Recent Publications

Authors: SFSI faculty affiliate Lesli Hoey and attendees of the 2015 UM Food Sovereignty Conference:David Meek, Katharine Bradley, Bruce Ferguson, Helda Morales, Peter Rosset, Rebecca Tarlau Published March 2017 in the Journal of Agriculture and Human Values Social movements are using education to generate critical consciousness regarding the social and environmental unsustainability of the current food system, and advocate for agroecological production. In this article, we explore results

Authors: SFSI faculty affiliate Lesli Hoey, SFSI Program Manager Lilly Fink Shapiro and Kathryn Colasanti and Rich Pirog at the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems Published March 2017 in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development As Collective Impact (CI) gains popularity across food systems change efforts, few scholars and practitioners have evaluated whether

By SFSI affiliated faculty Regina Baucom in the American Journal of Botany First published January 28, 2016

By SFSI affiliated faculty Raymond de Young Published January 2016 in the World Sustainability Series At a time when environmental problems are growing and biophysical limits-to-growth are apparent, encouraging sustainable behavior is a critical societal objective. Within the college campus sustainability movement this is expressed as the need to broaden student involvement in environmental stewardship

By SFSI affiliated Andrew D Jones, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Mark L. Wilson Published November 2015 in Frontiers in Public Health. Food sovereignty has been defined as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.” Human

By SFSI Affiliated faculty Victoria Campbell-Arvai Published May 5, 2015, in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education The purpose of this paper was to document the food-related environmental beliefs and behaviours of undergraduate university students. More specifically, this research was focussed on determining if environmental sustainability is a consideration in students’ food choices,

By SFSI affiliated faculty Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer Published January 2015 Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors’ own research conducted over the last