Browsing by Author "Ashwood, Loka"

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Alabama & Georgia Media Sources and Their Claims About Alternative Food Networks

Stitt, Amanda (2019-08-16)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the media shapes information about Alternative Food Networks (AFN). This study is embedded in a larger project investigating local beef food safety in the Southeast ...

Better than Blue Apron: The Role of Black Women in a Community-Based Meal Kit Project

Olive, Lindy (2018-12-03)

I used community-based research (CBR) to develop and pilot a meal kit designed to be purchased with SNAP benefits in a local grocery store. This paper discusses the role of women in the meal kit project, where black women’s ...

The Corporation and the DNA of Farmland Financialization

Canfield, John Jr (2019-04-18)

Although farmland has long been understood to be an investment, policies shaping the economy, intensified by the 2007-2008 food crisis, have given rise to a new paradigm in which, for a set of major investors, farmland is ...

Experiential Learning Modules: Its Contribution in Developing Teaching Curricula in International Agricultural Development Courses

Gopaul, Abhimanyu (2019-12-09)

This dissertation comprises of three chapters, on the topic of ELMs which were developed under the project “Developing Global-Ready Agriculturists through Experiential Learning Modules: Solving Problems of Food Insecurity ...

Food Safety Scandals and Scares: Media Presentation of Local Beef

Shelley, Mary (2019-07-23)

This study is part of a long-term project examining the attitudes of Southern beef consumers towards red meat food safety associated with Alternative Food Networks (AFNs). Previous work focused on locally produced beef and ...

Gender and Rural Vitality: Empowerment through Women’s Community Groups

Majokweni, Zipo-zihle Pilela (2019-04-23)

Rural women are often the main supporters of their families and have been involved in improving the quality of life for households and communities. Sustainable rural development and poverty reduction is linked to empowering ...

"God Bless the Farmer": Community Perceptions of Legal Challenges to Hog Farming Operations in North Carolina

Richardson, Dalton (2018-05-16)

This research is designed to complement existing research concerning the health and the ecological impact of industrial agriculture through semi-structured interviews with residents of Duplin County, where two major lawsuits ...

Heir Property in the South: A Case Study of a Resettlement Community

Patterson, James III (2018-07-20)

The purpose of this study is to determine if the resettlement program had an impact on the prevalence of heir property and the impact of heir property on asset building and community development. Given the prevalence of ...

Policing Poultry: State and Market Interplay and its Ramifications in the Rural South

Galloway, Karl (2018-11-15)

This study uses qualitative data from 31 interviews and 8 months of observation to describe state and market powers in a town that is reliant on both poultry processing and the immigrant population that the industry drew ...

Right-to-Farm: Dispossession of Community in Rural America

Boutwell, Crystal (2020-05-04)

Practices of industrialization are changing rural landscapes despite oppositional efforts of community members. This thesis explores the themes of power and loss in rural areas impacted by industrial agriculture and how ...