Call for Abstracts: Agri4D 2025

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is hosting the Agri4D conference in Uppsala, Sweden 23-25 September, 2025. The main theme of the conference will be “Nurturing regenerative food systems in a changing climate”, with three specific sub-themes:

Empowering the next generation of food systems leaders
Transforming food systems: innovation and implementation
Equity, justice and resilience

The conference aims to encourage dynamic multi-stakeholder dialogues that can stimulate the much needed transformations in global food systems.

The call for abstracts and concept notes has now been opened, more information about the requirements can be found here. The accepted formats include oral presentations, poster presentations and session proposals.

The deadline for abstract submission is the 8th of May, 2025.

More Than a Cookbook: How Mujeres Tz’utujiles Preserves Culture Through Food

More than a collection of recipes, Mujeres Tz’utujiles: Recetas para la Recuperación en Chuk Muk explores how food preserves culture, language, and identity. This review examines the cookbook’s recipes, bilingual design, artwork, and the remarkable story of resilience behind its creation.

Bite-Sized Histories:

Bite-Sized Histories: The Interesting Story Behind Ackee and Saltfish– Jamaica’s National Dish

Ackee and saltfish, Jamaica’s national dish, is more than just a flavorful meal—it’s a symbol of resilience, history, and cultural fusion. Combining West African ackee with Scandinavian saltfish, this iconic dish tells the story of a people who turned hardship into heritage, creating a beloved staple of Jamaican cuisine.

Farmer profiles:

Farmer Profile: Christine Jodloman of The Philippines

In this farmer profile, Christine Jodloman reflects on family farming, women’s leadership, and how growing mangoes, rice, and coconuts shaped her commitment to rural communities in the Philippines.

Reading the Landscape:

What Your Weeds Are Trying to Tell You

Weeds are often treated as a nuisance to be removed, but they can also be read as signals from the landscape itself. “Reading weeds” is a way understand what is happening in the soil.

The Foodscapes Collective