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Are you planning to attend the AAA conference this fall in St. Louis? If so, check out our themes! We would love to have you, your paper, and/or your discussion involved in talking anthropology, food, and the many little spaces between in human life #anthropology #AAA2026

We love this recent Anthropology News article by @janitavandyk ! In this article, Van Dyk explores the ways that small-scale farmers interact with plants and time in ways that are at once labor and yet not quite commercial, follow a rhythm and yet are hard to fully predict

We're kicking off our SAFN member showcase series by featuring our current president, Dr. Ryan Adams! His current work explores the agroecological movement in Puerto Rico, exploring ideals, social networks, and its colonial context from various angles!

Check out this awesome article by Amanda Kaminsky on goat husbandry in Vermont! You can read it here: muse.jhu.edu/article/971224

If you have food anthropology-related photos that you want to be famous, SAFN wants to hear from you. For more information, read our blog post here: foodanthro.com/2026/01/21/the… #anthroday

Our member-author, Rikki Brown, proposed an audio-photo essay which prompted Anthro News to add an audio modality to the site! Hurray for multi-sensory research in food studies! Listen in as you soak up these incredible images of her research: anthropology-news.org/articles/buzzy…

Eid Mubarak! After a long fast, many Muslim Americans turn to donuts and other baked goods to celebrate. What do you eat after a long period of fasting? nytimes.com/2025/03/28/din…

On this Saint Patrick's Day, we ask an important question: what makes corned beef Irish? smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/i…

Pączki Day is also celebrated on Fat Tuesday and cherished Chicagoland tradition where many bakeries have these delectable bites of jelly or cream. Learn more about them here: fox32chicago.com/news/what-is-p…

The Mardi Gras tradition of king cakes is a now nationwide, but most popular in New Orleans, where many of the best purveyors open up shop a few weeks before and sell them from locations like bakeries, but also drive-thrus at gas stations! Read more here: nytimes.com/2024/02/12/us/…

The days leading up to Lent are a time of revelry, celebration, and baked goods!

The final award is the Christine Wilson Award! This student paper prize has both an Undergraduate and Graduate Award categories for the most outstanding student papers on nutrition, food studies and anthropology. It is due 3/31! More information below: foodanthro.com/safn-awards/ch…

The next SAFN award to promote is the Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award. It is for ongoing or completed student work what engaged with food security and food sovereignty. It is due 3/31! More information below: foodanthro.com/safn-awards/th…

SAFN is also announcings its Student Research Award! This is for Masters or PhD level students with a concentration in food/nutritional anthropology to support the research phase of the project. Due 3/31. For more details please visit the link below: foodanthro.com/safn-awards/st…

SAFN is proud to announce its five annual awards! The Future of Food Anthropology Fellowship amplifies the research, community-engaged scholarship, and/or activism of junior scholars. More information can be found on our website, the app is due 3/31: foodanthro.com/safn-awards/fu…

As we approach the Big Game on Sunday, now is a good time to rehash the theme of food and commensality! Food is a shared, communal activity which brings us together in a variety of ways. For more see this piece: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/we-are-who-we-…

Please check out the newest article on AnthroNews by Mecca Howe and Ariana Gunderson entitled Knowledge / Ignorance and Caring About the Food We Eat and Study! anthropology-news.org/articles/knowl…

Please join us for the virtual edition of our 50 year anniversary roundtable next Wednesday afternoon at 12:45pm during the AAA meetings. Hope to see you there!

Join us for Transforming Food Systems: Praxis for Sustainable Agriculture and Social Justice on Thursday morning at the AAA meeting. This panel considers uses field-based research to apply theory in ways that foreground positive social change + food equity. Hope to see you there!