AFHVS activities include an annual three-day professional meeting where members and others share recent research and scholarship on crucial social, ethical and technological issues. Co-sponsored since 1992 with the Association for the Study of Food and Society, AFHVS annual meetings are a site for constructive, in-depth discussion of current agricultural and food systems issues in their broadest social, cultural, economic, ethical and aesthetic context.

AFHVS annual meetings include paper presentations, panel discussions and other activities organized around a provocative agricultural or food-related theme. Meeting sessions allow presenters and panelists ample time for in-depth presentation and discussion of their work. Sessions also include time for constructive criticism and reflection on the practical implications and applications of the session topic. Keynote speakers offer innovative and challenging approaches to research or policy on some aspect of the conference theme.
Recent annual meeting themes include:

• Varieties of Sustainability: Ethics, Environment and Economic
Consequences
• Cuisine, Agriculture and Social Change
• Environment, Culture and Food Equity

AFHVS annual meetings are typically held in early June. Recent meeting sites include University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Asilomar (CA); Michigan State University; Penn State University; Tucson; Tuskegee (AL), St. Louis University; University of Wisconsin, Madison (see 1997 program) ; and San Francisco (see 1998 program). Each meeting program includes visits to nearby farms, parks, museums, and other sites of natural and cultural interest. Pre-conference programs, post-session breaks, and ample free time are included to give participants plenty of opportunities to socialize with friends, family and colleagues. The 1999 meetings were held in Toronto (see 1999 meetings). The 2000 meetings were held at NYU (see 2000 meetings) and the 2001 meetings were held in Minneapolis, June 7-10 (see 2001 meetings). The 2002 meetings were held in Chicago June 13-16 (see 2002 meetings). The 2003 meetings were held in Austin, TX June 12-15 (see 2003 meetings. The 2004 meeting ere held at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY (see 2004 meetings). The 2005 meetings will be held in Portland, OR (see nextmeeting)