced at conference. Check at the registration desk.