About the Journal

The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food.
 
The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food (IJSAF) is the primary publication outlet for the Research Committee on Food and Agriculture (RC-40) of the International Sociological Association (ISA).
 
It actively seeks out high-quality manuscripts that present theoretically informed research on issues related to the social organization of food and agriculture.
 
Manuscripts are welcomed from scholars across the social sciences including sociology, science and technology studies, human and cultural geography, political science, consumer management, agricultural economics, anthropology, philiosphy and environmental studies.
 
IJSAF also welcomes manuscripts from and about all regions of the World.

Current Issue

IJSAF_Vol30(1)_2024

This is the second issue of Volume 30, published in October 2024.

This issue includes regular papers as well as a special section on novel foods.

Published: 31-10-2024

Articles

Factors leading to differences in the internal structures of French agricultural quality groups

Chris Bardenhagen, Philip Howard, Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit, Loïc Sauvée
Abstract 215 | PDF Downloads 158
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Page 5-26

Underutilized or undervalued?

Dalia Mattioni, Francesca Galli, Sonia Massari
Abstract 182 | PDF Downloads 144
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Page 27-43

Novel Foods

Novel Foods: a Technological Pathway to Food System Transformation?

Maria Grazia Quieti, Colin Sage, Rita Salvatore, John Wilkinson, Maria Fonte
Abstract 316 | PDF Downloads 117
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Page 45-47

The Innovation Ecosystems of Novel Foods

John Wilkinson
Abstract 362 | PDF Downloads 240
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Page 49-65

Food that Acts Like Other Food

Amy Bentley
Abstract 137 | PDF Downloads 140
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Page 67-79

Inform, Invest, Incentivise

Kacey LaBonte, Adela Munson, Donald Rose
Abstract 175 | PDF Downloads 112
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Page 95-114

Analysis of the Narrative Grammars of Cultured Meat in UK Food and Farming Media

Michael Goodman, Adele Wylie, Alexandra Sexton, Katherine Lewis, David Rose, Tom MacMillan, Louise Manning
Abstract 134 | PDF Downloads 40
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Page 117-138

Novel Food Case Study in the EU

Marcello Laganaro, Giorgia Zamariola, Esther Garcia Ruiz, Irene Nuin Garciarena, Maria Glymenaki, Alejandra Muñoz González, Vânia Mendes, Gabriela Precup, Ruth Roldán-Torres, Anthony Smith, Ermolaos Ververis, Domagoj Vrbos, Andrea Germini
Abstract 225 | PDF Downloads 143
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Page 157-185

Challenging high-tech solutionism in an era of polycrisis

Colin Sage
Abstract 494 | PDF Downloads 229
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Page 187-205

Book Review

Loconto, A and Constance D (eds.) 2024. Agrifood Transitions in the Anthropocene, Challenges, Contested Knowledge, and the Need for Change London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Michael Bell, William Lacy
Abstract 3 | PDF Downloads 6
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Page 207-212

Call for Abstracts - Deadline 15 March 2025 : 2nd International Forum on Agroecosystem Living Labs 15–17 October 2025 | Bordeaux, France 2025-02-12

Dear all,

I'm pleased to announce that the call for proposals for the next International Forum on Agroecosystem Living Labs is now open!For more information, click here: https://ifall2025.web-events.fr/

Abstract submission deadline is: 15 March 2025

Please feel free to spread the word.

Best,

Allison Loconto

President of the IF-ALL Scientific Committee

 

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Bonjour,

 J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que l'appel à propositions pour le prochain Forum international des agro living labs est désormais ouvert !

Toutes les infos à ce lien : https://ifall2025.web-events.fr/

L'écheance pour le dépôt des abstracts est: 15 mars 2015

N'hésitez pas à diffuser autour de vous.

Cordialement,

Allison Loconto

Présidente du Comité Scientifique IF-ALL

Official publication of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food (RC-40)
of the International Sociological Association (ISA)

Editors: Allison Loconto, Katerina Psarikidou and Angga Dwiartama

Volume number: 30 (2024)
Frequency: 2 issues per year

ISSN / E-ISSN: 0798-1759 / 2524-1982