Anne C. Bellows

Education

• CRT, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, . Major: Russian, Central and East European Studies
• Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ
• M.A., City University of New York, NY, . Major: Women's Studies and Environmental Psychology
• M.A., University of Oregon, OR, . Major: Urban and Regional Planning
• B.A., Oberlin College, OH, . Major: German Literature

Teaching

Currently Teaching

• FST 312 - Emergency Food Systems

Active Research

Sponsored Research

• Anne Bellows (PD/PI) , Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project: Expanding Watershed Infiltration through Culturally Connected Edible Forest and Nursery Infrastructure: Pre-proposal - State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Not for Profit/Foundation Subgrant (Prime = Grant). End Date: 2027-09-30
• Anne Bellows (PD/PI) , Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project: Community & Traditional Knowledge & Practice to Reduce Runoff & Restore Food Ecosystems - Research Foundation of State University - Federal Agencies Subgrant. End Date: 2026-08-15

Published Scholarship

Publications

• Bellows, A.C. & Raj, S., 2025. Foraging and Biocultural Capital: toward nutritional and intergenerational resilience in community food systems. Ecology of Food and Nutrition Journal.
• Bellows, A.C. & Mees, C., 2024. Living with food: Land banks and shared open spaces for food production and shelter in Syracuse, New York, New York City USA: Springer Urban Agriculture Book Series.
• Mees, C. & Bellows, A.C., 2025. Shared open spaces for food production and shelter: Urban planning for community-based land tenure in the face of population dislocation. In Urban/Peri-Urban Agriculture and Forced Displacement. Springer Urban Agriculture Book Series.
• Bellows, A.C., Alcaraz, V. & Vivar, T., 2024. Changing food environments: Food related behaviours and outcomes in the context of female migration between Oaxaca, Mexico and New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.
• Anne C BellowsAmy Bentley (2024). Public Food Foraging in Syracuse, NY: Contradictions and Considerations. In This contribution supports reform on Syracuse urban code on foraging as part of city work (2024-2025) to revise the Tree Ordinance.
• Bellows, A.C., Raj, S., Pitstick, E., Potteiger, M.R. and Diemont, S.A.W., 2023. Foraging Wild Edibles: Dietary Diversity in Expanded Food Systems. Nutrients, [online] 15(21), p.4630. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15214630.
• Mees, C. & Bellows, A.C., 2021. Neighborhood resistance and participatory design: toward a human right to garden. In C. Mees, ed. Urban Open Space + Strategies at the intersection of architecture and open space planning. Jovis Verlag/ Jovis, pp. 88–99.
• Anon. 2015. Gender, Nutrition, and Human Right to Adequate Food: Toward an Inclusive Framework. Development, [online] 58(2–3), pp.414–415. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-016-0007-3.

Technical Work

• Anne C BellowsMatthew R PotteigerStewart A.N. DiemontSyracuse Urban Food Forest Project [Design Project] . Presented at In 2025, SUFFP conducted one community visioning event, 6 community food forest planting events, 6 forest walks, 4 professional & 4 classroom presentations, plus site visits in Finland and Denmark, Too many separate entries in Syracuse to list, We work closely with Syracuse City Dept of Parks & Dept of Neighborhood & Bsn Dev,, the and different community organizations: SU-ESF founded Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project (SUFFP).

Presentations

• Bellows, A.C., 2025. Foraging and Biocultural Capital: Toward Nutritional and Intergenerational Resilience in Community Food Systems. In University of Pretoria. Food Studies Conference: Fed Up: Learning From the Past, Imagining New Futures. Food Studies Research Network.
• Bellows, A.C., 2025. Human Rights and Food Sovereignty: A framework for nutrition professionals. In Remote annual international meeting. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Member Interest Group. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Member Interest Group.
• Bellows, A.C., 2025. Human Rights and Food Sovereignty: A framework for nutrition professionals. In remote/zoom. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Member Interest Group.. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Member Interest Group..
• Bellows, A.C., 2025. The UK Black Farmer. In Syracuse University. The UK Black Farmer. SU Food Studies & Black Farmers of New York State.
• Bellows, A.C., 2025. Food and Nutrition from a Standpoint of Trauma. In Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science. International Faculty Development Programme, focused on: Narratives of Change: Storytelling for Inclusive Futures.. Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science.
• Bellows, A.C., 2024. Just Transitions in Food Systems: a Transformative and Critical Perspective. In University of Vermont (UVM) Institute for Agroecology and Food Solutions New England.
• Bellows, A.C. & Mees, C., 2024. 'Living with Food' through Land Tenure in Urban Commons: Traditions and Rights of Housing & Food. In Food Studies Conference.
• Raj, S. et al., 2024. Re-thinking Dietary Diversity in Food Systems that Include Wild Edibles. In 19th International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Bellows, A.C. & Mees, C., 2024. 'Living with Food' through Land Tenure in Urban Commons: Traditions and Rights of Housing & Food. In Annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and Association for the Study of Food and Society.
• Bellows, A.C. et al., 2024. Foraging in the Commons: Community, Design, Policy, Tradition. In Annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS).

Active Service

Professional Service

• Board of Advisors, Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now!! (FAHNN), Syracuse, NY (active since: 2024)
• Committee Member, CNY Black/BIPOC farmers coop development project, Spearheaded by AFICA LLC. (active since: 2024)
• Community Task Force Member, Syracuse City Department of Parks, Working with the Syracuse City Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs on updating the City’s Tree Ordinance, with emphasis on revising foraging code.. (active since: 2024)
• Member, Urban Agriculture Committee: North American Initiative, Community Food Security Coalition, Organizer of the Urban Agriculture and Public Health subgroup. (active since: 2000)

Public

• I am an advisory committee member helping to establish 501(c)3 status for FAHNN, which has now incorporated as a first step. Once official non-profit status is achieved, I am scheduled to be on the board of directors, Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now! (FAHNN), SYRACUSE, NY, *Development of 501(c)3 status *Fundraising. (active since: 2024)
• Member, National Right to Food Community of Practice, New York, NY (active since: 2023)

Memberships

• Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS)
• Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
• FIAN International
• FIAN USA
• Global Network Right to adequate Food and Nutrition (GNRtFN)
• US Right to Food Community of Practice
• National Slavic Honor Society, Dobro Slovo. Inducted