Past conferences
AFHVS activities include an annual three-day professional conference where members and others share recent thinking and scholarship on crucial social, ethical and technological issues in paper presentations, panel discussions, tours, and other activities organized around a salient food-related theme. The conference offers ample time for discussion, sharing, and socializing among the 300-600 attendees.
AFHVS has co-met with our sister society, the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), since 1992, with AFHVS responsible for organizing the event on odd-numbered years. In recent years, the responsibility for organizing the conference has been more fluid, rather than following a strict alternating-year approach.
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Host and location |
Theme |
Dates |
Link to program |
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1987 |
Orlando, FL |
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1988 |
none |
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1989 |
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR |
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1990 |
none |
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1991 |
Asilomar, CA |
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1992 |
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
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1993 |
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA |
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1994 |
Tucson, AZ |
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1995 |
Tuskegee University, AL |
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1996 |
University of St. Louis, |
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1997 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
June |
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1998 |
San Francisco, CA |
June |
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1999 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Crossing Borders: Food and Agriculture in the Americas |
June |
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2000 |
New York University, |
June |
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2001 |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
June |
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2002 |
Loyola University, |
June |
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2003 |
Sam Houston State University/Marriott Austin at the Capitol |
Local Democracy: Sustaining Healthy Community through Ethical, Sustainable Food Systems |
June |
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2004 |
Culinary Institute of America, |
Agriculture to Culture: The Social Transformation of Food |
June |
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2005 |
Portland, OR |
Visualizing Food and Farm |
June |
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2006 |
Boston University, |
Place, Taste, and Sustenance: The Social Spaces of Food and Agriculture |
June |
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2007 |
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Cultivating Appetites for Knowledge |
May 30-June 3 |
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2008 |
The University of New Orleans, |
Resilient Culinary Cultures: Disaster, Innovation and Change in Foodscapes |
June |
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2009 |
Pennsylvania State University, | Informing Possibilities for the Future of Food and Agriculture | May 28-31 |
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2010 |
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
Food In Bloom: Cross Pollination and Cultivation of Food Systems, Cultures, and Methods |
June |
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2011 |
University of Montana, Missoula, MT |
June |
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2012 |
NYU Steinhardt/The New School, |
Global Gateways and Local Connections |
June |
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2013 |
Michigan State University, |
Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes |
June |
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| 2014 | University of Vermont, Burlington, VT | Collaboration and Innovation Across the Food System | June 18-22 |
2014 Program |
| 2015 | Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA | Bridging the Past, Cultivating the Future | June 24-28 |
2015 Program |
| 2016 | University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario |
Scarborough Fare: Global Foodways and Local Foods in a Transnational City | June 22-25 |
2016 Program |
| 2017 | Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA | Migrating Food Cultures: Engaging Pacific Perspectives on Food and Agriculture | June 14-17 | 2017 Program |
| 2018 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | AgroEcoProspect: The Politics of Integrating Values, Food, and Farming | June 13-16 | 2018 Program |
| 2019 | University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK | Finding Home in the "Wilderness": Explorations in Belonging in Circumpolar Food Systems | June 26-29 | 2019 Program |
| 2020 | COVID-19 Pandemic (no in-person conference) | Member-Organized Twitter Conference | ||
| 2021 | Virtual Conference (hosted by NYU and Culinary Institute of America) | Just Food: Because It Is Never Just Food | June 9-15 | 2021 Program |
| 2022 | University of Georgia, Athens, GA | Cultivating Connections: Exploring Entry Points into Sustainable Food Systems | May 18-21 | 2022 Program |
| 2023 | Boston University, | Knowing Food: Insights from around the Table | May 31- June 3 | |
| 2024 | Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, and LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY | Right to Food: Food as Commons | June 5-8 | 2024 Program |
