The summer 2026 issue includes open-call papers on a wide range of food systems topics.

On our cover: The proposed Swineford Road Agrihood outside Richmond, Virginia, emerged as an ambitious collaboration among affordable housing, food justice, and community development organizations seeking to create a neighborhood centered on affordable homes, urban agriculture, and shared community space. Yet as the project moved through the zoning process, it encountered repeated delays, shifting requirements, and growing conflict with local officials, leading project leaders to argue that the proposal had become entangled in broader issues of race, exclusionary land-use practices, and community self-determination. The case illustrates how efforts to integrate housing, farming, and social infrastructure into a single community vision can expose deeper tensions around equity, governance, and the future of local development. Planning image courtesy of Duron Chavis.