Climate change is threatening traditional foods like wheat, apples, and wine, which hold deep cultural significance and intertwines food with rituals of mourning and community. Food traditions must adapt to promote sustainability and actively protect diverse foodways for future generations.
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For this 2025 special issue, the Graduate Journal of Food Studies seeks submissions exploring the intersections of food and loss. We invite graduate students and early career scholars across all disciplines to reflect on how loss—individual, collective, ecological, cultural, or otherwise—reshapes foodways, agricultural practices, and gastronomic imaginaries.
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