NC1196: Food systems, health, and well-being: understanding complex relationships and dynamics of change

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

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Annual/Termination Reports:

[10/04/2017] [01/05/2018] [10/25/2018] [09/23/2019] [01/28/2020] [03/05/2021]

Date of Annual Report: 10/04/2017

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 11/03/2016 - 11/04/2016
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2015 - 10/01/2016

Participants

Brief Summary of Minutes

This attached report is from the first meeting of the newly renewed NC1196, so they only have about a month of activity since starting. They will be submitting a more comprehensive report following their next meeting in 2017. This is a very active and well-organized committee.

-Chris Hamilton, NCRA Asst Dir.

Minutes Attachment:

Meeting report NC1196 November-2016.pdf

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 01/05/2018

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/25/2017 - 10/27/2017
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2017

Participants

Christine Coker, Mississippi State University, Irene Hatsu, Ohio State University, Alex McIntosh, Texas A&M University, Jane Schuh, North Dakota State University; Chery Smith, University of Minnesota; Virginie Zoumenou, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Participants Attachment:

NC 1196 Annual Meeting 2017 Held at Biloxi MS.docx

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

Short-Term Outcomes: In Kentucky there are two extensive projects taking place to help improve access  among low-income and geographically isolated communities. In Objective 1 Kentucky has been actively engaged with developing grocery store initiatives aimed at improving the consumer food environment in 6 rural high obese counties in Appalachia Kentucky. Several strategies have been implemented across 17 grocery stores (recipe sampling; cart signage; product placement at check out counters) as a way to increase purchases of healthy items. The second project has been a peer based text message intervention among rural adolescents in KY and NC. The goal of this project is to develop and test how small weekly  nudges from a peer via text messaging can improve food shopping and purchasing decisions among adolescents, ages 14-16. This project is in year 2 and all data collection has taken place among intervention participants, while delayed controls  will receive a condensed version of messages in March of year 3. The benefits to date have yet to be understood. In Texas, the Texas Grow, Eat, Go program was adopted by 94 counties in 2017, drawing on funds from the Texas A&M AgriLIfe Extension Service program Better Living for Texans. The 35 counties that adopted this program in 2016 began to be avaluated. Dr. Zoumenou representing the University of Maryland and representatives from four university to begin a project working with community members, businesses, and public health intities to reduce chronic illneeses and reduce health costs. This project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Initiative.  Dr. Coker of Mississippi State University has continued to work the community and school gardens. Youth gardens that provide to food pantries. Drs. Smith, Zoumenou, and McIntosh contributed to a paper session at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society held in Los Angeles CA in June 2017. These dealt with the use of PhotoVoice in order to get low-income children to talk about their urban food environment; the use of stories, music dance and visual tools for changing childrens habits; and time diaries for the study of everday acquiring and consuming food at the household level. Outputs: Heidelberger, L., Smith, C., Robinson-O’Brien, R., Earthman, C., Robien, K. In Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. February 2017 117(2):271-277. Liu, Stephenson, T.; Houlihan., J., Gustafson, A. Marketing Strategies to Encourage Rural Residents of High Obesity Counties to Buy Fruits and Vegetables in Grocery Stores. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2017 (14): 1-6. Kwon, Mizzo, Chanam Lee, Alex McIntosh and Yu Xiao. 2017. Community currency activities, community attachment, and quality of life: A case study of the crooked river alliance of TimeBanks.” Time And Society. 2017 0(0):1-40. On-line version.

Publications

Heidelberger, L., Smith, C., Robinson-O’Brien, R., Earthman, C., Robien, K. In Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. February 2017 117(2):271-277. Liu, Stephenson, T.; Houlihan., J., Gustafson, A. Marketing Strategies to Encourage Rural Residents of High Obesity Counties to Buy Fruits and Vegetables in Grocery Stores. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2017 (14): 1-6. Kwon, Mizzo, Chanam Lee, Alex McIntosh and Yu Xiao. 2017. Community currency activities, community attachment, and quality of life: A case study of the crooked river alliance of TimeBanks.” Time And Society. 2017 0(0):1-40. On-line version.

Impact Statements

To continue to engage with grocery stores to improve the consumer environment in 6 high obesity counties.

Date of Annual Report: 10/25/2018

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/24/2018 - 10/26/2018
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018

Participants

NC1196 Annual Official Meeting

Members attended: Dr. Irene Hatsu, Ohio State University; Ardy Gillespie Cornell (retired); Virginie University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Chery Smith University of Minnesota. McIntosh Santiago.

Brief Summary of Minutes

Notes prepard by Virginie Zoumenou and Alex McIntosh

The NC1196 research group met In Columbus Ohio from Thursday October 25 to Friday October 26, 2018. On behalf of the group, I would like to thank Dr. Irene Hatsu for organizing a very productive meeting.
Introduction
Dr. Hector Santiago was introduced to the group. He provided us with a brief update from USDA.
All the members in attendance introduced themselves and their research activities
Research activities
Dr. Irene Hatsu: Conducted research activities related to homeless and food security. She received an NIH grant focusing on substance using and effects on children 0-5 year olds. She published 2 papers
Dr. Ardyth Gillepsie: Is conducting community activities related to local food system in Iowa much of it with regard to the production of local food for local consumption. She is also working on the introduction of a book.
Dr. Virginie Zoumenou: Continued working on Preschoolers and Childhood Obesity. The project will received more funding through the SNAP-Ed Program. A waste management component will be added to the preschoolers’ project. She also received A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award to implement the culture of health initiative which is entitled “Well Connected Communities project”. This project focuses on “Healthy Street & Healthy Me” in three communities on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Dr. Cherry Smith: Conducted several projects related to local food system and food insecurity in developing countries (Jamaica, Nepal). She focused on women and youth.
Dr. Alex McIntosh: Conducted focus groups of farmers some of whom practice no till and those who do not. As part of a second project focus groups made up of public health officials and members of NGOs concerned about the use of antibiotics in food animals.
A General Discussion Dealt with the Potential Changes in USDA. Some concern was expressed regarding the impact of the ability to continued funding for the projects that many of us have had in the past.
Working Group Discussion.
Food system literature review
Discussion regarding the need of an editor: Dr.Virginie Zoumenou shared with the group the information related to a Springer editor who contacted Dr. Gerad Middendorf. Cherry Smith also provided us with information regarding another editor interested by the project.
Decision: We decided not to focus on an editor but to focus on publishing 2 or 3 articles on the following topics for the literature review:
Topics
1. Food System: Food insecurity and safety net (Virginie Irene and Cherry)
2. Food System and history of gardening in US (Cherry –Christine-and Catherine )
3. Food System and Household behaviors & School system (Alex- Irene- Ardyth- Song)
4. Editorial: Food System Perspectives (Alex McIntosh)

Timeline:
Date Team Member Assignment Team Leader Assignment
March 2019 Team leader will submit the first draft
June 2019 Team Leader will submit the second draft in Alaska

Next year's meeting will be held at Texas A&M University in later October or early November

Accomplishments

Milestones included the finding that in Indiana incentives in the form of meals discounts led to a reduction in food waste in by low-income indiviudals. In California while non-profit or community-driven stores have closed over time whereas nearly half of the commercial-driven and a third of government-initiated facilities canceled their plans to or closed their stores. In Michigan, more farmers were persuaded to grow nutrient-dense foods and increased high school student knowledge, awareness, skills and attitueds toward growing nutritional food in a sustainable manner. In Maryland, after research was done, food waste interventions at an elementary school declined. In Iowa, an open house was held for Celebration of Local Food and Farming toward the goal of connecting and creating a culture of cooperation among various types of farm operations from very small to industry size.

Publications

Opichka, K. and C. Smith. 2018. Accuracy of self-reported heights and weights in a predominately low-income, diverse population in the USA. American Journal of Human Biology 30(6): e23184.  Katare, B. and Beatty, T.K., 2018. Do environmental factors drive obesity? Evidence from international graduate students. Health economics 27(10):1567-1593. Beatty, T.K. and Katare, B., 2018. Low-cost approaches to increasing gym attendance. Journal of Health Economics 61:63-76. Schmitt SA, Bryant LM, Korucu I, Kirkham L, Katare B, Benjamin T, 2018. The effects of a nutrition education curriculum on improving young children's fruit and vegetable preferences and nutrition and health knowledge. Public Health Nutrition 22:28-34. Barry, J., Bielaczyc, Heisler, D., Henne, R., Hembroff, L., Raven, M.R., Reed, K., Cotter, M., & Howell, K. (2018). Michigan Livestock Producer Capacity Assessment Final Report. East Lansing, MI. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

Impact Statements

In Iowa educational exhibits regarding soil health was shown in Practical Farmers Day of Iowa Field DAy.

Date of Annual Report: 09/23/2019

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 06/25/2019 - 06/29/2019
Period the Report Covers: 01/01/1970 - 01/01/1970

Participants

In the Meeting Room
Hector Santiago (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Alex McIntosh (Texas A&M)
Melissa Prescott, (University of Illinois)
Maya Vadiveloo (Rhode Island University)
Virginie Zoumenou (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
Two new participants (Naveen Kumar and Marie Therese Oyalowo) (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
ONLINE
Irene Hatsu (Ohio State University)
Christine Cooker (Mississippi State University)
Jin-hung Song (University of Maryland College Park)
Bhagyashree Katare (Perdue University)

Brief Summary of Minutes

The meeting began with the usual reports on project members recent work. Next was a presentation by a speaker,

Presenter:Diane Peck, MPH, RDN Early Care and Education (ECE) Obesity Prevention Coordinator DHSS Section of Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: presentation on “Food System in Alaska”.

Next a presentation of the survey the members of NC1196 to determine their present status on the project and their feautre plans for remaining on the project. Virginie Zoumenou and Hector Santiago presented the results of the survey. Comments and inputs included the following:

In order to help members to participate in person, the Annual Meetingtime will rotate between Spring

and Fall (one year Spring, One year Fall etc.).

2- The annual meeting will also include an online participation.

For a better collaboration and better networking, we decided to create a website. This website will include

the NC1196 information and the members’ information.

4- Christine Cooker, Maya Vadiveloo, Melissa Prescott, and Bhagyashree Katare will take the lead on the website

development. Christine and her team will send to the group the website information.

5- For better collaboration, it was suggested to organize other meetings between annual meetings.

6- Collaboration on group projects or on publications were suggested.

We then briefly discussed how about to begin to develop a new project in order for our work together can contine. McIntosh encouraged the members to think about what their research plans are for the next few years. Once these are discussed this may make it easier to create new objectives for the nex project.

Annual meeting in Texas

The 2019 annual meetingwill be at College Station TX in Fall

The meetingin Texas will focus on the new proposal.Next we visited Seeds of Change. A non-profit organizations that growth food plants indoors.

At the annual meeting of the Associateion for the Study of Food and Society

Panel Presentations and Roundtable Discussion:
- Panel Presentations:
On Thursday, we had two successful panels. The audience was very interested by each panel discussion. It was very interesting
- Roundtable Discussion:
We had the opportunity to provide the audience with a brief overview of NC1196 objectives. We also had the

opportunity to learn about other NC USDA research groups present in the audience. We discussed successes

and challenges related to NC USDA research groups. We also shared strategies to overcome some challenges.

Lessons learned from the roundtable discussion: more networking, group projects, and publications will

Strength en the group.

Some participants were interested in joining the NC1196 group.

Accomplishments

Activities: Some of our members made prsentations at the annual meeting of the Association and the Agriculture, Food and Values Assocation held in Ancorage Alaska at the University of Alasaka. We created these two panels:  Panel l: NC1196 USDA Research Project Panel I (Theme: Local, Regional, and Distant Food Systems) Panel organizer & chair: Virginie Zoumenou, University of Maryland Eastern Shore <ol> <li>“Partnerships to Improve Child Diet Quality and Reduce Food Waste in Rural Schools,” Melissa Pflugh Prescott & Brenna Ellison, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashley Hoffman & Pamela Haywood, University of Illinois Extension; Nader Hamdi & Jennifer McCaffrey, University of Illinois Extension</li> <li>“Sociodemographic Differences in the Dietary Quality of Food Purchases among Participants in the Nationally-Representative Food Acquisition and Purchase Study (FoodAPS),” Maya Vadiveloo & Haley Parker, University of Rhode Island; Filippa Juul & Niyati Parekh, NYU</li> <li>“Farms to Food Banks - How to Improve Food Security and Improve Food Systems at the Same Time,” Alison Gustafson, University of Kentucky; Tamara Sandberg & Sarah Vaughn, Kentucky Association of Food Banks; Janet Mullins, University of Kentucky</li> </ol> Panel 2: NC1196 USDA Research Project: Panel II: Understanding the Relationship Between Food Systems and Ecological Systems (Theme: Local, Regional, and Distant Food Systems) Panel Organizer & Chair: Virginie Zoumenou, University of Maryland Eastern Shore <ol> <li>“Ecological Health Index: A Short Term Monitoring Method for Land Managers to Assess Grazing Lands Ecological Health,” Sutie Xu & Jason Rowntree, Michigan State University; Pablo Borrelli, Ovis 21; Jennifer Hodbod & Matt R. Raven, Michigan State University</li> <li>“The Body in the Ad Revisited: Methodological,” William A McIntosh, Billy Brocato & Marissa Cisneros,Texas A&M University</li> <li>“Communicating Across Perspectives: Food Systems, Health, and Well-being,” Ardyth Gillespie, Harrisdale Homestead</li> </ol> Publicathions: five publicatons that are connected to our objectives were publiched this year. These are listed below.

Publications

Miller, Michael, Gerad Middendorf, Spencer Wood, Sonya Lutter, Scott Jones, and Brian Lindshield. 2019. “Food Insecurity and Assistance on Campus: A Survey of the Student Body.” Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy Vol. 14: Iss. 2 <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.4148_1936-2D0487.1097&d=DwMGaQ&c=u6LDEWzohnDQ01ySGnxMzg&r=MjlKNkbJKqGpqHXLYAXWUuFmcioWt_Pfi9WiSmmdrlM&m=9MTKCjy_pLkPqaQhi22EIUjZptGH15jbQ9DkCB36jSE&s=AYDsxc1CBQtVs5NHEpG5oOnap1sFrbxGwga9JXAoF9w&e=">https://doi.org/10.4148/1936-0487.1097</a>  Campbell, Amber, Terrie Becerra, Gerad Middendorf, and Peter Tomlinson. 2019. “Climate Change Beliefs, Concerns and Attitudes of Beef Cattle Producers in the Southern Great Plains.” Climatic Change, 152 (1): 35-46. Brinkley, Catherine. 2019. "Cities as Coral Reefs." Annals of the American Association of Geographers 109(5):1541-1559. Brinkely, Catherine. 2019. "If You Build It with Them, They Willl Come: What Makes a Supermarket Intervention Successful in a Food Desert?" Journal of Public Affairs 19:e1863.   Brinkley, Catherine. 2019. "Energy Next Door: A Meta-Analysis of Energy Infrastructure Impact on Housing Value." Energy and Social Science 50:51-65.  Katare, B. and Chakrovorty, S., 2019. "Association between environmental factors and BMI: evidence from recent immigrants from developing countries." Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 38(1), p.15.  Katare, B., Wetzstein, M. and Jovanovic, N., 2019. "Can economic incentive help in reducing food waste: experimental evidence from a university dining hall." Applied Economics Letters, pp.1-4.

Impact Statements

Workshop was held on Developing an Agrifoods System Blueprint for California and 60 individuals participated in the workshop.

Date of Annual Report: 01/28/2020

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 12/04/2019 - 12/07/2019
Period the Report Covers: 06/27/2019 - 12/03/2019

Participants

Hector Santiago (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Alex McIntosh (Texas A&M)
Melissa Prescott, (University of Illinois)
Maya Vadiveloo (Rhode Island University)
Virginie Zoumenou (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
Two new participants (Naveen Kumar and Marie Therese Oyalowo) (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
ONLINE
Irene Hatsu (Ohio State University)
Christine Cooker (Mississippi State University)
Jin-hung Song (University of Maryland College Park)
Bhagyashree Katare (Perdue University)

Brief Summary of Minutes

Virginie Zoumenou and Hector Santiago presented the results of the survey. Comments and inputs included the

following:

In order to help members to participate in person, the Annual Meetingtime will rotate between Spring

and Fall (one year Spring, One year Fall etc.).

2- The annual meeting will also include an online participation.

For a better collaboration and better networking, we decided to create a website. This website will include

the NC1196 information and the members’ information.

4- Christine Cooker, Maya Vadiveloo, Melissa Prescott, and Bhagyashree Katare will take the lead on

the website development. Christine and her team will send to the group the website information.

5- For better collaboration, it was suggested to organize other meetings between annual meetings.

6- Collaboration on group projects or on publications were suggested.

Annual meeting in Texas

The 2019 annual meetingwill be at College Station TX in Fall

The meetingin Texas will focus on the new proposal

· We discussed the expectations from each member for providing material for the new proposal.

*Possible dates for spoke of.

Visits

We visited to the Seeds of Change that produces plant foods that grow in verticle tubes; the workers were adolescents and young adults who were home less.

As part of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, we made presents of our research and other activities

Panel Presentations:

On Thursday, we had two successful panels. The audience was very interested by each panel discussion. It was very interesting

Roundtable Discussion:

We had the opportunity to provide the audience with a brief overview of NC1196 objectives. We also had the

opportunity to learn about other NC USDA research groups present in the audience. We discussed successes

and challenges related to NC USDA research groups. We also shared strategies to overcome some challenges.

Lessons learned from the roundtable discussion: more networking, group projects, and publications will

Strengthen the group.

Some participants were interested in joining the NC1196 group.

Accomplishments

Virginie Zoumenou project the Well Connected Communities (WCC) Project aimed to engage three communities (Fruitland, Pocomoke, and Princess Anne-Eden) in implementing a culture of health initiative on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Approximately a total of 250 youth, 50 adults, 12 community based organizations, seven businesses, and eight government agencies were involved in the project on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.  Under youth and adults leadership, three projects were implemented: “Healthy Street -Healthy Me”, “Make Fruits Available for All”, and “Reading and Group Therapy Garden”.  Approximately, five mini-orchards, including three at three Head Start Centers, were developed. The mini-orchards changed the educational environment at the selected Head Start Centers. In addition, through the collaborative effort of the WCC project, a farmers’ market policy was voted and passed in Fruitland, one of the selected communities. Matt R. Raven and others finished a study on the findings from survey of livestock producers in Michigan that sought to better understand their interest and capacity to serve demands for local meat products. The data provides insights into trends in production, processing, and marketing that may be helpful in identifying producer needs and strategic planning, including. This is the report: Barry, Judith, Bielaczyc, Noel, Heisler, Daniell, Henne, Rebecca, Hembroff, Larry, Raven, Matt R., Reed, Katherine, Cotter, Maria, and Howell, Kera. (2018). Michigan Livestock Producer Capacity Assessment Final Report. East Lansing, MI. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.  Matt R. Raven also reported that he also worked with the Savory Institute in the development of their Ecological Outcomes Verification (EOV) Program. EOV is an outcomes-based program that verifies if land is regenerating. It is part of Savory’s Land2Market program which provides a label for meat, dairy, leather or wool that is grown on land verified to be regenerating in terms of ecosystems services (water cycle, mineral cycle, energy cycle and bio-diversity). This is the first outcomes based (rather than process based like USDA Organic) that is being used for labeling and marketing purposes on food and fiber. Currently it is in beta testing and slated to be implemented in the first quarter of 2020. Melissa Pflugh Prescott reported that she and her colleauges had enrolled and collected baseline data from five schools in rural Illinois for interventions to promote improved diet quality and reduced food waste.  Alex McIntosh, who had worked on the development of the Texas Grow Eat Go Project, reported that four schools in San Antonio Texas adopted the cirriculum from the Texas Grow Eat Go Program. Cathrine Brinkley made a talk from her journal article: “If you Build it with them, they will come”: What makes a supermarket intervention successful in a food desert?. Journal of Public Affairs, e1863. She also noted that she submitted a manuscript to the California Journal of Public Health reviewing street food policies.   James Rikoon and colleagues received the grant 2020 Missouri Food Pantry Client Survey funded by Funding Agency: Feeding Missouri for 2019-2020 and with a Project Period: 2019-2021  and an award of $249.592.

Publications

Katare, B. and Chakrovorty, S., 2019. Association between environmental factors and BMI:evidence from recent immigrants fromdeveloping countries. Journal of Health, Population and  Nutrition, 38(1), p.15. Serebrennikov, D., Katare, B., Kirkham, L. and Schmitt, S., 2020. Effect of classroom intervention on student food selection andplate waste: Evidence from a randomized control trial. PloS one, 15(1), p.e0226181. Stephenson, R. C., Coker, C. E., Posadas, B. C., Bachman, G. R., Harkess, R. L., Admczyk, J. J. (in press).  Economic effect of insectpest management strategies on small scale tomato production in Mississippi.  HortTechnology.  Bachman, G. R., Broderick, S. R., Coker, C. E., Denny, G. C., Stafne, E. T. (2019). 2019 Mississippi Medallion Plants. MississippiState University Extension Publication, P3318, 4. Miller, Michael, Gerad Middendorf, Spencer Wood, Sonya Lutter, Scott Jones, and Brian Lindshield. 2019. “Food Insecurity and Assistance on Campus: A Survey of the Student Body.” Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy Vol. 14:2  <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.4148_1936-2D0487.1097&d=DwMGaQ&c=u6LDEWzohnDQ01ySGnxMzg&r=MjlKNkbJKqGpqHXLYAXWUuFmcioWt_Pfi9WiSmmdrlM&m=iRDZ63EZ8_ZmOIm1aNPawE3WbmplsKTsJqtoFxSPwLY&s=KW_JxinZIvP6DFmOQtlaENLqjURzd2C2YMBwAjfOU-8&e=">https://doi.org/10.4148/1936-0487.1097</a> Yarcusko, E., Slesnick, N., & Hatsu, I. (2019). Food Sources for Homeless Youth: An Evaluation of Food Availability at a Homeless Youth Drop-In Center. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 51(1), 91-95. Hatsu, I., Gunther, C., Hade, E., Vandergriff, S., Slesnick, N., Williams, R., ... & Kennel, J. (2019). Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status. International journal of adolescence and youth, 24(3), 319-332.

Impact Statements

The K-State university's campus food pantry was found to have limited growth in its use.

Date of Annual Report: 03/05/2021

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 11/12/2020 - 11/12/2020
Period the Report Covers: 12/01/2019 - 11/01/2020

Participants

Brief Summary of Minutes

Please see attached file below for NC1196's annual report.

Minutes Attachment:

NC1196 2020 Annual Report.pdf