2023 Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award Winner!

We are happy to announce that the 2023 Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award winner is Erica Zurawski (University of California … More

SAFN Student Research Award Winner!

The 2023 SAFN Student Research Award goes to Samantha Brown for her project entitled, “Fermented Futures: The Place of Iginneq … More

When the Syllabus Collides With War

David Beriss In planning my classes this year, I did not count on war. I am teaching Food and Culture … More

AAA/CASCA 2024: Panels from SAFN and Beyond!

Ariana Gunderson Here is a schedule of all the SAFN events, panels, and food-oriented panels sponsored by other sections. For … More

CFP: ASFS/AFHVS 2024 Right to Food—Food as Commons

The Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society Annual Conference  Right … More

SAFN Future of Food Anthropology Fellows

Ariana Gunderson SAFN’s slate of awards are awarded annually to support students and scholars in the field of food anthropology. … More

Indigenous Varieties in Lebanon: An Embrace of Phoenician Terroir

Samira BecharaUniversity of New Orleans I am a budding historian researching wine in Lebanon, particularly French policy and Lebanese wine … More

Smileys in SA: Women’s Work, Social Value, and the complex story of “recycled meat”

Emily de Wet I sit with Yonela (a pseudonym) as smoke collects under the wooden awning built to protect her … More

Position Available!

The Department of Anthropology at SMU invites applications for a tenure-track faculty  position in Economic Anthropology. The position is at … More

Knowing Food: SAFN at the 2023 ASFS/AFHVS Meeting

Jennifer Jo Thompson The 2023 joint meeting of the Association for the Study of Food in Society and the Agriculture, … More