Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

2010 - 2025

From Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University
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Volume 8, issue C, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: What Is a ‘Multiplier’ Anyway? Assessing the Economics of Local Food Systems Toolkit

Becca B. R. Jablonski and Dawn Thilmany

Where Will Your Dollar Go?

Emily Reno

Making Change through Local Food Production: Calculating the Economic Impact of Your Local Food Project

Dave Shideler and Philip Watson

Building Multipliers, Rather than Measuring Them: Community-Minded Ways to Develop Economic Impacts

Megan Phillips Goldenberg and Ken Meter

Improving Economic Contribution Analyses of Local Agricultural Systems: Lessons from a Study of the New York Apple Industry

Todd M. Schmit, Roberta M. Severson, Jesse Strzok and Jose Barros

Assessing a Local Food System: The Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition Assessment Process

Allison Bauman, Colette DePhelps and Dawn Thilmany

San Jose Food Works Study: Demonstrating the Economics of Local Food Systems Toolkit Methodology

Sibella Kraus

Developing a Production Function for Small-Scale Farm Operations in Central Minnesota

Ryan Pesch and Brigid Tuck

Finding Common Ground: Defining Agricultural Viability and Streamlining Multi-organization Data Collection

Libby Christensen and Learner Limbach

Communicating Economic Impact Assessments: How Research Results Influence Decision-maker Attitudes toward the Local Food Sector

Mallory Lynn Rahe, Katrina Van Dis and Lauren Gwin

Designing Effective, Scalable Data Collection Tools to Measure Farmers Market Impacts

Darlene Wolnik, Jennifer Cheek and Marian Weaver

Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Farm-to-school Procurement: An Approach for Primary and Secondary Financial Data Collection of Producers Selling to Schools

Libby Christensen, Becca B. R. Jablonski, Lacy Stephens and Anupama Joshi

Farm-to-School Programs’ Local Foods Activity in Southern Arizona: Local Foods Toolkit Applications and Lessons

Dari Duval, Ashley K. Bickel and George B. Frisvold

Volume 8, issue B, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems

Samina Raja, Jill K. Clark, Julia Freedgood and Kimberley Hodgson

Seeking Food Justice and a Just City through Local Action in Food Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformation

Jason Reece

Just Transitions in a Public School Food System: The Case of Buffalo, New York

Jessica L. Gilbert, Alexandra E. Schindel and Sarah A. Robert

Navigating Borders: The Evolution of the Cass Clay Food Partners

Abby Gold and Noelle Harden

The Role of Metrics in Food Policy: Lessons from a Decade of Experience in New York City

Nicholas Freudenberg, Craig Willingham and Nevin Cohen

Planning for a Resilient Urban Food System: A Case Study from Baltimore City, Maryland

Erin Biehl, Sarah Buzogany, Kristin Baja and Roni A. Neff

What Does Zoning Have to Do with Local Food Systems?

Anna L. Haines

Food Policy Councils and Local Governments: Creating Effective Collaboration for Food Systems Change

Clare Gupta, Dave Campbell, Kate Munden-Dixon, Jennifer Sowerwine, Shosha Capps, Gail Feenstra and Julia Van Soelen Kim

Growing in the City: Expanding Opportunities for Urban Food Production in Victoria, Canada

Virginie Lavallée-Picard

Rejoining the Planning and Public Health Fields: Leveraging Comprehensive Plans to Strengthen Food Systems in an Urban versus Rural Jurisdiction

Yeeli Mui, Maryam Khojasteh, Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja

Municipal Policy Enabling Regional Food Systems in British Columbia, Canada: Assessing Focal Areas and Gaps

Naomi Robert and Kent Mullinix

Commercial and Anti-Hunger Sector views on Local Government Strategies for Helping to Manage Food Waste

Jennifer J. Otten, Sara Diedrich, Katherine Getts and Christine Benson

Toronto Municipal Staff and Policy-makers' views on Urban Agriculture and Health: A Qualitative Study

Kate Mulligan, Josephine Archbold, Lauren E. Baker, Sarah Elton and Donald C. Cole

Volume 8, issue A, 2019

Leading Food Dignity: Why Us?

Monica Hargraves, Christine M. Porter and Gayle M. Woodsum

Introduction—and Invitation—to the Food Dignity Special Issue

Christine M. Porter, Gayle M. Woodsum and Monica Hargraves

The Cost of Community-based Action Research: Examining Research Access and Implementation through the Food Dignity Project Community Support Package

Gayle M. Woodsum

Introduction to the Food Dignity Values Statement

Monica Hargraves

Entering into a Community-University Collaboration: Reflections from Feeding Laramie Valley

Gayle M. Woodsum

Fostering Formal Learning in the Food Dignity Project

Christine M. Porter

Entering into a Community-University Collaboration: Reflections from the Whole Community Project

E. Jemila Sequeira

Entering into a Community-University Collaboration: Reflections from East New York Farms!

Sarita Daftary-Steel

Entering into a Community-University Collaboration: Reflections from Blue Mountain Associates

Virginia J. Sutter

Entering into a Community-University Collaboration: Reflections from Dig Deep Farms

Marty Neideffer

Participatory Research for Scientific, Educational, and Community Benefits: A Case Study from Brooklyn Community Gardens

Megan M. Gregory and Scott J. Peters

Community-Campus Collaborations for Food Justice: Strategy, Successes and Challenges at a Teaching-Focused College

Alicia Swords, Amy Frith and Julia Lapp

Triple-rigorous Storytelling: A PI's Reflections on Devising Case Study Methods with Five Community-based Food Justice Organizations

Christine M. Porter

Learning from Community-Designed Minigrant Programs in the Food Dignity Project

Monica Hargraves

Follow the Money: Resource Allocation and Academic Supremacy among Community and University Partners in Food Dignity

Christine M. Porter and Alyssa Wechsler

Visualizing Expertise: Collaborative Pathway Modeling as a Methodology for Conveying Community-driven Strategies for Change

Monica Hargraves and Cecilia Denning

"Ultimately about Dignity": Social Movement Frames Used by Collaborators in the Food Dignity Action-Research Project

Lacey Gaechter and Christine M. Porter

Graduate Students Bringing Emotional Rigor to the Heart of Community-University Relations in Food Dignity

Katharine Bradley, Megan M. Gregory, John Armstrong, Melvin L. Arthur and Christine M. Porter

What Gardens Grow: Outcomes from Home and Community Gardens Supported by Community-based Food Justice Organizations

Christine M. Porter

Growing Our Own: Characterizing Food Production Strategies with Five U.S. Community-based Food Justice Organizations

Christine M. Porter

Volume 8, issue 4, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: The Power of Food Justice

Duncan Hilchey

The Time for Macroeconomics in Municipal Food Policy

Shellye Suttles

Understanding Food Labels

Carol Hamilton and Brian Raison

Cultivating a Network of Citizen-Scientists to Track Change in the Sonora-Arizona Foodshed

Megan A. Carney and Keegan C. Krause

Hidden in Plain Sight: Learning from Chinatown’s Produce Distribution System

Nevin Cohen

Transforming the Food System Is the People’s Work: Experiential Knowledge Shows Us the Way

Branden Born

Contested Sustainabilities: The Post-carbon Future of Agri-food, Rural Development and Sustainable Place-making

Jennifer Sumner

Why Do People Eat (So Much) Meat?—And How Can We Eat (Much) Less?

David Cleveland

Finding a Middle Way to Sustainable Food Systems

Danielle Robinson

Strong Book on Building Community through Food

Amy Crone

Net Yield Efficiency: Comparing Salad and Vegetable Waste between Community Supported Agriculture and Supermarkets in the UK

Nigel Baker, Simon Popay, James Bennett and Moya Kneafsey

Stakeholder Perceptions of the Impact of Cannabis Production on the Southern Oregon Food System

Vincent M. Smith, Maud Powell, David Mungeam and Regan G. Emmons

Challenges and Sustainability of Wheat Production in a Levantine Breadbasket: The Case of the West Bekaa, Lebanon

Salwa Tohmé Tawk, Mabelle Chedid, Ali Chalak, Sarah Karam and Shadi Kamal Hamadeh

What Can Be: Stakeholder Perspectives for a Sustainable Food System

Jesus Garcia-Gonzalez and Hallie Eakin

Building Emancipatory Food Power: Freedom Farms, Rocky Acres, and the Struggle for Food Justice

Bobby J. Smith

A Case Study of Transitions in Farming and Farm Labor in Southwestern Idaho

Lisa Meierotto and Rebecca L. Som Castellano

"Being Stewards of Land is Our Legacy": Exploring the Lived Experiences of Young Black Farmers

Leslie Touzeau

Establishing Sustainable Food Production Communities of Practice: Nutrition Gardening and Pond Fish Farming in the Kolli Hills, India

Suraya Hudson, Mary Beckie, Naomi Krogman and Gordon Gow

Accessing Local Foods: Households Using SNAP Double Bucks and Financial Incentives at a Midwestern Farmers Market

James R. Farmer, Angela Babb, Sara Minard and Marcia Veldman

The EarthBox Project in Grayson County, Virginia

Kathy Cole and Liza Dobson

CULTIVATING COMIDA: A New Day for Dairy?

Teresa M. Mares and Brendan O'Neill

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: The Future of Food: Separation or Integration?

John Ikerd

Pairing a Q Study with Participatory Decision-making around Farmworker Safety: A Case in Washington's Tree Fruit Industry

Nadine Lehrer, Colleen Donovan and Maureen Gullen

Volume 8, issue 3, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: The Wellbeing of Its Children: The Ultimate Expression of a Nation’s Wealth

Duncan Hilchey

Community Kitchen Freezing and Vacuum Packaging

Anna Dawson

Ending Hunger is Possible – Institutional Change Matters

Marianna Siegmund-Schultze

Injustices Made Right: Ed Scott Jr.’s Victory in Saving the Family Farm

Aaryn Wilson

Following Food to its Source

Carrie A. Scrufari

Transformative Change Eludes the Well-Meaning but Fractured Food Movement

Renee Brooks Catacalos

Rethinking Control: Complexity in Agri-environmental Governance Research

Matt Comi

The Local Food System Vitality Index: A Pilot Analysis to Demonstrate a Process for Measuring System Performance and Development

Jairus Rossi, Timothy A. Woods and Alison F. Davis

Cultivating Successful Student Farms through Site Selection and Design

Rebekah VanWieren

"Put Your Own Mask on Before Helping Someone Else": The Capacity of Food Hubs to Build Equitable Food Access

Lesli Hoey, Lilly Fink Shapiro and Noel Bielaczyc

Economic Analysis of Local Food Procurement in Southwest Florida's Farm-to-School Programs

Jonathan Adam Watson, Danielle Treadwell and Ray Bucklin

Mobilizing Food: A review of Building Nature’s Market

Corey Lee Wrenn

Gritty Philosophical Thinking about Food Justice Doing

Christine M. Porter

DIGGING DEEPER: New Thinking on “Regional”

Kate Clancy and Kathryn Z. Ruhf

CULTIVATING COMIDA: Dignity and Devastation in Vermont’s Dairy Industry

Teresa Mares

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: The Battle for the Future of Food

John Ikerd

Farm Direct at Five Years: An Early Assessment of Oregon’s Farm-focused Cottage Food Law

Lauren Gwin, Christy Anderson Brekken and Lindsay Trant

Farm to Childcare: An Analysis of Social and Economic Values in Local Food Systems

Jacob C. Rutz, J. Dara Bloom, Michelle Schroeder-Moreno and Chris Gunter

The Progressive Agriculture Index: Assessing the Advancement of Agri-food Systems

Maizy T. Ludden, Rick Welsh, Evan Weissman, Duncan Hilchey, Gilbert W. Gillespie and Amy Guptill

Perspectives on a Local Food Access and Nutrition Education Program from Cooperative Extension Nutrition Educators

Jared T. McGuirt, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Rebecca A. Seguin, Margaret Bentley, Molly DeMarco and Alice S. Ammerman

Toward a Community Impact Assessment for Food Policy Councils: Identifying Potential Impact Domains

Larissa Calancie, Kristen Cooksey-Stowers, Anne Palmer, Natasha Frost, Holly Calhoun, Abbey Piner and Karen Webb

Volume 8, issue 2, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: Gleanings from the Field

Duncan Hilchey

Food Systems Leadership: A Neglected Field

Keith Williams

Baselines, Trajectories, and Scenarios: Exploring Agricultural Production in the Northeast U.S

Timothy Griffin, Christian Peters, David Fleisher, Michael Conard, Zach Conrad, Nicole Tichenor, Ashley McCarthy, Emily Piltch, Jonathan Resop and Houman Saberi

Six Critical Solutions to Fix Peoria’s Community Emergency Food Assistance System

Kim A. Keenan

Urban Farmers Markets as a Strategy to Increase Access to and Consumption of Fresh Vegetables among SNAP and Non-SNAP Participants: Results from an Evaluation

Rebecca C. Woodruff, Kimberly J. Arriola, Kia Powell-Threets, K. Rashid Nuri, Carol Hunter and Michelle C. Kegler

Categorizing Practical Training Programs for New Farmers: A North American Scan

Laura Schreiner, Charles Z. Levkoe and Theresa Schumilas

The Food Sovereignty Project: Advancing Theory and Practices

Salma Loudiyi

Soil Contaminant Concentrations at Urban Agricultural Sites in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Comparison of Two Analytical Methods

Kyle M. Moller, James G. Hartwell, Bridget R. Simon-Friedt, Mark J. Wilson and Jeffrey K. Wickliffe

Three-year Case Study of National Organizations Participating in a Nutrition Cohort: A Unique Funder-initiated Learning Collaborative

Sarah A. Amin, Megan Lehnerd, Sean B. Cash, Christina D. Economos and Jennifer M. Sacheck

Building Sustainable Communities Through Food Hubs: Practitioner and Academic Perspectives

Charles Z. Levkoe, Colleen Hammelman, Luke Craven, Gavin Dandy, Jeff Farbman, James Harrison and Phil Mount

The SNAP Challenge: Communicating Food Security Capabilities through Anti-Hunger Advocacy

Kathleen P. Hunt

Salvageable Food Losses from Vermont Farms

Roni A. Neff, Elana K. Dean, Marie L. Spiker and Theresa Snow

Do Affluent Urban Consumers Drive Direct Food Sales in the Northeast United States? A Three-part Analysis

Amy Guptill, David A. Larsen, Rick Welsh and Erin Kelly

Saying Yes to the Precautionary Principle

Darcy Mullen

A Primer on Local Food Systems

Amber A. Heckelman

Taking on the C-word

Teresa M. Mares

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: A Farm Bill for the Agriculture We Want

John Ikerd

Volume 8, issue 1, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: Fostering Access to Local Food Data

Duncan Hilchey

Agritourism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Industry Analysis

Lisa C. Chase, Mary Stewart, Brian Schilling, Becky Smith and Michelle Walk

An In-Depth Look at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Becca Berkey

Strategies for Creating Equitable Urban Greenspace in Global Cities

Chhaya Kolavalli

An Evaluation of Current Lunchroom Food Waste and Food Rescue Programs in a Washington State School District

Courtney L. Schupp, Katherine M. Getts and Jennifer J. Otten

Farmers' Perspectives on the Adoption and Impacts of Nutrition Incentive and Farm to School Programs

Megan E. Lehnerd, Jennifer M. Sacheck, Timothy S. Griffin, Jeanne P. Goldberg and Sean B. Cash

Cooperative or Uncooperative Cooperatives? Digging into the Process of Cooperation in Food and Agriculture Cooperatives

James Hale and Michael Carolan

Evaluating Barriers to SNAP/EBT Acceptance in Farmers Markets: A Survey of Farmers

Krysta Kellegrew, Alicia Powers, Barb Struempler, Sondra Parmer, Katie Funderburk, Jamie Griffin and Cecilia Tran

Encouraging the Next Generation of Farmers

Gregory Zimmerman

Squeezing Farmers in the Poultry Capital of the World

Carrie Freshour

CULTIVATING COMIDA: Farmworker Gardens and Food Sovereignty in the Northern Borderlands

Teresa M. Mares

Healthy Food Incentive Impacts on Direct-to-Consumer Sales: A Michigan Example

John Mann, Steve Miller, O’Hara, Jeff, Laura Goddeeris, Rich Pirog and Elissa Trumbull

Migrant Farmworkers' Perceptions of Pesticide Risk Exposure in Adams County, Pennsylvania: A Cultural Risk Assessment

Micaela Edelson, Salma Monani and Rutherford V. Platt

From Civic Group to Advocacy Coalition: Using a Food Policy Audit as a Tool for Change

Jill K. Clark

The Importance of Local Foods to Users of Food Pantries in Accessible Rural Alaska

Tracey Kathleen Burke, Cara Durr and David Reamer

Food Policy Councils in the Mid-Atlantic: Working Toward Justice

Sam Boden and Brandon M. Hoover

THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: The Industrialization of Organics

John Ikerd