We're so pleased to share that Gilbert (Gil) W. Gillespie Jr. — colleague and friend to Tom Lyson, and friend of the Lyson Center — was honored with the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society's Richard P. Haynes Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Sustainable Agriculture for 2018 at its annual meeting in June in Madison, Wisconsin.

In the photo at right, Leland Glenna (at right, AFHVS past president and awards committee chair) presents Gil with the award. (Photo courtesy of Doug Constance and used with permission.)

Read Gil's acceptance remarks

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JAFSCD transitioned to an open access (OA) journal as of January 1, 2018 to meet our mission of transforming the food system by providing research on lessons learned, best practices, policy analysis, and more. With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, we are increasing our outreach to researchers, scholars, and practitioners of color and those working in communities of need and are enhancing our focus on the interests of historically Black, Hispanic-serving, and Tribal colleges and universities.

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