Recent Academic Publications

2025

Howard, Philip H. Concentration and power in food systems. Pp. 98-101 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society (Lewis Holloway et al., eds). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Sievert, Katherine, Philip H. Howard, Alexandre San Martim Portes, and Marina Yamaoka. ‘National champions’ in global meat supply chains: implications for governance and corporate power in food systems. The Journal of Peasant Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2025.2471084

2024

Bardenhagen, Chris, Philip H. Howard, Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit, and Loïc Sauvée. Factors leading to differences in the internal structures of French agricultural quality groups: a typology. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 30(2), 5-26. doi:10.48416/ijsaf.v30i2.542

2023

Staples, Aaron J. Staples, Philip H. Howard, David S. Conner, J. Robert Sirrine, Marcia R. Ostrom, and Michelle Miller. Apples to advocacy: Evaluating consumer preferences for hard cider policies. Journal of Wine Economics, 18(4), 286-301. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-wine-economics/article/apples-to-advocacy-evaluating-consumer-preferences-for-hard-cider-policies/F9FC0BDB6A89C2506F52281118C6A389

Gerhart, Jennifer Anne, and Philip H. Howard. Assessing the profitability of scaling up for retail access: Lessons from local salad mix in Southeast Michigan. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 12(4), 1-18. https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1173

Howard, Philip H. The myth of “feeding the world:” subsidizing agricultural overproduction and industrial technologies, and marginalizing alternatives [review of The Agricultural Dilemma, by Glenn Davis Stone]. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 12(3), 259-260. https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1157

Ashwood, Loka and Phil Howard. Sorting out ownership questions – the ultimately unclear beneficiaries of power in industrial agriculture. Institutional Landscapes. February 18.

2022

Howard, Philip H. 2022. The politics of milk: examining claims about dairy in China. November.

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

IPES-Food. Lead author Philip Howard. The Politics of Protein: Examining Claims About Livestock, Fish, ‘Alternative Proteins’ and Sustainability. Brussels, Belgium: International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.

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

2021

Bardenhagen, Christopher J., Philip H. Howard & Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit. 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. Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat? Revised edition. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Ajena, Francesco and Philip Howard. “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., Francesco Ajena, Marina Yamaoka & Amber Clark. “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.

2020

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

Howard, Philip H. & Mary K. Hendrickson. 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.

Bardenhagen, Christopher James, Philip H. Howard & Steven A. Gray. 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. 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.

Howard, Philip H. 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.

2019

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

Howard, Philip H. 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. 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. 

Miller, Steven R., J. Robert Sirrine, Ashley McFarland, Philip H. Howard & Trey Malone. 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.

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