Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems  is devoted to the rapidly emerging fields of agroecology and food system sustainability. By linking scientific inquiry and productive practice with transformative social action, agroecology provides a foundation for developing the alternative food systems of the future. The journal focuses on the changes that need to occur in the design and management of our food systems in order to balance natural resource use and environmental protection with the needs of production, economic viability, food security, and the social well-being of all people. 

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems  examines our current food systems from production to consumption, and the urgent need to transition to long-term sustainability. The journal promotes the study and application of agroecology for developing alternatives to the complex problems of resource depletion, environmental degradation, a narrowing of agrobiodiversity, continued world hunger, consolidation and industrialization of the food system, climate change, and the loss of farm land. The journal uses a food systems approach, and seeks experiences in agroecology that are on-farm, participatory, change-oriented, and backed by broad-based methodologies of sustainability analysis and evaluation. 
The journal features articles on topics such as:        
innovative practices grounded in ecological understanding
organic farming and other alternative systems
economic, social, and philosophical aspects of sustainable agriculture
multifunctional landscapes, conservation, and environmental services
agriculture and global climate change
future projections, options, policies, and indicators of sustainability
The journal offers national and international coverage and features articles based on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies. Also included are book reviews, dialogue (positions, opinions, commentary, and editorials), and topical reviews. 
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems  is intended for research scientists, educators, extension workers, farmers, food and fiber processors, and students as well as civic-minded citizens, planners and policymakers, anyone concerned with food system health and welfare, and for everyone who grows food. 

Peer Review Statement: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is blinded and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. 

EDITOR 

STEPHEN R. GLIESSMAN
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 
(E-mail: gliess@ucsc.edu) 

Associate Editor 

BRUCE FERGUSON 
Department of Agriculture, Society, and the Environment, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur 
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 
(E-mail: bgfecosur@gmail.com) 

  
BOARD OF EDITORS 
  
AUSTRALIA 
JOHN IVE, Talaheni, Yass Valley, New South Wales 

BRAZIL 
FRANCISCO ROBERTO CAPORAL, Núcleo de Agroecologia e Campesinato, Departamento de Educação, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco 
RICARDO H.S. SANTOS, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa - MG 
PAULO PETERSEN, Associação Brasileira de Agroecologia, Rio de Janeiro 

CANADA 
GLEN FILSON, Rural Extension Studies, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario 
DEREK LYNCH, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro 
ANDREW RISEMAN, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 
ELLEN WALL, C-CIARN Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario 
  
CHINA 
XIN CHEN, Agroecology Institute, College of Life Sciences, Zheijiang University, Zheijiang 
TANG HUAJUN, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing
FENG-MIN LI, Institute of Arid AgroEcology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou
LOU SHIMING, Department of Agronomy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou City 

COSTA RICA 
BRIAN DOWD-URIBE, Department of Environment, Peace and Security, University for Peace, Ciudad Colon 
  
CUBA 
FERNANDO R. FUNES-MONZOTE, Estación Experimental “Indio Hatuey”, Universidad de Matanzas, Perico, Matanzas 

DENMARK 
TOMMY DALGAARD, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele 
  
ENGLAND 
GRAHAM WOODGATE, Institute of the Americas at University College London (UCL-IA), London 

FRANCE 
STÉPHANE BELLON, Ecodevelopment Unit, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Avignon 

GREECE 
EMMANOUIL (MANOLIS) KABOURAKIS, Ecological Production Systems Unit, National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Crete 
  
IRAN 
ALIREZA KOOCHEKI, Department of Agronomy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 
  
ITALY 
PAOLO BENINCASA, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia
M. G. PAOLETTI, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Padova 
  
JAPAN 
KAZUMASA HITAKA, Department of Bioresources, Ehime University, Matsuyama City 

MEXICO 
BRUCE FERGUSON, Departmento de Agroecologia, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas 
ALBA GONZALEZ JÁCOME, Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Mexico, DF 
CARLOS GUADARRAMA ZUGASTI, Centro Regional de Huatusco, Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo CRUO/CENIDERCAFFE, Huatusco, Veracruz 
JUAN JOSE JIMENEZ OSORNIO, PROTROPICO, Facultad de Veterinaria Medicina y Zootecnica, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Merida, Yucatan 
HELDA MORALES, Departmento de Agroecologia, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas 
JAIME MORALES HERNÂNDEZ, Centro de Investigación y Formación Social, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores  de Occidente, Jalisco 
PETER M. ROSSET, Center for the Study of Rural Change in Mexico (CECCAM), Chiapas 
OCTAVIO RUIZ ROSADO, Programa de Postgrado en Agroecosistemas Tropicales, Colegio de Postgraduados - Campus Veracruz, Veracruz 
LAURA TRUJILLO, Centro Regional de Huatusco, Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo CRUO/CENIDERCAFFE, Huatusco, Veracruz 
  
THE NETHERLANDS 
ABBAS FARSHAD, Department of Earth Systems Analysis, The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Special Faculty of the University of Twente, Enschede 
  
NEW ZEALAND 
NEELS BOTHA, Ruakura Agricultural Research Center, New Zealand Department of Agricultural Economics, Hamilton 

NORWAY 
GEIR LIEBLEIN, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 
  
SPAIN 
ITZIAR AGUIRRE, Dpto. Ciencias Agroforestales, EUITA Universidad de Sevilla 
GLORIA GUZMAN, Dpto. Geografía, Historia y Filosofía, Universidade Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla 
EDUARDO SEVILLA GUZMÁN, Instituto de Sociologica y Estudios Campesinos (ISEC), Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba 

TANZANIA 
DON LOTTER, Institute of Development Studies, St. John's University of Tanzania, Dodoma 

UNITED STATES 
TOM ABELES, Sagacity, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 
MIGUEL ALTIERI, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
MOLLY ANDERSON, Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 
DAVID ANDOW, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 
CHRISTOPHER BACON, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 
CATHERINE BADGLEY, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
MICHAEL M. BELL, Department of Community and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 
MAHADEV BHAT, Agroecology Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL 
KIMBERLY A. CASSIDA, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 
JAHI CHAPPELL, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
WEIXIN CHENG, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 
ROSEANN COHEN, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 
DAVID CONNER, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 
TIM CREWS, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ 
ROGER CRICKENBERGER, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 
CLIVE EDWARDS, Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 
ERLE ELLIS, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 
JOHN FISK, Director, Henry A. Wallace Center, Winrock International, Arlington, VA 
J. P. FONTENOT, Department of Animal Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 
LAWRENCE D. FORD, Rangeland Management and Conservation Science, Felton, CA 
CHARLES A. FRANCIS, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 
KATHLEEN HILIMIRE, Environmental Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO 
ERIC HOLT-GIMENEZ, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, CA 
RANDALL D. JACKSON, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 
RHONDA JANKE, Extension Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 
KRISH (JAY) JAYACHANDRAN, Agroecology Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL 
STEVE JONES, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA 
MARIA KALEVITCH, Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 
FREDERICK KIRSCHENMANN, Leopold Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 
ROB KLUSON, Sarasota County Extension, University of Florida, Sarasota, FL 
RATTAN LAL, School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 
KATHLEEN LIANG, Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 
LUANNE LOHR, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Blakely, GA 
FABIAN MANALLED, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 
HELEN MARKEWICH, Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY 
V. ERNESTO MENDEZ, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Environmental Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 
CAROL MILES, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Mount Vernon Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center 
JOJI MURAMOTO, Program in Community and Agroecology, University California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 
DEBORAH NEHER, Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, UVM-Chair and Associate Professor, Burlington, VT 
MONICA OZORES-HAMPTON, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL 
IVETTE PERFECTO, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
STACY PHILPOTT, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 
DAVID PIMENTEL, Emeritus, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
MARTHA ROSEMEYER, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 
RICARDO SALVADOR, Food and Agriculture Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA 
MARIANNE SARRANTONIO, Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 
ANIL SHRESTHA, Department of Plant Science, California State University at Fresno, Fresno, CA 
RICHARD SMITH, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 
B. A. STEWART, Dryland Agriculture Institute, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX 
EDMUND M. TAVERNIER, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 
JOHN VANDERMEER, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
LARRY YEE, Emeritus Farm Adviser, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County, Ventura, CA