Twelfth annual joint meeting of the
Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS)
with the Annual meeting of
the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN)

We cordially invite you to the 2010 joint meeting of the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society, the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Society for the Anthropology of Food & Nutrition – FOOD IN BLOOM  – which will convene on the scenically beautiful, academically renown and culturally rich Bloomington campus of Indiana University June 2 – 5, 2010.

FOOD IN BLOOM will celebrate the interconnectedness of food studies and promote the understanding of food and agriculture.  The conference will cover a broad spectrum of topics leading to a robust cross pollination of disciplines, theories and methods.   In parallel with the spectrum of topics will be a healthy mix of presentations, panels, roundtables, poster presentations, excursions, dining experiences and  invigorating conversation.

We encourage you to learn more about our community and our university by reading “About Indiana University” and “About Bloomington” on this web site.  Our university and our community cannot boast the same kind of culinary traditions or attractions as Boston or New Orleans – our local specialties tend toward fish and game, fried pork tenderloins, barbecue and fresh garden vegetables. But in many ways, Bloomington is typical of the small-town North America, and it shares some of the exciting movements taking place in the heartland and at the grassroots of North America.

Please join us, friends and colleagues.  We have much to offer and much to share.

Richard Wilk
Organizer and Local Arrangements Chair
Indiana University

Call for Papers: From when seeds are first planted in the ground, many factors affect a harvest.   Food systems are shaped by everything from the weather and the soil to equipment, human skills, and social interventions from community rules, governments, migrations, and strife. Likewise, after harvest, the distribution, preparation, and consumption of foodstuffs are all by individuals acting according to cultural and social expectations. Thus, it can be said that food is cross pollinated by ion of ideas and conceptions all the way through the agriculture and food system. A similar cross pollination also characterizes agriculture and food studies as intellectual domains.   Food is inherently cross-disciplinary, requiring scholarly flexibility and integration.  Our research and writing becomes more robust by manifesting cross pollination  of  theories and methods.  Furthermore, students of food...[more]