I am a member of International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems and a professor at Michigan State University.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Community, Food and Agriculture, and a graduate course in The Political Ecology of Food.

My research focuses on the “food system.” The food system involves all of the steps required to produce food and get it to our plates–from farming and processing to distribution and consumption.

My work is unified by three main questions, (1) what changes are occurring? (2) what are the impacts of these changes on communities? (3) what can communities do to respond positively to these changes?

These questions drive two main projects, (1) characterizing consolidation in food and beverage industries, and (2) bridging information gaps between producers and consumers through ecolabels.

Philip H. Howard, PhD
480 Wilson RD, Rm 316
East Lansing, MI 48824
email: howardp (at) msu (dot) edu

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

University of Missouri–Columbia
PhD, Rural Sociology, 2002.
Emphasis: Sociology of Environment and Agriculture

The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
MES, Master of Environmental Studies, 1997.

University of Missouri–Columbia
BA, Anthropology, Biological Sciences Minor, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006–present. professor, Department of Community Sustainability (formerly CARRS), Michigan State University

2002–2006. postdoctoral researcher, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz.

2000–2001. research assistant, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri.

1998–2000. research assistant, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri.

AWARDS, LECTURESHIPS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

Excellence in Scholarship Award, The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society. 2022.

Pufendorf Visiting Research Fellow, Pufendorf Institute of Advanced Studies, Lund University, Sweden. October 2021.

Invited Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture. September to December 2020 (canceled, COVID-19 entry restrictions)

Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program Lecture, Division of Natural Resource Economics. Kyoto, Japan. July 2019.

George M. Beal Distinguished Lecture in Rural Sociology, Iowa State University. Ames, IA. October 2018.

Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award, Rural Sociological Society. 2016.

Scholar in Residence, Green Mountain College, Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems. Poultney, VT. February 2016.

Visiting Scholar, Division of Nutrition, University of Utah. 2013–2014.

First Place Poster Award, Joint Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society and Community Development Society, Boise, ID. 2011.

First Place Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA. 2010.

Helen Williams Award for Excellence in Collegiate Independent Study, Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning. 2004.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Howard, Philip H. 2021. Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat? Revised edition. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Howard, Philip H. 2016. Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat? London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Journal Articles

Howard, Philip H. 2022. Cellular Agriculture Will Reinforce Power Asymmetries in Food Systems. Nature Food 3(10), 798-800.

Ostrom, Marcia R., David S. Conner, Heleene Tambet, Katherine Selting Smith, J. Robert Sirrine, Philip H. Howard, and Michelle Miller. 2022. Apple Grower Research and Extension Needs for Craft Cider. HortTechnology 32(2), 147-157.

Bardenhagen, Christopher J., Philip H. Howard & Marie- Odile Nozières-Petit. 2021. France’s Organisme de Défense et de Gestation: A Model for Farmer Collective Action Through Standard Development and Brand Management. Journal of Food Law & Policy 17(2), 1-40.

Howard, Philip H., Francesco Ajena, Marina Yamaoka & Amber Clark. 2021. “Protein” Industry Convergence and Its Implications for Resilient and Equitable Food Systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Social Movements, Institutions and Governance section) 5, 684181.

Bardenhagen, Christopher James, Philip H. Howard & Steven A. Gray. 2020. A Bird’s Eye View: Fruit Grower Interest in Adoption of Nest Boxes. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 44(10), 1384-1393.

Bardenhagen, Christopher James, Philip H. Howard & Steven A. Gray. 2020. Farmer Mental Models of Biological Pest Control: Associations with Adoption of Conservation Practices in Blueberry and Cherry Orchards. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Agroecology and Ecosystem Services section) 4, 54.

Gliessman, Steve, Harriet Friedmann & Philip H. Howard. 2019. Agroecology and Food Sovereignty. IDS Bulletin 50(2), 91-110.

Miller, Steven R., J. Robert Sirrine, Ashley McFarland, Philip H. Howard & Trey Malone. 2019. Craft Beer as a Means of Economic Development: An Economic Impact Analysis of the Michigan Value Chain. Beverages 5(2), 35.

Lindell, Catherine, Rachael A. Eaton, Philip H. Howard, Steven M. Roels & Megan Shave. 2018. Enhancing Agricultural Landscapes to Increase Crop Pest Reduction by Vertebrates. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 257, 1-11.

Howard, Philip H. 2017. Craftwashing in the U.S. Beer Industry. Beverages, 4(1), 1.

Howard, Philip H. 2016. Decoding Diversity in the Food System: Wheat and Bread in North America. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(4), 953-960.

Jaffee, Daniel & Philip H. Howard. 2016. Who’s the Fairest of Them All? The Fractured Landscape of U.S. Fair Trade Certification. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(4), 813-826.

Herrnstadt, Zachary, Philip H. Howard, Chi-Ok Oh & Catherine A. Lindell. 2016. Consumer Preferences for “Natural” Agricultural Practices: Assessing Methods to Manage Bird Pests. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 31(6), 516-523.

Howard, Philip H. 2015. Intellectual Property and Consolidation in the Seed Industry. Crop Science, 55(6), 2489-2495.

Oh, Chi-Ok, Zachary Herrnstadt & Philip H. Howard. 2015. Consumer Willingness to Pay for Bird Management in Fruit Crops. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 39(7), 782-797.

Getter, Kristin L., Bridget K. Behe, David S. Conner & Philip H. Howard. 2014. Pasture-Raised Milk: The Market for a Differentiated Product. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 20(2), 146-161.

Howard, Philip H. & Daniel Jaffee. 2013. Tensions Between Firm Size and Sustainability Goals: Fair Trade Coffee in the United States. Sustainability, 5(1), 72-89.

Howard, Philip H. 2012. Increasing Community Participation with Self-Organizing Meeting Processes. Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 27(2), 118-136.

Howard, Philip H., Margaret Fitzpatrick & Brian Fulfrost. 2011. Proximity of Food Retailers to Schools and Rates of Overweight Ninth Grade Students: An Ecological Study in California. BMC Public Health, 11(68).

Duvall, Chris S., Philip H. Howard & Kirk Goldsberry. 2010. Apples and Oranges? Classifying Food Retailers in a Midwestern US City Based on the Availability of Fresh Produce. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 5(4), 526-541.

Jaffee, Daniel & Philip H. Howard. 2010. Corporate Cooptation of Organic and Fair Trade Standards. Agriculture and Human Values, 27(4), 387-399.

Goldsberry, Kirk, Chris S. Duvall, Philip H. Howard & Joshua E. Stevens. 2010. Visualizing Nutritional Terrain: A Geospatial Analysis of Pedestrian Produce Accessibility in Lansing, Michigan, USA. Geocarto International, 25(6), 485-499.

Nault, Katherine, Margaret Fitzpatrick & Philip H. Howard. 2010. Engaging Youth in Food Environments Research: The Role of Participation. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 5(2),174-190.

Howard, Philip H. & Patricia Allen. 2010. Beyond Organic & Fair Trade? An Analysis of Ecolabel Preferences in the United States. Rural Sociology, 75(2), 244-269.

Howard, Philip H. 2009. Organic Industry Structure. Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus, 5(3).

Howard, Philip H. 2009. Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996–2008. Sustainability, 1(4), 1266-1287.

Howard, Philip H. 2009. Visualizing Food System Concentration and Consolidation. Southern Rural Sociology, 24(2), 87-110.

Howard, Philip H. 2009. Consolidation in the North American Organic Food Processing Sector, 1997 to 2007. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 16(1), 13-30.

Howard, Philip H. & Patricia Allen. 2008. Consumer Willingness to Pay for Domestic ‘Fair Trade:’ Evidence from the United States. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 23(3), 235-242.

DeLind, Laura B. & Philip H. Howard. 2008. Safe at Any Scale? Food Scares, Food Regulation, and Scaled Alternatives. Agriculture and Human Values, 25(3), 301-317.

Howard, Philip H. & Brian Fulfrost. 2007. The Density of Retail Food Outlets in the Central Coast Region of California: Associations with Income and Latino Ethnic Composition. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 2(4), 3-18.

Perez, Jan & Phil Howard. 2007. Consumer Interest in Food System Topics: Implications for Educators. Journal of Extension, 45(4).

Howard, Philip H. & Patricia Allen. 2006. Beyond Organic: Consumer Interest in New Labelling Schemes in the Central Coast of California. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 30(5), 439-451.

Howard, Philip H. 2006. Central Coast Consumers Want More Food-Related Information, From Safety to Ethics. California Agriculture, 60(1), 14-19.

Howard, Phil, Tim Galarneau, Jan Perez & Dave Shaw. 2005. Integrating Open Space Technology and Dynamic Facilitation. Participatory Learning and Action, 53(1), 68-73.

Hendrickson, Mary, William D. Heffernan, Philip H. Howard & Judith B. Heffernan. 2001. Consolidation in Food Retailing and Dairy. British Food Journal, 103(10), 715-728.

Book Chapters

Ajena, Francesco and Philip Howard. 2021. Lab Meat: Cellstock vs. Livestock. Pp. 60-61 in Meat Atlas: Facts and Figures About the Animals We Eat. Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany; Friends of the Earth Europe, Brussels, Belgium; Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Berlin, Germany.

Howard, Philip H. & Mary K. Hendrickson. 2020. The State of Concentration in Global Food and Agriculture Industries. Pp. 89-91 in Transformation of Our Food Systems: The Making of a Paradigm Shift. (Hans Herren, Benedikt Haerlin & IAASTD +10 Advisory Group, eds.). ISBN 978-3-00-066209-6.

Howard, Philip H. 2020. How Corporations Control our Seeds. Pp. 15-29 in Bite Back: People Taking on Corporate Food and Winning (Saru Jarayaman & Kathryn De Master, eds.). Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

Howard, Philip H. 2019. Corporate Concentration in Global Meat Processing: The Role of Feed and Finance Subsidies. Pp. 31-53 in Global Meat: Social and Environmental Consequences of the Expanding Meat Industry (Bill Winders and Elizabeth Ransom, eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Hendrickson, Mary K., Philip H. Howard & Douglas H. Constance. 2019. Power, Food and Agriculture: Implications for Farmers, Consumers and Communities. Pp. 13-61 in In Defense of Farmers: The Future of Agriculture in the Shadow of Corporate Power (Jane W. Gibson and Sara E. Alexander, eds.). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Howard, Philip H. 2018. Increasing Corporate Control: From Supermarkets to Seeds. Pp. 116-131 in Twenty Lessons in the Sociology of Food and Agriculture (Jason Konefal & Maki Hatanaka, eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Getter, Kristin L., Bridget K. Behe, Philip H. Howard, David S. Conner & Lia M. Spaniolo. 2014. Increasing Demand for Pasture-Based Dairy: What Attributes and Images Do Consumers Want? Pp. 125-140 in Rethinking Organic Food and Farming in a Changing World (Bernard Freyer & James Bingen, eds.). New York: Springer.

Constance, Douglas H., Mary Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard & William D. Heffernan. 2014. Economic Concentration in the Agrifood System: Impacts on Rural Communities and Emerging Responses, pp. 16-35 in Rural America in a Changing World: Problems and Prospects for the 2010s (Connor Bailey, Leif Jensen and Elizabeth Ransom, eds.). Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press.

Constance, Douglas H., Mary Hendrickson, & Philip H. Howard. 2014. Agribusiness Concentration: Globalization, Market Power, and Resistance. Pp. 31-58 in The Global Food System: Issues and Solutions (William D. Schanbacher, ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Howard, Philip H. 2014. Too Big to Ale? Globalization and Consolidation in the Beer Industry. Pp. 155-165 in The Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment, and Society (Mark W. Patterson & Nancy Hoalst Pullen, eds.). New York: Springer.

Howard, Philip H. 2014. Transnational Corporations. Pp. 737-742 in Achieving Sustainability: Visions, Principles, and Practices (Debra Rowe, ed.). Detroit: Macmillan.

James, Harvey S., Jr., Mary Hendrickson & Philip H. Howard. 2013. Networks, Power and Dependency in the Agrifood Industry. Pp. 99-126 in The Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition (Harvey S. James, Jr., ed.). New York: Springer.

Howard, Philip H. 2010. 1) Eco-labeling. Pp. 139-141; 2) Fast Food. Pp. 169-172; 3) Retail Sector. Pp. 370-373; in Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide (Dustin R. Mulvaney, ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Howard, Philip H. 2009. 1) Brands. Pp. 67-72; 2) Hain Celestial Group. Pp. 215-216; 3) Market Concentration. Pp. 239-242; 4) United Natural Foods. Pp. 360-361; in Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food (Leslie A. Duram, ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

Lindell, C.A., S. Schwiff, P. Curtis, P. Howard, K. Steensma, G. Linz, J. Boulanger, N. Rothwell, J. Carroll, C. Oh, C. Burrows, M. Longstroth, C. Kaiser, D. Lusch, S. Weiferich, H. Henrichs, D. Leigh, M. Shave, R. Eaton, Z. Herrnstadt, A. Anderson. 2014. “Bird Management in Fruit Crops: Economic, Consumer and Biological Perspectives.” HortScience 49(9), S159-S160.

Lindell, Catherine A., Stephanie A. Schwiff & Philip H. Howard. 2012. Bird Management in Fruit Crops: How We Make Progress. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference (R.M. Timm, ed.). Davis, CA: University of California. Pp. 235-239.

Spaniolo, Lia M. & Phil Howard. 2011. Consumer Preferences for Alternative Eco-Labels: A Qualitative Analysis of Natural Food Store and Food Co-op Shoppers’ Motivations and Concerns. Appetite 56(2), 245.

Research Reports

Howard, Philip H. 2022. The Politics of Milk: Examining Claims About Dairy in China.

IPES-Food. 2022. Smoke & Mirrors: Examining Competing Framings of Food System Sustainability.

IPES-Food. 2022. An ‘IPCC for Food’? How the UN Food Systems Summit is Being Used to Advance a Problematic New Science-Policy Agenda.

IPES-Food. 2022. Lead author Philip Howard. The Politics of Protein: Examining Claims About Livestock, Fish, ‘Alternative Proteins’ and Sustainability.

IPES-Food. 2021. 13 Key Principles of Agroecology: A Unifying Framework for Food Systems Transformation.

IPES-Food. 2021. A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045.

IPES-Food. 2020. EU Trade Policy for Sustainable Food Systems.

Hendrickson, Mary M., Philip H. Howard, Emily M. Miller and Douglas H. Constance. 2020. The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts. A Special Report to the Family Farm Action Alliance.

IPES-Food. 2020. The Added Value(s) of Agroecology: Unlocking the Potential for Transition in West Africa.

IPES-Food with Biovision and the Institute of Development Studies. 2020. Money Flows: What is Holding Back Investment in Agroecological Research for Africa?

IPES-Food. 2020. COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2019. Toward a Common Food Policy for the European Union. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2018. Breaking Away from Industrial Food and Farming Systems: Seven Case Studies of Agroecological Transition. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2017. Too Big to Feed: Exploring the Impacts of Mega-Mergers, Consolidation and Concentration of Power in the Food System. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2017. Unravelling the Food-Health Nexus: Addressing Practices, Political Economy, and Power Relations to Build Healthier Food Systems. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2017. What Makes Urban Food Policy Happen? Insights from Five Case Studies. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

IPES-Food. 2016. From Uniformity to Diversity: A Paradigm Shift from Industrial Agriculture to Diversified Food Systems. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

Grady, Sue C., Philip H. Howard & Sarah Nicholls. 2008. Investigating the Impact of Neighborhood Environments on the Risk of Hypertension. Pp. 21-31 in New Directions in Family Research (P.S. Whitten, J.L. Bokemeier, H.E. Fitzgerald, eds.), Michigan State University Family Research Initiative.

Fulfrost, Brian & Phil Howard. 2006. Mapping the Markets: The Relative Density of Retail Food Stores in Densely Populated Census Blocks in the Central Coast Region of California. Report to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, and the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association. Center For Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Howard, Phil. 2005. Central Coast Consumers’ Interest in Food Systems Issues: Demographic and Behavioral Associations. Center For Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz, Research Brief #7, Fall.

Howard, Phil. 2005. What Do People Want to Know about their Food? Measuring Central Coast Consumers’ Interest in Food System Issues. Center For Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz, Research Brief #5, Winter.

Book Reviews

Howard, Philip H. 2016. Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production, by Sarah Bowen. Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies 97(4), 271-272.

Howard, Philip H. 2012. Fighting for the Future of Food: Activists versus Agribusiness in the Struggle Over Biotechnology, by Rachel Schurman and William A. Munro. Agriculture and Human Values, 29(3), 431-432.

Howard, Philip H. 2011. Reactions to the Market: Small Farmers in the Economic Reshaping of Nicaragua, Cuba, Russia, and China, by Laura J. Enriquez. Rural Sociology 76(3): 426-429.

Howard, Philip H. 2010. Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance, edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs. American Journal of Sociology, 115(6), 1915-1916.

Howard, Philip H. 2008. The Global Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming, by Tony Weis. Agriculture and Human Values, 25(4), 617-618.

Howard, Philip H. 2008. Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization, edited by Laura T. Raynolds, Douglas Murray, and John Wilkinson. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 21(5), 495-497.

Howard, Philip H. 2007. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan. Agriculture and Human Values, 24(2), 259-60.

Outreach Articles and Reports

Strömberg, Amos and Phil Howard. 2023. “Recent Changes in the Global Seed Industry and Digital Agriculture Industries.”

Howard, Phil. 2022. Concentration and Power in the Food System (cover story). The Natural Farmer. Winter.

Howard, Philip H. 2022. The Politics of Milk: Examining Claims About Dairy in China. November.

Howard, Philip H. 2022. TABLE Letterbox Exchange: Depolarising the Future of Protein (with Garrett Broad).

Howard, Philip H. 2022. Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis. Civil Eats. April 7.

Howard, Philip H. 2021. Wie Konzerne über Unser Essen Bestimmen. Welternährung. October. [English version].

Howard, Philip H. 2021. Giant Meat and Dairy Companies are Dominating the Plant-Based Protein Market [and Other Higher Protein Foods]. Civil Eats. September 22. (republished in German in Südlink – Das Nord-Süd Magazin von INKOTA, März 2022).

Howard, Philip H. 2021. “Protein” Industry Convergence.

Howard, Philip H. and Mary Hendrickson. 2021. Corporate Concentration in the US Food System Makes Food More Expensive and Less Accessible for Many Americans.” The Conversation. February 8.

Howard, Philip H. 2020. The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts.

Howard, Philip H. 2020. The State of Concentration in Global Food and Agriculture Industries.

Howard, Philip H. 2020. Organic Processing Industry Structure 2020.

Howard, Philip H. 2019. Recent Changes in the U.S. Beer Industry.

Howard, Philip H. 2018. Global Seed Industry Changes Since 2013.

Howard, Philip H. 2017. Craftwashing in the U.S. Beer Industry.

Howard, Philip H. 2017. Consolidation in Global Meat Processing.

Howard, Philip H. 2015. Beer Behemoths Struggle to Fend Off Craft Brew Craze. The Conversation, September 29.

Howard, Phil. 2014. Who Owns Organic Brands? Maybe Not Who You Think. Edible Wasatch, Issue 15 (Winter), 49-51.

Howard, Phil, Terra Bogart, Alix Grabowski, Rebecca Mino, Nick Molen & Steve Schultze. 2012. Concentration in the U.S. Wine Industry.

Howard, Phil. 2012. Who’s Eating Who in Organic Food? Common Ground, Issue 249 (April), 12-13.

Jaffee, Daniel & Phil Howard. 2012. Visualizing Fair Trade Coffee. For a Better World, Issue 4 (Spring), 8-9.

Howard, Phil & Ginger Ogilvie. 2011. Concentration in the U.S. Beer Industry.

Howard, Phil. 2010. Four Ways to Regain Control of Your Food. Yes! Magazine, October 11.

Howard, Phil, Chris Duvall & Kirk Goldsberry. 2010. The Illusion of Diversity: Visualizing Ownership in the Soft Drink Industry.

Spaniolo, Lia & Phil Howard. 2010. Emerging Eco-Labels: Researching Perspectives of Co-op Member-Owners. Cooperative Grocer, May-June, 14-15.

Howard, Phil & Good Magazine. 2008. Buying Organic. Good Magazine, April, 80-81.

Howard, Phil. 2007. Who Owns Organic? From Roots to Suits. PCC Sound Consumer. Puget Consumers Co-op. January.

Howard, Phil. 2005. Making Research Relevant to Communities: Community-Based Research. The Cultivar, 23(1), 5-6. Newsletter of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Howard, Phil. 2003. Consolidation in Food and Agriculture: Implications for Farmers and Consumers. CCOF Magazine, 20(4), 2-6, Winter 2003-2004. Santa Cruz, CA: California Certified Organic Farmers. (Reprinted in Well Being Journal, 13(2), 13-21, March/April 2004; Natural Farmer, 2(68), 17-20, Spring 2006).

Howard, Phil. 2003. The Social Context of Genetic Engineering. The Cultivar, 21(1), 5-7. Newsletter of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Howard, Phil. 2001. The Beginning of the End for Genetically Engineered Food? Tidepool, November 29 (Republished in Common Dreams, November 29, 2001).

Howard, Phil. 2000. Farm Organizing: Missouri Rural Crisis Center. Z Magazine, January, p. 19-20.

TEACHING

Courses Taught

Community Food and Agricultural Systems (343), Spring 2008–2013, 2015, 2021–2023; Fall 2014–2017, Summer 2016–2023

The Political Ecology of Food (855), Fall 2016, 2018

Survey of Research Methods (802), Fall 2006–2012

Community, Food and Agriculture: A Survey (811), Fall 2006–2008, alternate years Fall 2010–2014, 2015–2021

Ecolabels & Sustainability (890), Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011

The Political Ecology of Beverages (891), Spring 2012

Recent Guest Lectures at Michigan State University

Consolidation in the Food System.” (Community Sustainability 343). September 2022.

“Writing and Organization.” (Community Sustainability 805). January 2022.

“Reinterpreting Antitrust: Retailing.” (Community Sustainability 463). January 2020.

“Visualizing Data.” (Community Sustainability 429). November 2019.

“Consolidation and Co-optation in Global Food & Agricultural Industries.” (Community Sustainability 343). September 2019, January 2020.

“Beer, Organic Brands and Seeds: Visualizing Consolidation and Diversification in Food Systems.” (Agribusiness Management/Food Industry Management 400). April 2019.

“Beer, Organic Brands and Seeds: Visualizing Consolidation and Diversification in Food Systems.” (Community Sustainability 343). April 2019.

“Food & Power: How Corporations Shape What We Eat and Drink.” Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (Crop and Soil Sciences 124). February 2017, November 2016.

“Consolidation in the Food System.” Community, Food and Agricultural Systems (Community Sustainability 343). January 2017.

“Open Space Technology.” Community Engagement for Sustainability (CSUS 301). November 2015.

“Visualizing Community Sustainability Data.” Survey of Research Methods (CSUS 802). November 2015, October 2014.

“Is Food Diversity an Illusion?” People and Environment (Integrative Studies in Social Sciences 310). April 2015.

“Is Food Diversity an Illusion?” Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (Crop and Soil Sciences 124). November 2014, February 2016.

“Network Visualization.” Social Networks (Sociology 989). April 2013.

“Consolidation in the Food System.” Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (Crop and Soil Sciences 124). February 2013, November 2012, February 2012, November 2011, March 2011, April 2010.

PRESENTATIONS

Professional Organizations and Societies

Howard, Philip H. 2022. “The Convergence of Global ‘Protein’ Industries: Implications for Food Security.” Keynote presentation at The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, “Food Security – The Continuing Pandemic: Toward Sustainable Food Systems for Israel. March.

Miller, Emily M., Mary Hendrickson and Philip H. Howard. 2021. “The Missouri School: Examining Power in the Agrifood System to Suggest Alternatives.” Presented at Big Ag & Antitrust: Competition Policy for a Sustainable and Humane Food System. Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. January.

Lindell, Catherine, Stephanie Shwiff, Julie Elser, Megan Shave & Philip Howard. 2020. “Pest and Beneficial Bird Management in Fruit-Production Systems.” Presented at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Springfield, IL. January.

Howard, Phil, Marcy Ostrom, Michelle Miller & David. Conner. 2018. “Apple to Glass: Improving Orchard Profitability through Developing Regional Craft Ciders.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR. July.

Howard, Philip H. & Chris Bardenhagen. 2018. “Mapping Farmer Expectations for Changes in Human and Natural Systems: Implications for Attracting Falcons to Fruit Orchards.” (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR. July.

Bardenhagen, Chris, Philip H. Howard & Steven Gray. 2018. “Industry-Wide Interest in Increasing Conservation Practices as a Marketing Tool: Falcons and Fruit in the United States.” (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Madison, WI. June.

Bardenhagen, Chris, Philip H. Howard & Steven Gray. 2017. “What Are They Thinking? Measuring Mental Models to Understand Farmer Decision-Making.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Los Angeles, CA. June.

Howard, Philip H. 2016. “Creordering Consumption: CasP in Packaged Food and Beverage Industries.” The 4th Forum on Capital as Power, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, September.

Howard, Philip H. 2016. Author, “Author Meets Critics: Concentration and Power in the Food System.” Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. August.

Howard, Philip H. 2016. “Decoding Diversity in the Food System: Wheat and Bread in North America.” Presidential address at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. June.

Howard, Philip H. 2015. “Understanding the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: A Fuzzy-Logic Cognitive Mapping Approach. (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI. August.

Howard, Philip H. & Zach Herrnstadt. 2015. Falconry as an Agritourism Attraction? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Pittsburgh, PA. June.

Howard, Philip H., Chi-Ok Oh & Zach Herrnstadt. 2014. “Are Consumers Willing to Pay More for “Natural” Agricultural Production Practices?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA. August.

Herrnstadt, Zach & Philip H. Howard. 2013. “For the Birds? The Impacts of Disclosing Bird Management Practices in Fruit Crops.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, East Lansing, MI. June.

Howard, Philip H., Terra Bogart, Alix Grabowski, Rebecca Mino, Nick Molen & Steve Schultze. 2012. “Wine Industry Trends and the Consumer Choice Landscape.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. July.

Hendrickson, Mary, Philip H. Howard & Harvey James. 2012. “Networks, Power and Dependency in the Agrifood Industry.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. July.

Hendrickson, Mary, Philip H. Howard & Douglas Constance. 2012. “Power and Agency in the Neoliberal Era: The State and Transnational Agrifood Firms.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. July.

Kang, Sanghoon, Sarah Nicholls & Phil Howard. 2012. “Understanding the Structure of the US Hotel Sector Using a Visualization Approach.” (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Travel and Tourism Research Association, Virginia Beach, VA. June.

Howard, Philip H. & Ginger Ogilvie. 2011. “Concentration in the US Beer Industry.” (Poster) Presented at the joint Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society and the Community Development Society, Boise, ID. July (first place poster award winner).

Howard, Philip H., Kristin Getter, Bridget Behe & David Conner. 2011. “Grassing Up: Can Pasture-Based Milk Products Be Positively Distinguished from Organic in the Marketplace?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Missoula, MT. June.

Jaffee, Daniel & Philip H. Howard. 2011. “Fair-Making or Fair-Washing? Corporate Participation in Certified Fair Trade Markets.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Missoula, MT. June.

Howard, Philip H., Chris S. Duvall & Kirk Goldsberry. 2010. “The Illusion of Diversity: Visualizing Ownership in the Soft Drink Industry.” (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA. August (first place poster award winner).

Spaniolo, Lia & Philip H. Howard. 2010. “Consumer Preferences for Alternative Eco-Labels: A Qualitative Analysis of Natural Food Store and Food Co-op Shoppers’ Motivations and Concerns.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Bloomington, IN. June. Appetite, 56(2), 245.

Howard, Philip H. & Lia Spaniolo. 2009. “Eco-label Preferences of Retail Food Co-op Members and Natural Food Store Customers.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI. August.

Howard, Philip H. & Daniel Herriges. 2009. “Visualizing Consolidation in the Seed Industry.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, State College, PA. May.

Howard, Philip H., Margaret Fitzpatrick & Brian Fulfrost. 2009. “Food Environments Surrounding Schools and Rates of Overweight 9th Grade Students in California.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV. March.

Howard, Phil. 2008. “Visualizing Food System Consolidation.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, New Orleans, LA. June.

Jaffee, Dan & Phil Howard. 2008. “Inside or Outside? Responses to Corporate Cooptation of Agrifood Alternatives.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, New Orleans, LA. June.

Howard, Phil. 2007. “Consolidation in the North American Organic Food System.” (Poster) presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Santa Clara, CA. August.

Howard, Phil & Patricia Allen. 2007. “Will Consumers Support a Domestic Version of ‘Fair Trade’? Evidence from the United States.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Victoria, BC, Canada. June.

DeLind, Laura & Phil Howard. 2007. “Safe at any Scale? Food Scares, Food Regulation and Scaled Alternatives.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Victoria, BC, Canada. June.

Fulfrost, Brian & Phil Howard. 2007. “Mapping Food Environments: Using GIS to Identify ‘Food Deserts’ on the Central Coast of California.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA. April.

RECENT OUTREACH

“The Politics of Protein: Examining Claims About Livestock, Fish, ‘Alternative Proteins’ and Sustainability.” International Food Information Council, Food Technology Committee. March 2023.

“The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts” (with Mary Hendrickson). University of Kentucky, The Food Connection. Lexington, KY. February 2023.

“Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat?” The Sheffield Wheat Experiment. Sheffield, UK. February 2023.

“Consolidation in Agricultural Input Industries: Drivers and Impacts.” Iowa Farmers Union. February 2023.

“Impediments and Opportunities for Mid-Scale Players in Meat Value Chains.” Lexicon of Sustainability. November 2022.

“Concentration of Power in Modern Food Systems.” GRASP Festival. Roskilde, Denmark. October 2022.

“Concentration of Power in Modern Food Systems.” Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Alnarp, Sweden. October 2022.

“Challenging Livestock: Global Actions for Sustainable Food Systems.” Panelist at Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock Meeting. Dublin, Ireland. October 2022.

“Concentration of Power in Modern Food Systems.” Ohio State University. September 2022.

“Concentration of Power in Modern Food Systems.” University of Northern Iowa. September 2022.

“Who Owns Our Food?” Equal Exchange Citizen-Consumers Webinar. September 2022.

“Meat: What’s at Stake with Your Steak?” Future of Food and Farming Summit. Paris, France. September 2022.

“Does Intellectual Property Actually Hinder U.S. Competition?” Seed World Webinar. August 2022.

“Visualizing Barriers to Diversifying and Democratizing Grain Systems.” Keynote at UK Grain Lab, Nottingham, UK. May 2022.

“The Convergence of Global ‘Protein’ Industries: Implications for Sustainability and Resilience.” Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series. Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Social Science. April 2022.

“The Politics of Protein: Examining Claims About Livestock, Fish, ‘Alternative Proteins’ and Sustainability.” European Coordination Via Campesina. January 2022.

“Who Owns Our Food?” Equal Exchange Summit. November 2021.

“Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat?” Pufendorf Institute, Lund University. Lund, Sweden. October 2021.

“The Convergence of Global ‘Protein’ Industries.” AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University. Lund, Sweden. October 2021.

“Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat?” RADIANT general assembly. Universidad Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal. September 2021.

“Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat?” Keynote at Organic World Congress. Rennes, France. September 2021.

“Global Seed Industry Changes: Impacts on Resilience and Diversity.” Climate Reality Campus Corps student organization, Michigan State University. April 2021.

“Focus Tour: Seed Diversity.” Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. March 2021.

“The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts.” Webinar (panelist with Mary Hendrickson, Joe Maxwell and Cory Booker). Family Farm Action Alliance and Open Markets Institute. November 2020.

“Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: Drivers and Impacts.” Genetic Engineering and Society Center Colloquium, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. February 2020.

SERVICE

Scholarly and professional organizations

Editorial Board Member, Agriculture and Human Values, 2012–present.

Editorial Board Member, Sustainability, 2019–2022.

Awards and Endowments Committee Member, Rural Sociological Society, August 2018–August 2021.

Nominations Committee Chair, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, June 2016–June 2017.

President, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, June 2015–June 2016.

Vice President, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, June 2014–June 2015.

Program Committee Chair, Joint Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society, and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, East Lansing, MI. June, 2013

Howard, Philip H. 2016. Panelist, “Author Meets Critics: Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal and the Politics of Production (by Sarah Bowen).” Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. August.

Plenary Discussant. “Engaging and Extending Jim Hightower’s Address: RSS Responses and Reflections.” Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. July, 2012.

Chair, Sociology of Agriculture and Food Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, July 2011–July 2013.

Chair, Outreach Committee, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, June 2011–June 2012.

Listserv Moderator, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, April 2011–present.

Council Member, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, June 2010–June 2013.

Reviewer: Agricultural & Food Science, 2019; Agriculture & Human Values, 2005–present; American Journal of Community Psychology, 2013; Applied Economics, 2021; British Food Journal, 2016, 2018; Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2014; City & Society, 2010; Contexts, 2013; European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2020; Food Policy, 2010, 2011; Geography Compass, 2019; Global Environmental Change, 2022; Globalizations, 2018; Health Affairs, 2015; IDS Bulletin, 2019; International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2013, 2015; International Journal of Health Geographics, 2012; International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture & Food, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2023; Journal of Agrarian Change, 2021–2023; Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, 2011, 2012; Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2022; Journal of Environmental Management, 2009; Journal of Environmental Studies and Science, 2014; Journal of Fair Trade, 2019; Journal of Obesity, 2011; Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 2012, 2019; Journal of Rural Studies, 2013, 2016, 2023; Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2012; PLOS Biology, 2018; One Earth, 2021; Preventive Medicine, 2012, 2013; Renewable Agriculture & Food Systems, 2012, 2016, 2020; Review of International Political Economy, 2018; Rural Sociology, 2010–2013, 2017, 2021, 2022; Science, 2017; Science and Public Policy, 2018; Social Problems, 2013; Sociologia Ruralis, 2020; Sociological Forum, 2015; The Sociological Quarterly, 2010, 2020; Sociology of Development, 2020; Southern Rural Sociology, 2006, 2009; Sustainability, 2009, 2016, 2018-2022.

Reviewer: European Science Foundation, 2021; National Science Foundation, 2010, 2018, 2019; The Netherlands Initiative for Education Research, Comenius Programme, 2020; Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2013, 2018; Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021; USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2015, 2022a, 2022b.

Department

Graduate Awards Committee, 2023.

Graduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee, 2021–present.

Search Committee (Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability faculty), 2019–2020.

Graduate Admissions Committee, 2018–present; chair 2019–2020.

Search Committee (external department chair search), 2016–2017.

Chair, Graduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee, 2016–2017.

Search Committee (Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability faculty), 2015–2016.

Graduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee, 2014–2016.

Chair, Undergraduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee, 2012–2013.

Graduate Admissions Committee, 2010–2012.

Broader community

Advisor, RADIANT project, Universidad Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, 2021–present.

Member, European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers, 2021–present.

Member, International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, 2015–present.

Advisor, Slow Food MSU, 2017–present.

Advisor, Buckminster Fuller Challenge, 2016.

Board Member, East Lansing Food Cooperative. 2012–2014.