Latine Food and Farming Editorial Circle

LATEST NEWS FROM Latine Food and Farming Editorial Circle

March 2026: The LFFEC has launched a survey of Latine food system scholars and practitioners to learn more about their interest in engaging with JAFSCD and any barriers to publishing. Early results suggest there is interest in a Spanish version of JAFSCD, in increasing Latine reviewers, and mentoring emerging Latine authors. The survey will remain open for the foreseeable future and can be completed HERE.

Marzo de 2026: El LFFEC ha lanzado una encuesta dirigida a académicos y profesionales latines del ámbito de los sistemas alimentarios, con el fin de conocer más a fondo las barreras que enfrentan en el ámbito de las publicaciones, así como su interés en colaborar con el JAFSCD. Los resultados preliminares sugieren que existe interés en una versión en español del JAFSCD, en aumentar el número de revisores latines y en brindar mentoría a autores latines emergentes. La encuesta permanecerá abierta indefinidamente y puede completarse AQUÍ.

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Latine Food and Farming EC Purpose

The Latine Food and Farming Editorial Circle expands publishing opportunities for Latine scholars, practitioners, and community members working on land access, agricultural labor, food entrepreneurship, food security, and the cultural and institutional dynamics that shape food systems in Latine — Latino/a, Latinx, and Hispanic — communities. Traditional knowledge and lived experience are central to how Latine producers, workers, and organizations sustain their food economies, yet they have too often been treated as outside the bounds of peer-reviewed scholarship. 

LFFEC encourages submissions, both peer-reviewed research and non-peer-reviewed viewpoints and "Voices from the Grassroots" essays that present the point of view of nonprofit and community-based organizations. See the JAFSCD Submissions page for more details and to complete a presubmission query form. Mentors are available to work with new authors (apply HERE), and JAFSCD has an English as a Second Language editor who can assist with improving English grammar and syntax.

Associate Editor: Dr. Ervin Leiva

LFFEC Members

Yesenia Cuello, NC Field, Inc.

For more information about the LFFEC editorial circle, contact the LFFEC associate editor, Dr. Ervin Leiva at ervin.leiva@angelo.edu