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As stated in our bylaws, the purpose of the Culture and Agriculture section is  " (a) to develop the study and understanding of agrarian systems from a holistic, social science perspective, and (b) to link academics and practitioners concerned with agrarian issues, agricultural development, and agricultural systems through dissemination of scientific research, encouragement of effective instruction, and to encourage application of knowledge to public policy."

Leadership

2012 ELECTION RESULTS (Terms start immediately after the annual meeting):

·         Member at Large (2-year term) Mark Wiest;

·         Secretary/Treasurer (2-year term) Nicholas C. Kawa

Position	Name	Affiliation
President (2012-2014)	James Veteto	James R. Veteto, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Director, Laboratory of Environmental Anthropology Director, Southern Seed Legacy Department of Anthropology The University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle Drive #310409 Denton, TX 76203-5017 James.Veteto@unt.edu
President Elect (2014-2016)	Pending
Past President (2010-2012)	Richard Moore	Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University Professor and Director, Environmental Science Graduate Program, OSU 135 Williams Hall, OARDC/OSU 1680 Madison Avenue Wooster, Ohio 44691 Tel. (330)202-3538 moore.11@osu.edu
Past President (2007-2009)	Anita Spring	Dept of Anthropology PO Box 117305, University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611-7305 (352) 392-7102 (352) 376-4833 aspring@ufl.edu
Secretary-Treasurer (2012-2014)	Nicholas C. Kawa
Past Secretary-Treasurer (2010-2012)	Jason Shaw Parker	Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science The Ohio State University 233A Howlett Hall Columbus, OH 43210 (614)688-4373 parker.294@osu.edu
Section Editors (2011-2012)	Joan Mencher	Dept. of Anthropology Lehmann College of CUNY joan.mencher@gmail.com http://cuny.academia.edu/JoanMencher
	Susanna Donaldson	Dept. of Anthropology University of Iowa, 114 MH Iowa City, IA 52242 susanna-donaldson@uiowa.edu
Student Representative, Webmaster (2012-2013)	Andrew Tarter	Fulbright Public Policy Fellow, Government of Haiti National Science Foundation Research Fellow PhD candidate Dept. of Anthropology 1112 Turlington Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 andrew.tarter@ufl.edu http://plaza.ufl.edu/andrew.tarter/
Member at Large (2012-2014)	Mark Wiest
Past Member at Large (2012-2013)	Liz Fitting	Associate Professor & Co-editor, Review Section, The Journal of Peasant Studies Sociology and Social Anthropology Department Dalhousie University 6135 University Ave PO BOX 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4R2 elizabeth.fitting@dal.ca
Past Member at Large (2011-2012)	Elizabeth Finnis	Assistant Professor Room 609 MacKinnon Builiding University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53234 efinnis@uoguelph.ca
Co-Editors for CAFE (New Journal) (2011-2012)	Jeanne Simonelli	Dept. of Anthropology Wake Forest University PO Box 7807 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Tel.336-758-4310 simonejm@wfu.edu
	Bill Roberts	Dept. of Anthropology Kent Hall 309 St. Mary's College of Maryland 18952 E. Fisher Rd. St. Mary's City, MD 20686 Phone: (2420) 895-4204 wcroberts@smcm.edu
General Listserv	Lois Stanford	Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology MSC 3BV, Box 3001, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 505) 646-6092, (505) 646-3725 lstanfor@nmsu.edu
Netting Award Committee Chair	Joan Mencher	Dept. of Anthropology Lehmann College of CUNY joan.mencher@gmail.com http://cuny.academia.edu/JoanMencher
Annual Meeting Program Chair	Suzanna Donaldson	Dept. of Anthropology University of Iowa, 114 MH Iowa City, IA 52242 susanna-donaldson@uiowa.edu
Annual Meeting Program Committee	Liz Fitting, Shiloh Moates, Mark Wiest, Richard Moore (ex officio)	Shiloh Moates Post-doctoral Research Scholar Inst Coastal Science and Policy Room 135 Flanagan Bldg East Carolina University MOATESA@ECU.EDU mwiest@uga.edu
Netting Award Nominations Committee	Joan Mencher (chair), Jason Parker, Elizabeth Finnis (Committee Members), Liz Fitting, Elizabeth Finnis Richard Moore (ex officio)	Dept. of Anthropology Lehmannn College of CUNY joan.mencher@gmail.com http://cuny.academia.edu/JoanMencher

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