Nancy Naples, Dept. Within the broad theme of the meeting, we are inviting participants to present their research and thinking about the intersections, complementarities and possible tensions between paired areas in three separate sessions. Papers might address such topics as community food systems, community food security, agriculture and community development, communities of interest and communities of place in the sustainable agriculture movement, the commodification of community and place in agro-food markets, community impacts of agricultural change, insights from community theory for the sociology of food and agriculture, and others. We invite papers for two Poverty and Policy sessions. Prompted by the 1999 meeting theme of empowerment, our interest groups will focus on these domains in order to remain relevant to the present and to articulate alternative perspectives and policy formulations for the future.
Poverty continues to oppress individuals and communities.
RSS seeks to continue its attempt to influence and shape public policy dialogue. Discussants will respond to papers, so send completed papers to session organizers by July 1, 1999. For a small fee, we will assemble the papers for sale and broader distribution. Columbia, MO 65211.