Monthly Archives: December 2024

Significantly, such payments are not entirely mitigated by higher rental payments for land. That is, the potential for profit is still great, with only 25% going toward rent, and with only 64% of farmland itself rented. Finally, increasing corporate influence, which … Continue reading →

In 1985, Ex Parte Hibberd, an administration decision by the US Patent and Trademarks Office, extended property rights to the individual components of organisms, including genetic information, thus anticipating some of today’s contentious Genetically Modified Organism debates. Ten years later, Asgrow … Continue reading →

Racial/ethnic inequity with regard to land access is a defining feature not only of the corporate-controlled food system, but also of the US government itself, which, even years after emancipation, has made it nearly impossible for Blacks and other communities … Continue reading →

My model projects the economic effects of Prop 12 on the North American hog/pork supply chain. It incorporates the vertical supply chain of representing farms, intermediaries, and consumers. The equilibrium is derived in the vertical market without regulations, which is … Continue reading →

Our research builds upon this emergent body of work that employs urban agroecology as an entry point into broader policy discussions that can enable transitions to more sustainable and equitable city and regional food systems in the U.S. . This … Continue reading →

The inventories, however, must then be structured according to the formats usable by openLCA. This modeling process also requires an abrupt switch from a very high level diagram — the flow diagram — to a detailed inventory requiring low-level information … Continue reading →

Agricultural systems are a critical component of this infrastructure, providing crucial food products as part of the human food system, but also providing vital agricultural by-products as inputs for other industrial systems. They are deeply coupled with the natural environment … Continue reading →

By meeting others and forming new relationships, community members also increased their social support, an objective of the social and community context domain . When asked to describe their proudest success, one UA leader responded, “seeing friendships form that wouldn’t … Continue reading →

While UA can increase access to food, it also has the potential to bolster CCW through cross-cultural social interactions and educational and employment opportunities . Communities can potentially use UA to address health inequities through social and environmental changes .While … Continue reading →

A major unanswered question is whether expansion began with hunter-gatherer groups, perhaps as a result of the invention of particular technologies or behavioral innovations, or much more recently with the advent of agriculture. Early mtDNA studies suggested that humans experienced … Continue reading →