Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Administrative Report None Decisions by Group for Action  see bold: 1. All members will send to Chery Smith: csmith@umn.edu, all their publications and grants from 2002 to present by December 1, 2008 2. Group voted to keep current officers for one more year (see above). 3. Group agreed to next meeting at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) in either October or November of 2009 to be organized by Jennifer Wilkinson. The date will be settled on later. 4. The group will continue its effort to recruit new members. 5. Members will contribute chapters/sections to a handbook. This year we re-visited the outline of chapters developed during 2008.  preliminary title: What is the Food System and Its Relationship to Health? Glen Tolle has contacted Springer about publishing our work. They have invited us to send them a prospectus. New Outline Tentative Book Title: How Do People Differentially access the Food System and How Does that affect their Well-Being? Parts of Book: Rough Outline The Situation: Current Knowledge, state of current conditions (each chapter includes history) Approaches to Knowing Conceptual Frameworks Methodology Epistemology Collaborative knowledge generators (trans-disciplinary, participatory) Approaches to Doing Collaborative action Models [Historical Context] Introduction [Future History] Conclusion Book Outlined In Detail: Introduction Defines food system Consumers and well-being Historical context Current Situation Health disparities in the food system Constraints to food decision making Disparities in resources Inadequate community infrastructure Inadequate or ineffective public programs and (labor law) policies Penurious ideologies Customs and Norms Obesity and Food Security Approaches to Knowing: Why Gaps in Knowledge Exist and how we can close them Approaches to knowledge theoretical frameworks; epistemological frameworks Disciplinary silage and need for trans-disciplinary work Reductionist thinking Good qualitative research   Survey Design and Analysis   Quantitative Research and Analysis   Community Engaged Research   Spatial Analysis Analysis of Secondary Data Sets Comparative Research

We will be writing a book on the food system and its impacts. We outlined each chapter and made writing assignments. We developed a series of deadlines for 1) chapter abstracts, 2) critiques of abstracts, 3) chapter drafts, 4) critiques of chapter drafts, and 5) final draft submissions. Second, we organized a series of focus group projects in 4 of the participating states. The thrust of these studies is on where people obtain food in their local environments and barriers they face in doing so.

The accomplishments of this group are many. Two projects have more than one state involved. Currently Ray Jussaume (Washington State University) and Chery Smith (University of Minnesota) are working on a focus group project and they have invited others to join them. Dr. Jussaume has completed five focus groups and Dr. Smith will complete 3 by the end of 2008. The goal is to have each participating state complete 6 focus groups in 4 different types of ERS counties, with at least 2 urban and 2 rural counties and to include a diverse demographic profile. Focus groups will examine food access issues, barriers to healthy eating, and use of all portions of the food system (organic, sustainable, conventional, retail groceries, coops, gardening, fishing, etc). Patricia Allen (University of California) and Stephany Parker (Oklahoma State University) have expressed interest in joining the project. Two states, Iowa (Lois Wright Morton) and Minnesota (Chery Smith), have been examined food access issues in low-income and food insecure counties identified as food desserts, by conducting focus groups and surveying stores and customers. Their work has resulted in the publication of two joint papers: Morton, LW, Smith C. Accessing Food in Rural Food Deserts in Iowa and Minnesota. Great Plains Sociologist, 2008, 19:¬ Smith C, Morton LW. Rural Food Deserts: Low Income Perspectives on Food Access in Minnesota and Iowa. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009, in press for January issue. This year we added two new members, Kofi Abu- Nyako (North Carolina A&T State College) and Stephany Parker (Oklahoma State University). Last year we also added three new members, Brian Fulfrost (University of California), Philip Howard (Michigan State University), and Gail Freenstra (UC-Davis). Lastly, the group is made up of many talented individuals and the list of t accomplishments for nine members is below. While the publications, presentations, and grants represent accomplishments within their states, being part of the group may inspire their projects. 1. Patricia Allen, Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz Publications Allen, P. and J. Perez. Accepted, in revision. Fields of dreams: CSA as an alternative agrifood institution. Journal of Rural Studies. Allen, P. 2008. Mining for justice. Agriculture and Human Values. 25:157-161. Allen, P. and A. B. Wilson. 2008. Agrifood inequalities: Globalization and localization. Development 51 (4). Special issue: The future of agriculture. Hinrichs, C. and P. Allen. 2008. Selective patronage and social justice: local food consumer campaigns in historical context. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 2:329-352. Allen, P. 2007. The disappearance of hunger in America. Gastronomica 7 (3): 19-23. Allen, P. and C. Sachs. 2007. Women and food chains: The gendered politics of food. International Journal of Sociology of Food and Agriculture 15 (1): 1-23. Book Chapters Allen, P. and H. Melcarek. Forthcoming 2009. Organic agriculture and food security: Saving the environment, feeding the world? In Ecology in Organic Farming Systems. Ed. C. Francis. American Society of Agronomy. Invited chapter. Allen, P. Forthcoming 2009. Roots and roles of alternative agrifood systems. In Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide: Society, Culture and Ethics, Vol.2. ed. L. Walter. Praeger. Invited chapter. Allen, P. 2008. The future of the sustainable agriculture movement. In the Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People, Vol. 2:N-Z. ed. G. Gorham. Grey House Publishing. Invited chapter. Allen, P. and C. Hinrichs. 2007. Buying into buy local: Agendas and assumptions of U.S. local food initiatives. In Constructing alternative food geographies?: Representation and practice. L. Holloway, D. Maye and M. Kneafsy, eds. Elsevier Press. Invited chapter. Other Publications Allen, P. 2008. Farm to Institution Programs. Family Farm Forum, USDA CSREES. Nov. 2008. http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/announcements/CSREESfarmforum-11-08.pdf. Invited article. Allen, P. 2008. Forthcoming 2009. Invited review for Gastronomica of "Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty." M. Winne, 2008. Beacon Press. Perez, J. and P. Allen. 2007. Farming the college market: Results of a consumer study at UC Santa Cruz. Center Research Brief #11. Santa Cruz, CA: Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Publications in Progress Allen, P. and C. Sachs. Being consumed: gendered food domains. Prospectus submitted to and provisionally accepted by Routledge Press. Allen, P. and C. Smith, eds. Food access and public health: research questions and methodologies. To be submitted to Sage Publishing. Howard, P. and P. Allen. What to BUYcott? Consumer preferences for post-organic ecolabels in the United States, to be submitted to Rural Sociology. Allen, P. Invited submission, Patronage and patrons: Can ethical consumers buy justice? for the Journal of Rural Studies, special issue, "Subjecting the Objective: Participation, Sustainability, and Agri-food Research." Allen, P. Invited book review of Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability edited by C. Hinrichs and T. Lyson. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Allen, P. Invited book review of The Fight Over Food: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System by W. Wright and G. Middendorf, eds. Presentations: Invited Presentations The Global Food Crisis, California State University Monterey Bay. OSHER Life Long Learners, Seaside, CA, November 6, 2008. Beyond Farmers Markets: Can Local Foods and Grassroots Movements Transform the Global Food System? With Vandana Shiva, Environmental Grantmakers Association, New Paltz, New York. September 23-24, 2008. Building a Table with Seats for Everyone: Hunger, Justice and Alternative Agrifood Systems, Inaugural lecture in seminar series, Feast and Famine: The Agroecology of Hunger, University of Wisconsin, Madison. September 23-24, 2008. Invitation included special meetings with faculty and graduate students. Seeds of Sustainability, Taste3 Conference, Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa, California. July 17-19, 2008. Patronage and Patrons: Can Ethical Consumers Buy Justice? Sustainable Consumption and Alternative Agri-Food Systems, 2nd Conference on Sustainable Consumption, Liege University, Dept. of Environmental Science and Management Arlon, Belgium. May 27- 30, 2008. Serving a Healthy Future: Sustainable Food Systems and Public Health, Keynote Address, Nutrition Exchange, The Food Environment&Moving Forward. Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health. Ontario, Canada. May 22-23, 2008. Mining for Justice: Consumer Perceptions on Social Justice in the Food System, Special session on Ethical Commitments in Agrifood Systems, Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Santa Clara, California, August 2007. Increasing Value-Added Profits for Small and Medium Scale Growers: The Institutional Market: Integrated Activities in an NRI Grant, Special session on Federal Policy in Action: Integrating Research, Education and Extension, Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Santa Clara, California, August 2007. Choice and Access in Food Security, Short Course in Agroecology, UC Santa Cruz, July 18, 2007. Shifting agrifood systems: the ecology, politics, and place of sustainable agrifood systems, American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, April 18, 2007. Looking Back, Moving forward: Social Change and the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Keynote Address, University of British Columbia, April 2007. Contributed Presentations Farm-to-Institution Efforts: Can Institutional Markets Increase Sustainable Practices? With Jan Perez. Joint Annual Meetings of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society. New Orleans, LA. June 5, 2008. Opportunities and Vulnerabilities in Farm-to-Institution Schemes: Results from a California Study, with Jan Perez, Shermain Hardesty, Gail Feenstra, and Anya Fernald. Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Santa Clara, California, August 2007. Selective Patronage and Social Justice: Local Food Campaigns in Comparative-Historical Context, with Clare Hinrichs. Joint meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Victoria, B.C., May 2007. Uncovering New Dimensions in Farm-to-Institution Markets, with Jan Perez, Shermain Hardesty, Gail Hinrichs, Jeri Ohmart and Tracy Perkins. Joint meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Victoria, B.C., May 2007. Will Consumers Support a Domestic Version of Fair Trade? Evidence from the United States, with Phil Howard. Joint meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Victoria, B.C., May 2007. Radio Invited panelist on KQED radio program on organic food, July 16, 2007. Invited guest on KUSP radio to discuss food and social justice, July 19, 2007. Grants and Awards 2008  2009 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grant, #2008-03216 Improving Health, Environment, and Agrifood Literacy: An Integrated Approach. $354,654. Principal Investigator: Patricia Allen 2008  2009 Appleton Foundation, Doing Food Work: Practices of Gendered Inequalities in Labor in the U.S Food System. $25,000. Principal Investigator: Patricia Allen 2007  2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Hatch funds. A Consortium Based Program for Sustainable Agriculture along the Central Coast of California. $89,288.43. Principle Investigator: Carol Shennan; Co-PI: Patricia Allen, Marc Los Huertos, UC Montery Bay. 2006  2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative, #2006-01432, Increasing Value-added Profits for Small and Medium-scale Growers: The Institutional Market, $399,982. Principal Investigator: Patricia Allen Co-PI: Shermain Hardesty, UC Davis. *********** 2. Gail Feenstra Food Systems Analyst UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Ed. Program UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute Publications Feenstra, Gail and Thomas P. Tomich. 2007. Sustainable food systems link growers to new consumer markets in California, California Agriculture 61(4): p.146. Feenstra, Gail; Giraud, Deborah and Rilla, Ellie. 2007 "Farm-to-School Programs Link Rural/Urban Communities Promoting Collaboration and Civic Engagement." Annual Meeting Proceedings and Poster, Rural Sociology Society, San Jose, CA.. Salazar, Melissa, Gail Feenstra and Jeri Ohmart. [In Press]. Salad days: Using visual methods to study childrens food culture. In Carole Counihan and Penny Van Esterik (Eds.) Food and Culture: A Reader. Florence, KY: Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group. Gillespie, Gilbert W., Jr., Duncan L. Hilchey, C. Clare Hinrichs and Gail Feenstra. 2007. Farmers markets as keystones in rebuilding local and regional food systems (pp. 65-83). Chapter in C. Clare Hinrichs and Thomas A. Lyson (Eds.) Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. Feenstra, Gail. 2007. The roles of farmers markets in fueling local economies. Gastronomic Sciences 1/07: 56-67. Shreck A., C. Getz & G. Feenstra. Winter 2006. Social sustainability, farm labor and organic agriculture: Findings from an exploratory analysis. Agriculture and Human Values, 23(4): 439-449. Brodt, Sonja, Gail Feenstra, Robin Kozloff, Karen Klonsky and Laura Tourte. 2006. Farmer-community connections and the future of ecological agriculture in California. Agriculture and Human Values 23: 75-88. *********** 3. Ardyth Gillespie Cornell University Publications Gillespie AH, Gillespie GW. Family Food Decision-making: An Ecological Systems Framework. Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences. 2007;99: 22-28. Gillespie AH, Smith LE. Food Decision-Making Framework: Connecting Sustainable Food Systems to Health and Well-being. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2008, 3: 328-346. Presentations Gillespie A. "Family Food Decision-making: An Ecosystems Approach to studying food and eating environments." Cornell Community Nutrition Seminar September 8, 2008. Gillespie A. "Family Food Decision-making Systems: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Research and Intervention." Annals of Behavioral Medicine Special Issue anticipated April 2009. Gillespie AA. Family Food Decision-making: An Ecosystems Approach. Decision Making in Eating Behavior: Interacting Perspectives from the Individual, Family and Environment, Bethesda, MD, National Institutes of Health, 2008 Gillespie AH. "Family Food Decision-making and Obesity." Invited emperical paper for NIH National Institute for Child Health and Development Invitted workshop on Feeding Families: Bridging Social Sciences and Social Epidemiology Aproaches to Obesity Research (July 8, 2008, Bethesda, MD). Gillespie AH. "Food Decision-making, Obesity, and Wellness:An Ecosystems Approach." Invited keynote presentation The 1890 land grant system conference (June 9, 2008). 4. Philip H. Howard, Assistant Professor Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies (CARRS) 316 Natural Resources Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Publications Grady, Sue C., Howard, Philip H., and Nicholls, Sarah. 2007. Investigating the Impact of Neighborhood Environments on the Risk of Hypertension. Family Research Initiative White Paper, Michigan State University. Perez, Jan and Phil Howard. 2007. Consumer Interest in Food System. Topics: Implications for Educators. Journal of Extension, 45(4). Howard, Philip H. and Patricia Allen. 2006. Beyond Organic: Consumer Interest in New Labelling Schemes in the Central Coast of California. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 30(5), 439-451. Howard, Philip H. 2006. Central Coast Consumers Want More Food-Related Information, From Safety to Ethics. California Agriculture, 60(1),14-19. Fulfrost, Brian and Phil Howard. 2006. Mapping the Markets: The Relative Density of Retail Food Stores in Densely Populated Census Blocks in the Central Coast Region of California. Report to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, and the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association. Center For Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz. 5. Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. Professor and Chair Department of Community and Rural Sociology Washington State University Publications Selfa, Theresa and Raymond A. Jussaume Jr., and Michael Winter. Sustainable Foodscapes? Examining Consumer Attitudes and Practices toward Food and Farming in Washington State, USA. Chapter 9 in Fish, R. D., S. Seymour and C. Watkins (eds.). Sustainable Farmland Management: New Transdisciplinary Approaches. CABI Publishing. (Forthcoming - 2008). Broberg, Katie. "Local Capacity to Combat Food Insecurity in Rural North Central Washington." Community and Rural Sociology Information Series #2-08., 2008 (http://www.crs.wsu.edu/infoseries/IS2-08brobergthesis.pdf). Glenna, Leland and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. 2007. "Characteristics of Organic Farmers in Washington State Who Are Willing to Use GMOs." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 118-124. Kondoh, Kazumi and Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. 2006. "Contextualizing Farmers Attitudes Towards Biotechnology." Agriculture and Human Values. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 341-352. Jussaume, Raymond A. Jr. and Kazumi Kondoh. (Forthcoming - 2007). "Possibilities for Revitalizing Local Agriculture: Evidence from Four Counties in Washington State. Raymond A. Jussaume Jr, Gerad Mittendorf and Wynne Wright (eds.). Food Fight. Ostrom, Marcy and Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. (2007). "Assessing the Significance of Direct Farmer-Consumer Linkages as a Change Strategy: Civic or Opportunistic?" in Hinrichs, Clare and Thomas Lyson (eds.). Remaking the North American Food System. ******** 6. Alex McIntosh Professor Texas A & M University Publications Kim, Karen, Wm. Alex McIntosh, Jeff Sobal, and Karen S. Kubena. 2008. Religion, Social Support, Food-Related Social Support, Diet, Nutrition, and Anthropometrics in Elderly Individuals. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 47(3):205-228. McIntosh, Wm. Ale, Sarah Schulz, Wesley Dean, H, Morgan Scott, Kerry S. Barling, and Isao Takei. 2008. Feedlot Veterinarians Moral beliefs, Instrumental Beliefs regarding Antimicrobial Use in Feedlot Cattle. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Electronic version available at doi: 10.1002/casp.976. 17pp. Kim, Mi Jeong, William A McIntosh, Jenna Anding, Debra, Reed, and Karen Kubena. 2008. Parenting Styles&.and Childrens Nutrition. 2008. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 4 (4):287-303. Bustillos, Brenda, Joseph Sharkey, Jenna Anding, and Alex McIntosh. 2009. Availability of Healthier Foods in Traditional, Convenience, and Non-Traditional Types of Food Stores in Two Rural Texas Counties. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Creel, Jennifer, Joseph Sharkey, Alex McIntosh, Jenna Anding, and Charles Huber. 2008. Availability of healthier options in traditional and nontraditional rural fast-food Outlets. BMC Public Health 8:395 (electronic version). Doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-395 Kim, Karen, Wm. Alex McIntosh, Jeff Sobal, and Karen S. Kubena. 2007. Religion, Social Support, Food-Related Social Support, Diet, Nutrition, and Anthropometrics in Elderly Individuals. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. Forthcoming. Scott, Amanda, Debra Reed, Karen S. Kubena, and Wm. Alex McIntosh. 2007. Evaluation of a Group Administered 24-Hour Recall Method for Dietary Assessment. Journal of Extension. 45(1). McIntosh et al. 2008. Feedlot Veterinarians Moral beliefs, Instrumental Beliefs regarding Antimicrobial Use in Feedlot Cattle. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Forthcoming. Kim, Mi Jeong, William A McIntosh, Jenna Anding, Debra, Reed, and Karen Kubena. 2008. Parenting Styles&.and Childrens Nutrition. Maternal and Child Nutrition. Revise and resubmit. Book Chapters McIntosh, Wm. Alex and Karen S. Kubena. 2008. Nutrition and Ageing. In John Germov and L. Williams (eds.), The Social Appetite. Third edition. (169-186). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Sobal, Jeff and Wm. Alex McIntosh. 2008. Globalization and Obesity. In Globalization of Food. Forthcoming. McIntosh, Wm. Alex and others. 2008. The American Family Meal. The Meal: Science and Practice. Woodhead Press. Forthcoming. McIntosh, Wm. Alex. 2006. Social Surveys. Encyclopedia of Sociology. Papers Presented McIntosh, Wm. Alex, Mi Jeong Kim, Glen Tolle, Jie-sheng Jan, Wesley Dean, Cruz Torres, Rudy Nayga, Jenna Anding and Karen S. Kubena. 2008. Parenting and Time Children Spend in Eating and Non-Sedentary Activities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, New Orleans, LA. June 6. Dean, Wesley, H. Morgan Scott, and William A. McIntosh. 2008. The Moral Economy of Trust: Explaining the Antibiotic Treatment Behavior of Beef-Feedlot Operators. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, New Orleans, LA. June 6. McIntosh, Wm. Alex, Wesley Dean, Glen Tolle, Cruz Torres, Rudy Nayga, Jenna Anding, and Karen S. Kubena. 2008. Parental Work and Childrens Time Spent in Eating and Non-Sedentary Activities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Manchester NH, July 31. Current Research Funding 2006-2009 Co-Investigator. Resolving the Social Factors Influencing Variable Compliance and Risk Communication in Foreign Animal Disease Defense Programs. CSREES ($362,990). 2008-2012. Co-investigator. School-Based Obesity Project. A project that is part of a center grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH). ($6,381,487). ********* 7. Lois Wright Morton Associate Professor Iowa State University Publications Morton, L.W. and C. Smith. (2008) Accessing Food in Rural Food Deserts In Iowa and Minnesota Great Plains Sociologist 19: Smith, C. and L.W. Morton. (2008) Rural Food Deserts: Low Income Perspectives on Food Access in Minnesota and Iowa Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 1-12. Morton, L.W., A. Bitto, M.J. Oakland, M. Sand. (2008) Accessing Food Resources: Rural and Urban Patterns of Giving and Getting Food Agriculture and Human Values 25:107-119. Morton, L.W. and T. Blanchard. (2007) Starved for Access: Life in Rural Americas Food Deserts Rural Realities (February) Rural Sociological Society http://www.ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/Issue4.html Garasky, S., L.W.Morton , K. A. Greder. (2006) The Effect of the Local Food Environment and Social Support on Rural Food Insecurity. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 1:1:83-103. Presentations Morton, L.W. Defining and Conceptualizing Areas of Low Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Understanding Food Deserts ERS-USDA Workshop Washington, D. C. October 9, 2008 Posters Morton, L.W. 2006. Rural Food Deserts: Food Price Comparisons Local Grocery Stores and Out-of-County Wal-Mart, First place, scientific poster. Rural Sociological Society annual conference Louisville, Kentucky. Morton, L.W. and L. W. Miller. [forthcoming] Connecting Sustainable Agriculture to Rural Development: The Case of Pasture-Based Dairy Grazing Journal of Community Development Morton, L.W., A. Bitto, M.J. Oakland, M. Sand. [forthcoming] Accessing Food Resources: Rural and Urban Patterns of Giving and Getting Food Agriculture and Human Values Morton, L.W. and T. Blanchard. (2007) Starved for Access: Life in Rural Americas Food Deserts Rural Realities (February) Rural Sociological Society http://www.ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/Issue4.html ********** 8. Chery Smith, Associate Professor University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition Publications Smith C, Butterfass J, Rickelle R. Environment influences food access and resulting shopping and dietary behaviors among homeless Minnesotans. Ag and Human Values, 2009 in press. Franzen L, Smith C. Acculturation and environmental change impacts dietary habits among adult Hmong. Appetite, 2009,52; 173-183. Smith C, Richards R. Dietary intake, overweight status, and perceptions of food insecurity among homeless Minnesotan youth. Am J Hum Bio. 2008, 20;550-563. Beckman LL, Smith C. An evaluation of inner-city youth garden program participants dietary behavior and garden and nutrition knowledge. Journal of Agricultural Education. 2008, 49 (4): 11-25. Morton, LW, Smith C. Accessing Food in Rural Food Deserts in Iowa and Minnesota. Great Plains Sociologist, 2008, 19, ___. Wiig K, Smith C. The art of grocery shopping on a food stamp budget: Factors influencing the food choices of low-income women as they try to make ends meet. Pub Health Nutrition, 2009, in press. Wiig K, Smith C. Factors affecting low-income womens food choices and the perceived impact of dietary intake and socioeconomic status on their health and weight. J Nutr Edu Behav. 2009, in press. Smith C, Morton LW. Rural Food Deserts: Low Income Perspectives on Food Access in Minnesota and Iowa. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009, in press. Richards R, Smith C. Environmental, parental, and personal influences on food choice, access, and overweight status among homeless children. Soc Sci Med. 2007;65:1572-83. Lautenschlager L, Smith C. Understanding gardening and dietary habits among youth garden participants using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Appetite. 2007; 49:122-130. Schrvyer T, Smith C, Wall M. Self-identities and BMI of Minnesotan soy consumers and non-consumers. Obesity Research. 2007;15:1101-1106. Lautenschlager L, Smith C. Beliefs, knowledge, and values held by inner-city youth about gardening, nutrition, and cooking. Ag and Hum Values. 2007;24:245-258. Henderickson D, Smith C, Eikenberry N. Low-income individuals face limited fruit and vegetable access in four Minnesotan communities designated as food deserts. Ag and Human Values. 2006: 38(3):371-383. Schrvyer T, Smith C. Minnesotans willingness to consume soy foods for cholesterol lowering and receive CVD counseling by nutrition professionals. Pub Health Nutr, 2006; 9(7):866-874. Lautenschlager L, Smith C. Low-income Native Americans Perception on Diabetes. J Nutr Ed Behav., 2006; 38(3):307-315. Richards R, Smith C. Shelter environment and placement in community affects lifestyle factors among homeless families in Minnesota. Am J Health Promotion, 2006; 21(1):36-44. Henry H, Reimer K, Smith C, Reicks M. Decisional balance, processes of change, and self-efficacy are associated with the central stage of change construct regarding fruit and vegetable consumption by low-income African American mothers. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006,106:841-849. Smith C, Fila SA . Comparison of the Kids Block Food Frequency Questionnaire to the 24-hour recall in urban Native American Youth. Am J Hum Bio, 2006;18:706-709. Fila SA, SmithC. Applying the theory of planned behavior to healthy eating behaviors in urban Native American youth. In J Beh Nutr Phy Activ, 2006:3:11-22. Richards R, Smith C. The impact of homeless shelters on food access and choice and developed coping strategies among homeless families in Minnesota. J Nutr Ed Behav. 2006, 38 (2): 96-105. Refereed Abstracts/Presentations: Smith C. Research updates on food deserts and how food insecurity impacts food choice for those living in those areas. Board of Community Nutrition Assistance Programs. October, 2008. Smith C. Grocery Shopping Behavior, Food Choices, and Meal Patterns of Low-Income Women in Minnesota. Annual Conference for Minnesota Nutrition Educators Sept, 2008 Franzen L, Smith C. Food system access and shopping behavior influences on purchasing groceries in adult Hmong. Annual Conference of the American Dietetic Association, 2008. Wiig K, Smith C. Grocery shopping on a food stamp budget: Factors influencing food choice among low-income women. Annual Conference of the American Dietetic Association, 2008. Smith C, Richards R. Food insecurity and obesity among homeless mothers. Annual Conference for the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), 2006. Richards R, Smith C. Overweight status and perceptions of food insecurity among homeless children. Conference for the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), 2006. Graduate Students completed Sept 2007 Rickelle Richards, PhD, MPH, RD. The impact of personal, behavioral, and environmental factors on food access, food choice, and health status among homeless shelter-based families in Minnesota. Defense: Sept 11, 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, p. 207. Jan 2007 Lauren Lautenschlager, MS. Beliefs, knowledge, values, and behaviors of inner-city youth garden program participants in Minnesota. Masters Thesis. P.157. Grants 10/07-9/09 The Impact of Acculturation on Dietary Intake and Body Mass Index among Hmong Children. Smith C. MAES/CHE administrative fund. $90,000. 10/07-9/09 Assessment of shopping behavior among urban homeless, urban and rural low-income Minnesotans. Smith C., $110,000. 9/06-10/11 Examination of nutritional status and dietary behavior in minority populations. Agricultural Exp Station, University of Minnesota (renewed). Smith C. *********** 9. Joan Thomson Publications Bagdonis, J., J.S. Thomson, and C. Altemose. 2008. Extensions Role in Facilitating Collaborative Initiatives: Direct Marketing Farm Products on the Internet. J.Extension, 46(2):5 pp. http://www.joe.org/joe/2008april/iw2.shtml. Thomson, J.S., R.B. Radhakrishna, A.N. Maretzki, L.O. and Inciong. 2006. Strengthening Community Engagement Toward Sustainable Local Food Systems. J. Extension. 44:4:4FEA2:14 pp. Abstracts/Posters/Presentations Mann, H., J. Bagdonis, and J.S. Thomson. 2007. How We Understand Local Food: Examining Relationships Between Food-Based Education Programs and Student Attitudes About the Food System. Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences Independent Study Projects. The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Science, University Park, PA. pp. 25. (Abstract). Patel, A., J. Bagdonis, and J.S. Thomson. 2007. How We Understand Local Food: Student Perceptions of Local and Organic Foods. Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences Independent Study Projects. The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Science. University Park, PA. pp. 27. (Abstract). Thomson, J.S., A.N. Maretzki, and R.B. Radhakrishna. 2005. Extension Educators Perspectives on Strengthening Community Engagement in Sustainable Local Food Systems. Abstracts for annual meeting of the Community Development Society. Baltimore, MD. pp. 29 Book Chapters Thomson, J.S., A.N. Maretzki, and A.H. Harmon. 2007. Community-Initiated Dialogue: Strengthening the Community through the Local Food System. Chapter 9 In C. Hinrichs and T.A. Lyson (eds.), Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, NE. pp. 183-198. Thesis/dissertations Bagdonis, J. 2007. Perceptions and Organization of Emerging Farm-to-School Programming in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Setting. M.S. Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 113 pp. Inciong, L.O. 2004. Pennsylvania extension educators: strengthening community engagement toward a sustainable local food system. M.S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 151 pp.