From info at lysoncenter.org Thu May 11 18:55:05 2023 From: info at lysoncenter.org (info@lysoncenter.org) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: Scaling ag through school gardens in Cambodia; Well-being and farm viability of LGBTQIA+ farmers In-Reply-To: <0.0.117.648.1D984743CE09588.0@drone068.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.117.648.1D984743CE09588.0@drone068.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <06ad01d98474$c9fbb790$5df326b0$@lysoncenter.org> Read about the latest research published in JAFSCD! ? ? View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ May 11, 2023 JAFSCD is the world?s only community-supported journal. JAFSCD content is open access (free) thanks to the generous support of our shareholders: the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, a growing number of I ndividual Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website Impact of parental involvement on scaling agricultural technologies through school gardens in Cambodia JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Gracie Pekarcik, David Ader, Tom Gill, and Jennifer Richards (all at the U of Tennessee, Knoxville) Full article Cambodia is a predominantly rural nation with a heavy dependence on agriculture, particularly smallholder rice farming systems. While several sustainable intensification (SI) agricultural technologies have been successfully piloted on research stations or with small numbers of early adopters, questions remain on how to extend these technologies to large numbers of resource-poor smallholder farmers. Cambodian youth serve as a potential entry point to extend target technologies to farm families through school garden-based experiential learning opportunities in schools. In a new JAFSCD article, " Assessing the impact of parental involvement on scaling agricultural technologies from school garden to home farm in Cambodia," authors Gracie Pekarcik (the corresponding author), David Ader, Tom Gill, and Jennifer Richards present initial findings from a mixed-methods research study that aimed to explore and assess whether relationships between children, parents, and schools in Cambodia are strong enough to facilitate knowledge transfer of SI technologies. KEY FINDINGS * Less than half of parents surveyed (43%) have visited their child?s school. An even smaller percentage of parents have volunteered or worked at the school. Yet, of the parents who have not visited, the majority (71%) claim they want to visit the school. * Parents? involvement in their children?s schools and lives varied between regions, with the location of the households influencing family social ties and parents? proximity to the school. * The majority of parents believe they can learn from their child (65%), discuss with their child what they are learning at school (72%), and have a significant conversation at least once per week (85%). * Results across schools suggest that parents generally have a strong interest in implementing, visiting, and volunteering at a school garden. * Prior knowledge dissemination from schools suggests that classroom-based knowledge, attitudes, and practices have and can be adopted at parents? homes. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS >From interview responses, it was found that scaling potential is dependent upon child-school relationships, parent-child relationships, and parent-school relationships. For each relationship pair, there are knowledge, actions, and dispositions that predict scaling success. As a whole, these create a framework of key barriers to and opportunities for scaling SI technologies through school gardens. Thus, this research theorizes that if the opportunities to scaling can be leveraged and the barriers to scaling minimized, there is a high likelihood that SI technologies can be scaled from school garden to home farm in Cambodia. Additionally, results suggest there is likely a disconnect between parents? desire to be involved in their child(ren)?s school activities and the opportunities that are provided for them to do so. This gap is highlighted by the discrepancies between principal and teacher interview claims of ample opportunity for parental school involvement and actual responses from parents. With the implementation of the school gardens, this gap could be closed and involvement standardized across households, particularly if the curriculum includes parent and community education. The more that parents are involved in and visit the school garden, the greater the scaling potential will be. Photo: Students tend to a vegetable garden set up at a school where UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners are helping people who relied on rain-fed agriculture for harvests to adapt to climate change and diversify their farming methods and diets in rural Cambodia, February 19, 2018. Photo via UNEP & Climate Change Adaptation Flickr account. In his latest Economic Pamphleteer column, John Ikerd says that voting with your food dollars is not enough. He argues that "consumers never get a chance to vote with their dollars for many food products that are more flavorful and nutritious and are produced by more ecologically and socially responsible means than foods in supermarkets today." Read the economic basis of his argument by reading the full column for free. New LGBTQIA+ farmer survey on well-being and farm viability JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Michaela Hoffelmeyer (The Pennsylvania State University), Jaclyn Wypler (National Young Farmers Coalition), and Isaac Sohn Leslie (U of Vermont) Full article Farmer surveys historically omit questions pertaining to LGBTQIA+ identities. The rarity of counting LGBTQIA+ people thwarts understandings of a farming population's barriers and successes, which can inform policies and funding that support the group's well-being and farm viability. Survey data is crucial for further bolstering farmers' contributions and addressing inequities in U.S. agriculture. In a new JAFSCD article, " Surveying queer farmers: How heteropatriarchy affects farm viability and farmer well-being in U.S. agriculture,"authors Hoffelmeyer (the corresponding author), Wypler, and Leslie present findings from one of the first surveys of LGBTQIA+ farmers in the United States. The survey explores how heteropatriarchy affects LGBTQIA+ farmers? well-being and farm viability. KEY FINDINGS * The top issues LGBTQIA+ reported encountering due to their gender/sexuality included anticipated discrimination, social isolation, training opportunities and/or lack of skill, and family dynamics. * The top four areas queer farmers reported as challenges to farming success were profitability, land access, health insurance, and affordable and/or available housing. The authors demonstrate that the surveyed farmers' reported challenges to farming success reflect areas of systemic heteropatriarchal oppression. * The top area that LGBTQIA+ farmers found helpful for their success was LGBTQIA+ farm mentors or peers. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH * Findings indicate that heteropatriarchy is a central force negatively affecting queer farmers' well-being and farm viability, indicating the need to consider gender and sexuality more deeply. Asking these difficult questions?on surveys and beyond?is central to advancing farmer well-being and farm viability. * Findings demonstrate the need to add gender identity and sexual orientation questions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture census and other surveys to document the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ people and of heteropatriarchal discrimination in agriculture. * Results from this survey also suggest the need for including LGBTQIA+ people in USDA's socially disadvantaged farmer category to make this extra class of resources available to LGBTQIA+ farmers. Photo above: Produce being weighed and logged. Photo by Amy Christian. We appreciate our many new JAFSCD individual shareholders! Many new shareholders joined during JAFSCD's 1ST Annual Week of Giving. It's not too late to donate in order to ... * ... Support the launch of our Indigenous Food Sovereignty column * ... Help us pay honoraria to our author support editors * ... Underwrite our "Wicked Problems" webinar * ... Support our equity and engagement initiatives with emerging authors No donation is too small ~ g et your share here! This has been a really positive experience for my first publication and I really appreciate the work [your team members] have done and are doing! ? Alesandros Glaros, University of Guelph On the cover of JAFSCD's winter-spring 2019 issue (above), Rafael Aponte, owner and operator of Rocky Acres Community Farm in the town of Freeville, New York, gives a farm tour. See the article Building Emancipatory Food Power: Freedom Farms, Rocky Acres and the Struggle for Food Justice, by Bobby J. Smith II. Photo by Bobby J. Smith II; used with permission. This email is sent to you as a notification of newly published content and other JAFSCD news. Were you forwarded this JAFSCD Article Heads-up and you'd like to join the mailing list? Sign up! JAFSCD is an open access, community-supported journal! Your library, program, or organization can become a shareholder to help keep JAFSCD's content available to all, regardless of their resources. JAFSCD is published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action (an affiliate of Cornell University). CTA is a 501(c)(3) organization that accepts donations on our behalf. We welcome donations, which are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Questions or comments? Contact us at info@LysonCenter.org Unsubscribe This message was sent from info@lysoncenter.org Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 295 Hook Place, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.pothukuchi at wayne.edu Fri May 19 10:58:12 2023 From: k.pothukuchi at wayne.edu (Kami Pothukuchi) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] Ken Dahlberg, 1935-2023 Message-ID: Greetings, food planners! Many of you know or know of Ken Dahlberg, professor emeritus at Western Michigan University, a sometime participant on this list, and an avid advocate in other venues for local and sustainable food and agriculture systems. I'm sorry to write that Ken passed away earlier this month. Here's a note from Birgit McCall, his daughter: Hello. this is Birgit McCall, Ken Dahlberg's daughter. I know he was active in this group, and I wanted to share the sad news of his passing on May 1st. Ken's obituary has been put online at https://www.langelands.com/obituary/KennethA-Dahlberg and it would be wonderful if any of you who knew him could add a comment at some point to the tribute wall at the bottom. My sister and I love to learn things about pop that we didn't know, and/or see him through the eyes of others. We will be having a celebration of life for him in July (details are in the obit), and all who knew Ken are welcome to attend! I know that Ken loved this work, and I want to thank you all for sharing that with him. We would love to see you or any other folks that can make it at the celebration of life in July. We'd also love for everybody to write something on his online obit (and be sure to watch the video for tons of fun photos of pop over his life). Birgit can be reached at datawonk@yahoo.com. Please write her with any memories, pictures, etc., that you wish to share. Apologies for cross-postings! Best regards, Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor Department of Urban Studies and Planning 313-577-2701 (Reception) 577-4296 (Desk); 3198 FAB Black lives matter. she, her, hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From td6n at virginia.edu Sun May 21 19:21:26 2023 From: td6n at virginia.edu (Denckla Cobb, Tanya Lee (td6n)) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] Ken Dahlberg, 1935-2023 Message-ID: <46C2CC56-4513-4A78-98E4-D36420786702@virginia.edu> Thank you for sharing this sad news, Kami. Yes, we will miss Ken and his contributions and advocacy! ************************* Tanya Denckla Cobb (she/her/hers) Director td6n@virginia.edu |434-924-1855 | https://www.arch.virginia.edu/ien She/her/hers (Learn why this is done) [signature_1195800868] From: Foodplanning on behalf of Kami Pothukuchi Date: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 1:58 PM To: "foodplanning@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Foodplanning] Ken Dahlberg, 1935-2023 Greetings, food planners! Many of you know or know of Ken Dahlberg, professor emeritus at Western Michigan University, a sometime participant on this list, and an avid advocate in other venues for local and sustainable food and agriculture systems. I'm sorry to write that Ken passed away earlier this month. Here's a note from Birgit McCall, his daughter: Hello. this is Birgit McCall, Ken Dahlberg's daughter. I know he was active in this group, and I wanted to share the sad news of his passing on May 1st. Ken's obituary has been put online at https://www.langelands.com/obituary/KennethA-Dahlberg and it would be wonderful if any of you who knew him could add a comment at some point to the tribute wall at the bottom. My sister and I love to learn things about pop that we didn't know, and/or see him through the eyes of others. We will be having a celebration of life for him in July (details are in the obit), and all who knew Ken are welcome to attend! I know that Ken loved this work, and I want to thank you all for sharing that with him. We would love to see you or any other folks that can make it at the celebration of life in July. We'd also love for everybody to write something on his online obit (and be sure to watch the video for tons of fun photos of pop over his life). Birgit can be reached at datawonk@yahoo.com. Please write her with any memories, pictures, etc., that you wish to share. Apologies for cross-postings! Best regards, Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor Department of Urban Studies and Planning 313-577-2701 (Reception) 577-4296 (Desk); 3198 FAB Black lives matter. she, her, hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 21574 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From info at lysoncenter.org Thu May 18 14:47:24 2023 From: info at lysoncenter.org (info@lysoncenter.org) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: Resilience in Northeastern U.S. dairy farming; Beginning farmers in the U.S. Midwest In-Reply-To: <0.0.187.304.1D989CE136738A6.0@drone114.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.187.304.1D989CE136738A6.0@drone114.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <05be01d989d2$589e7f20$09db7d60$@lysoncenter.org> Read about the latest research published in JAFSCD! ? ? View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ May 18, 2023 JAFSCD is the world?s only community-supported journal. JAFSCD content is open access (free) thanks to the generous support of our shareholders: the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, Library Shareholders, a growing number of I ndividual Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website What makes Northeast dairy farmers resilient? JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Julie Snorek, Wyatt Cummings, Eric Hryniewicz, Keelia Stevens, and Rose Iannuzzi (all at Dartmouth College) Full article In 2021, when corporate dairy companies canceled over 100 contracts with small dairy farmers in the Northeastern U.S., a team of researchers from Dartmouth College asked the question, "How and why do dairy farmers sustain their operations in light of market shocks?" It is well known that Northeastern dairy farmers have been diversifying their farm activities to survive market shocks that are often driven by increasing competition with large-scale, Midwestern organic dairies. Yet researchers found that what motivates dairy farmers? diversifications ranged drastically?from a desire to support ecological health to wanting to sustain the quality of life that comes from living close to livestock in New England. In new JAFSCD article, ? Diversification strategies for the resilience of small New England dairies ,? Julie Snorek ( corresponding author ) , Wyatt Cummings, Eric Hryniewicz, Keelia Stevens, and Rose Iannuzzi highlight how small-scale Northeast dairy farmers have adapted, supplemented, or transformed their dairy operations to survive and thrive. The article explores their motivations and various forms of support, such as strong social networks. It also reviews the barriers preventing dairy farmers from diversifying their operations. KEY FINDINGS ?Some of the key strategies for diversification identified by the researchers include 1. higher premiums from organic or directly marketed liquid milk, 2. value-added dairy products (e.g., pudding), 3. nondairy farm products, including tourism, and 4. efficient and sustainable land management practices. These strategies are most effective when farmers engage in transparent and open sharing of knowledge across their social and professional networks, which is driven by strong, interpersonal relationships. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH ?While there are some who question the viability of the Northeast?s dairy system in the current market context, others see regional dairy as essential to the social fabric of the region as well as an important part of a national strategy to build a climate-resilient food system. ?To bolster this system and support its resilience, farmers say they need more consistent institutional support supporting diversification. These include more local processing facilities, more diverse and inclusive dairy cooperatives, and enforcement of quality controls, such as the pasture and origin of livestock rules to strengthen organic standards and promote regenerative practices. Image above: On the cover of our spring 2023 issue, Samantha and Chris Kemnah enjoy a moment with their cows on Clover Bliss Farm, their 190-acre farm in South Argyle, New York. Photo by Joan Lentini. What do small-scale farmers in the midwestern U.S. need to start and sustain new farms? JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Keri Iles, Rebecca Nixon, Zhao Ma, Kevin Gibson, and Tamara Benjamin (all at Purdue U) Full article Beginning farmers are increasingly recognized as important agricultural actors in the United States, particularly with the changing demographics of farmers. Consequently, support for prospective and new farmers has increased. However, there is still a substantial knowledge gap regarding beginning farmers? characteristics, motivations to farm, challenges faced, and information and resource needs, particularly among those who operate small- or medium-scale farms. In new JAFSCD article, ?The motivations, challenges and needs of small- and medium-scale beginning farmers in the midwestern United States,? Keri Iles, Rebecca Nixon ( corresponding author), Zhao Ma, Kevin Gibson, and Tamara Benjamin drew on a survey of beginning farmers in Indiana and highlighted the motivations, challenges, and needs of small- and medium-scale beginning farmers in the midwestern United States. KEY FINDINGS ?The authors found that small- and medium-scale beginning farmers in Indiana were: * Motivated by their desire for a farming lifestyle and to support local foods and agroecological farming systems on an agricultural landscape dominated by commodity crops; * Substantially reliant on off-farm income to support their on-farm activities; * Challenged by limited access to labor, balancing on-farm and off-farm responsibilities, and finding effective marketing strategies; * Not well integrated into existing agricultural programs; and * Heavily reliant on their own internet research and informal interactions with other farmers to learn and obtain help for their farms. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH This research can help inform agricultural professionals and organizations in their effort to tailor technical assistance, outreach, and other programming to better align with beginning farmers' motivations and to address their unique needs and challenges. Specifically, this paper highlights the need to offer targeted training in direct marketing and business management that addresses beginning farmers? needs, which tend to differ from larger-scale commodity producers. With a majority of small- and medium-scale beginning farmers mostly relying on their own internet research for farming-related information, this paper also highlights the need to ensure that scientifically based information and professional advice are easily searchable online, readily accessible in terms of understandability and usability, and engaging for small- and medium-scale beginning farmers. ?Finally, farm visits and other forms of interactions with other farmers were key sources of information and support for the beginning farmers in this study. Thus, Extension and other outreach programs should consider ways to facilitate such opportunities. We appreciate our many new JAFSCD individual shareholders! Many new shareholders joined during JAFSCD's 1ST Annual Week of Giving. It's not too late to donate in order to ... * ... Support the launch of our Indigenous Food Sovereignty column * ... Help us pay honoraria to our author support editors * ... Underwrite our "Wicked Problems" webinar * ... Support our equity and engagement initiatives with emerging authors No donation is too small ~ g et your share here! I have received the most thoughtful and valuable peer reviews from this journal . . . A journal unlike any other, in so many ways. ? Christine M. Porter, University of Wyoming and P.I. of the Food Dignity project On the cover of the JAFSCD special issue on the Food Dignity project (above), Mr. Tim Thomas (accompanied by Dr. Virginia Sutter) shows a sample of the kinds of seeds he has shared with gardeners across the Wind River Indian Reservation and with other Food Dignity partners. With a minigrant from Blue Mountain Associates (a Food Dignity subgrantee), Tim and Kathleen Thomas have worked to restore Indian corn varieties to the reservation. Photo by Christine M. Porter. This email is sent to you as a notification of newly published content and other JAFSCD news. Were you forwarded this JAFSCD Article Heads-up and you'd like to join the mailing list? Sign up! JAFSCD is an open access, community-supported journal! Your library, program, or organization can become a shareholder to help keep JAFSCD's content available to all, regardless of their resources. JAFSCD is published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action (an affiliate of Cornell University). CTA is a 501(c)(3) organization that accepts donations on our behalf. We welcome donations, which are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. FOLLOW US / LIKE / RETWEET / SHARE Questions or comments? 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