In recognition of the 20th anniversaries of the organizations’ founding, the theme of the 2007 joint meeting is Changing Ecologies of Food and Agriculture: Building on 20 Years of Scholarship. The dialectic between eco-social diversity and economic efficiencies directly or indirectly informs many issues for both organizations and is at the heart of the struggle for sustainability. Victoria is a striking example of this dialectic – an international agro-culinary tourist destination that demonstrably supports its island food community. However, Victoria imported 15% of the food consumed 50 years ago and now imports 90%. Thus, Victoria is a fitting venue for this 20th anniversary meeting because it is a microcosm of the larger scale dynamics challenging global agro-food sustainability.

Over the past decade, Victoria (the seat of BC government) and Southern Vancouver Island have become an international gastronomic tourism destination that has gained a rapidly growing and well deserved reputation. A thriving urban Victoria restaurant scene is driven by the internationally renowned agro-entrepreneurial producers of foods and wines of the Cowichan Valley (about 40 minutes north) and Gulf Islands (30 minutes by ferry). In addition, a new breed of fishers and wild forest harvesters sustainably provide local treasures from area seas and forests. Activities associated with the conference will include numerous agro-tourism and nature-based packages such as whale watching off Victoria’s shores, bike or bus wine and food tours of the Cowichan Valley and Gulf Islands, kayaking trips of local marine reserves, surfing and beachcombing at Tofino’s Long Beach (a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site), and gastronomic tours of Victoria’s famous “China Town” and the "edible beach.” Victoria is an internationally recognized vacation destination and thus is an ideal locale for a family vacation <http://www.tourismvictoria.com>.

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The 2007 joint annual meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) bring together on May 30-June 3 in Victoria, British Columbia, two multidisciplinary professional and scholarly societies for the purpose of discussing contemporary research and issues about food and agriculture. The theme for the 2007 conference is Changing Ecologies of Food and Agriculture: Building on 20 Years of Scholarship.

Papers, panels, and events are sought on any topic related to agriculture, food, and society, including but not limited to the following:

• 20 years of changing understanding of agro-food systems
  
• agriculture in the middle
  
• foodways & cultural contexts of food, food preparation, and eating;
  
• the origins & social implications of agricultural & food technologies & practices;
  
• global, regional, & local food systems as they relate to urban/rural development;
  
• agro-food systems as contexts of food production, distribution, and consumption;
  
• research practices & issues in agriculture, food, fiber, and nutrition;
  
• politics & policies pertaining to agriculture, food, fiber, and nutrition
  
• the genesis & roles of scientific & indigenous knowledges in food systems;
  
• socio-technical issues & controversies in agriculture & food (e.g., industrialization of livestock production, GMOs/biotechnology, organic food standards);
  
• food issues (e.g., access, security, safety, equity, & ethics);
  
• food- & agriculture-related activism & social movements;
  
• nutrition education & community nutrition;
  
• food & the media;
  
• ethical, epistemological, & other philosophical analyses relating to any of the above;
  
• pedagogical issues & strategies relating to any of the above.
  
  

DUE DATE
January 31, 2007

TYPES OF SESSIONS
Papers, panels, or events may be proposed.

FORMAT
Abstracts only. Electronic submission preferred.

All proposals must include, in this order:

1. type of submission (e.g., one paper, an organized panel of multiple presentations, or event);
2. title;
3. submitter’s name, organizational affiliation, and full mailing address;
4. submitter’s e-mail address;
5. submitter’s telephone number,
6. names and organizational affiliations of co-authors or co-organizers; and
7. abstract of 250 or fewer words that describes the proposed paper, panel, or event;
8. a list of up to six keywords to assist in coordinating papers and presentations. Proposals of panels should also include the name and affiliation of the presider (moderator) and a tentative roster of the panel members in addition to the 250 word abstract.
   

SUBMISSION
Submit proposals to Dr. Keith Douglass Warner (kwarner@scu.edu). Submit as MSWord file attachment if possible; however, submissions can be sent in the body of an e-mail message (no embedded codes please). Please place “Victoria” in the subject line of the email. Please label the Word document file with the lead author last name, followed by a period, followed by the first word in the title (example: Warner. Agroecology).

ACKNOWLEGMENT AND NOTIFICATION
All proposals sent by e-mail will be acknowledged within two weeks of receipt. If you do not receive confirmation that we have received your proposal, send another email to kwarner@scu.edu. Notification of status of proposals will be sent by February 27. We regret that our review process does not enable us to provide critique, just "accept" or "not accept" status.

Student Paper Awards
Both sponsoring societies, AFHVS and ASFS, will give awards for the best student papers.

I. Agriculture Food and Human Values Society Student Essay Competition
Eligibility. Students who submit abstracts to present at the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting may also submit a full version of their paper to be considered in the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society student essay competition. The AFHV Society Student Paper Award Committee will select up to one undergraduate student and one graduate student to receive awards for contributed papers of scholarly excellence.

Theme. Papers should be related to the production, distribution, or consumption of food, fiber, and natural resources. AFHVS promotes open discussion of questions such as the sustainability of modern food production practices; alternative visions of food systems; the benefits and risks of biological technologies; and food security in developed and developing countries.

Award. Each award will include a $400 stipend and payment of the registration fee and banquet ticket for the 2007 AFHVS Annual Meeting.

Requirements. Award winners are expected to present their paper at the annual meeting. Each submission must be accompanied by an e-mail or letter from the student's academic supervisor verifying that the author is an undergraduate or graduate student, and that the student was the primary person responsible for the paper's genesis, development, and writing.

Opportunity for Publication. Based on the recommendation of the Student Paper Award Committee, the papers may be forwarded to the journal Agriculture and Human Values for further peer review. Note that papers submitted for the student paper competition do not have a required format. To be submitted to the Society's journal for publication, however, papers should be full-length and in the format specified by the journal. (For full details, see www.afhvs.org/journal.html).

Deadline student papers only. Student full paper submissions must be e-mailed or postmarked by March 21, 2007. It is preferred that abstracts be submitted on disk (Corel Word Perfect, MS Word, or a text file) or as a file attachment by electronic mail to Dr. Marcy Ostrom, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University, 7612 Pioneer Way East, Puyallup, WA 98371. E-mail: mrostrom@wsu.edu. Please include no embedded codes. Clean typewritten submissions are also welcome. Include your name, full address, email address, and affiliation after the paper title and before the text of the abstract. Notification of awards will be made by April 30, 2007.

II. ASFS Student Paper Awards
The ASFS invites undergraduate and graduate to submit a paper for the William Whit (undergraduate) and Alex McIntosh (graduate) prizes. These awards are intended to recognize students' contributions to the field of food studies. One award will be given for an undergraduate student paper and one award for a graduate student paper. The author of each award-winning paper will receive $400, payment of membership and conference fees and a free banquet ticket for the coming year's annual meeting. We welcome submissions on a wide range of issues relating to food, society and culture, and from the diverse disciplinary (and transdisciplinary) fields that ASFS encompasses.

Format Guidelines
All papers must be double-spaced and include references and bibliographic information. Paper should follow APA or MLA guidelines for style and format. Papers can be no longer than 5000 words, excluding references and notes. Provide a word count at the end of the paper. Use a serif font (such as Palatino, Times, Times New Roman, or Century Schoolbook). Do not use a sans serif font (such as Arial, Geneva, or Verdana). Use a 12 point font size. Use only the left justification.

Submission Guidelines and Conditions of Award
Videos and other non-print formats are not eligible for consideration at this time. Only single-authored papers will be considered. Papers submitted to ASFS cannot be submitted to AFHVS (and vice versa). ASFS reserves the right to refer papers to AFHVS. The paper should have been completed within two years prior to submission date. The paper should have been written during a course or research project directed by a faculty member at an academic institution or research institute. Papers will not be considered without a letter or email from the primary supervising professor, testifying to single-handed authorship and veracity of information and data. All entries must include a completed submission coversheet. Papers must be submitted electronically (along with letter of verification and submission sheet) to the address listed below. Papers with incomplete or late paperwork will not be considered. The committee reserves the right to reject a paper on the grounds that it does not fit the criteria specified. The committee also reserves the right to select an outside reader in particular areas of expertise. Authors are encouraged to simultaneously submit an abstract to the ASFS/AFHVS conference by the conference deadline. Prizewinning papers may be presented at an ASFS/AFHVS conference within two years of award. Prizewinners may also postpone their registration and banquet ticket use for one year following the award.

Process
Please submit an electronic version of the paper, which does not include personally identifying information, along with the submission cover sheet and electronic letter from the primary supervising professor to:

Angie will keep track of the identifying information, but will ensure that anonymous copies of the paper are sent to the Adjudication Committee. Deadline for Submission: March 15th, 2006.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Elaine Power, Adjudication Committee Chair power@post.queensu.ca