Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

NC 1033 Minutes November 5-6, 2009 Cornell University, Ithaca NY Present : Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University; Phil Howard, Michigan State University; Joan Thompson, Pennsylvania State University, Chery Smith, University of Minnesota; Raymond Jussame, Washington State University; Patricia Allen, Ardy Gillespie, Cornell University, CY Wang, South Dakota State University. Guests included Joanne Green, Michael Gomez and Carol Devine from the Division of Nutrition, Cornell University. The group learned about a variety of projects taking place on the Cornell University campus. Administrative Report C.Y .Wang emphasized the importance of getting our annual reports submitted. State reports: " Ardyth Gillespie spoke of her continued efforts in areas of food systems and family/individual change around attitudes towards vegetables and increased use of local foods. Also discussed Family Food Decision Making; Ecosystem Approach to Food Decision Making " Mentioned December 2009 Annals of Behavioral Medicine (vol. 38, supplement 1). " Joan Thompson discussed the recent work she has done on food safety in the food industry; also conducted a state-wide survey of consumer perceptions of food safety(random digit dialing telephone survey) and an on-line survey of members of Pennsylvania Food Producers Association. " Phil Howard: examining food access inequalities and their impact on health Found positive relationships between presence of fast food and convenience stores and BMI in 9th grade students. Most of the schools studies had convenience stores nearby. " Chery Smith spoke of her studies of Hmong re changes in body image. Studies of the homeless found that food was constantly on their minds. Smith talked about low resource women and shopping: these women know down to the penny what they are spending. Cost is the main concern. Efficiency: better to buy junk that kids will eat. Mentions her forthcoming publication Maternal and Child Health Journal (2010). " Patricia Allen: doing projects on urban farming for food security and food accessibility and local food system assessments about their reaching underserved populations Finalizing a project on farm to institution, and looking at gender, race and class inequities in food labor. " Joan Thompson : Has worked on several studies with food safety people. One involved a telephone survey of adults in the US. And Pennsylvania. " Phil Howard: Food Access and School-Childrens Obesity. " Jennifer Wilkins: Food Assistance Role in Sustainability. Directs the Cornell Farm to School program as well as the CCE Farmers Market Nutrition Program. Has a recent publication in Science on organics and health benefits! " Chery Smith: Described some of her studies of the homeless and their food access strategies. " Mentioned: Lois Wright-Morton discussed chapter on morality in local areas. Actually has a well-developed draft. " Mcintosh: chapter on theoretical approaches; chapter on methodological approaches. Have continued to analyze data from study of 300 Houston families in terms of childrens time spent in fast food and full service restaurants. The Book Project, Food Systems and Health: Conditions and Solutions. Reported that we have shifted from a book strategy to a special issue of a journal approach. Journal of Hunger and the Environment and Ag and Human Values approached; neither was interested. We then reassessed our chapters. Thus far 9 chapters or so are in various stages of completion. Drafts of these are available. 1. ARTICLES/TITLES FOR NC1033 2. What is a food system? 3. Key factors in food and health: gender, race, and class 4. Dietary Guidelines and Health Disparities 5. Alternative agrifood systems and health OR Food security and alternative agri-food systems: are they compatible? 6. Institutional purchasing and health 7. Ecosocial methods for investigating disparities in food access and population health 8. Methods for working with communities on food and health OR Community Engaged Research Methodology; 9. Points of intervention OR Community Engaged Research 10. Obesogenic environments, subjectivity, and class 11. Ecosocial methods for investigating disparities in food access and population health 12. Alternative agrifood systems and health OR Food security and alternative agri-food systems: are they compatible? 13. Approaches to knowing: gaps in knowledge OR Understanding the role of theoretical frameworks in producing knowledge about food and health 14. Issues in data collection and analysis OR Gaps in Research Tools 15. Urban agriculture and health 16. Food-Diet-Health Relationships: Why Access to and the Quality of Food Systems Matter 17. Dietary Guidelines and Health Disparities 18. Food access, availability, and choice in the urban food environment 19. After-school and nutrition education 20. Coverage of food and health issues in the media: what's missing? OR If they know about it, will they eat it? 21. Beyond Eating Right: Dietary Advice as a Tool for Greening the Food System Fundraising Discussion explored USDA- AFRI, Robert Wood Johnson, Kellogg. USDA as a source for food safety mentioned fast food and full service restaurants, among other things. Next years meeting. Portland, Oregon decided if facilities were accessible. Ray Jussaume in charge. The dates of Oct. 6-9 or Oct. 13-16 suggested. New officers: Chair, Patricia Allen; Vice Chair: Ray Jussame; Alex McIntosh, Secretary.

Group collaborative project: " NC1033 research group followed the plan to publish a book on Food Systems and Health: Conditions and Solutions. The book had fourteen NC1033 members and their colleagues who intended to be contributing. The publication plan was developed, members submitted abstracts for chapters, and developed a prospectus. " The group also explored submitting the prospectus as a special issue of a Journal, and submitted the prospectus to the Journal of Agriculture and Human Values, Springer Publishing, whose editor suggested it would be possibly several years before publication and would contain less material than the group had proposed. The group researched six other journals. Other activities included: " Researching efficacy in training in human nutrition and obesity prevention. " Diabetes education and health in Hispanic communities in Illinois. " Evaluating the efficacy of peer education, exercising and eating right and healthy outcomes for teens in Illinois. " Eating patterns in working families, single parents and duel earners. " Building capacity to engage Latinos in local food systems in the Iowa and Kansas. Mapping healthy development indicators in large California municipalities, including access to healthy, affordable, food sources (grocery stores, farmers markets, CSAs community gardens, school gardens) and also mapping unhealthy sources, (fast food and convenience stores not offering healthy options) using GIS to influence policy and urban development. " Researching household food inventories to determine the availability of healthy foods in Texas. " Looking nationally at local food systems and their organizers perceptions of impact on providing accessible, healthy food to vulnerable populations, ethnic and cultural groups, different ethnic populations, Minnesota, Michigan Illinois, California, Nationally. " Investigating individual and community contexts for investigation of family food decision making systems and for evaluating intervention strategies in New York State. " Monitoring decisions by families and individuals in attitudes and behaviors about fruits and vegetables and increased use of local foods, New York. " Positive correlations between presence of fast food and convenience stores and BMI in 9th grade students, Michigan. " Surveying consumer perceptions of food safety in Pennsylvania. " Homeless populations and hunger, Minnesota. " Women and awareness of food costs determining shopping and eating habits, Minnesota. " Project investigators are collaborating with researchers at Weill Medical College, Cornell, New York, to develop new behavioral interventions to prevent obesity, funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Outputs: 20 journal articles and book chapters.

Allen, P. and H. Melcrarek. 2009. Organic agriculture and food security: Saving the environment, feeding the world? In Ecology in Organic Farming Systems edited by C. Francis. American Society of Agrononmy. Allen P. 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. edited by L. Walter. Praeger. Blake C, C. Devine, E. Wethington, M. Jastran, T. Farrell, C. Bisogni. 2009. Employed parents' satisfaction with food choice coping strategies: influence of gender and structure. Appetite 52(3):711-719. Bustillos, B., J. Sharkey, J. Anding, and A. 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 109 (May). Damman,K. W., K. Wigg, and C. Smith. 2009. Factors affecting low-income women's food choices and the perceived impact of dietary intake and socioeconomic status on their health and weight. Journal of Nutrition and Behavior 41. Gillespie, A. H. and W. Johnson-Askew. 2009. Changing family food and eating practices: The Family Food Decision-making System. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Flora, C. B. and A. H. Gillespie. 2009. Making healthy choices to reduce childhood obesity: Community capitals and food and fitness. Community Development 40. Herrejon, K., J. L. Hartke, J. Scherer, and K. Chapman-Novakofski. The creation and impact evaluation of Your Guide to Diet and Diabetes, an interactive web-based diabetes tutorial. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 2009; 11(3):1-9.; Howard, P. H. 2009. Organic industry structure. Journal of New Media Caucus 5. Howard, P. H. 2009. Visualizing consolidation in the global seed industry: 1996-2008. Southern Rural Sociology 24. Howard, P.H. 2009. Consolidation in the North American organic food processing sector, 1997 to 2007. International Journal of Sociology of Food and Agriculture 16. Jastran M, C. Bisogni, C. Blake, J. Sobal, C. Devine. 2009. Eating routines: Embedded, value based, modifiable, reflective. Appetite. 52:127-136.; C. Devine, T. Farrell, C. Blake, M. Jastran, C. Bisogni, E. Wethington. 2009. Work conditions and the food choice coping strategies for employed parents. Journal of Nutrition, Education and Behavior. 41(5):365-370. McIntosh, W. A. and others. 2009. The American Family Meal. In The Meal: Science and Practice. Edited by H. Meislemann. Woodhead Press. Moore, R. 2009. Integrating the social and natural sciences in the Sugar Creek Method. In Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society. P. Bohlen and G. House. CRC Press. Porter, S., K. Chapman-Novakofski, J. Scherer. Web-based diabetes education tailored to Hispanics. J Nutr Educ Behav 41(5):374-376, 2009. Smith, C. A. Klosterbuer, and A. S. Levine. 2009. Military experience strongly influences post-service eating behavior and BMI status in American veterins. Appetite 52. Sobal J and C. Bisogni . Dec 2009. "Constructing food choice decisions." Ann Behav Med. 38 Suppl 1:S37-46. Sobal, J. and W. A. McIntosh. 2009. Globalization and obesity. In Globalization of Food. Edited by D. Inglis and D. Gimlin. Berg. Wethington, Elaine and Wendy L. Johnson-Askew. 2009. Contributions of the Life Course Perspective to Research on Food Decision-making. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 38(Suppl. 1):S74-S80.