| The
food system is a global network within which are nested national, regional, state
and local food systems. We use the term 'Food Systems' to refer to the multiple
systems within a given geographic region. Within a community, the local food system
would include the supermarkets, restaurants, school lunch programs, congregate
meals, farmers markets, ethnic markets, community gardens, backyard gardens plus
other farm-to-market connections. We study the food system at this local level
attempting to affect family and/or community level change. Our mission is to promote
sustainable family and community food systems that help address the needs of limited-resource
families. Activities
and accomplishments of the Family and Community Food Systems Impact Group: RESEARCH
| TEACHING | OUTREACH
RESEARCH
| Funded
proposals: | | | |
| | - The
Appalachia Cancer Network, National Cancer Institute
- Developing
a cereal-based weaning food for children in the Lower Mississippi Delta, USDA
-ARS
- The Pennsylvania
Food Stamp Nutrition Education plan and network, USDA
- Strengthening
communities engagement in sustainable local food systems, USDA - SARE
- Assessing
spouses' support for the diabetic diet, National Institutes of Health
- Evaluating
consumer acceptance of food biotechnology in the US, USDA-IFAFS
- The
National Farm to School Program, USDA-IFAFS
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| Publications:
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| | Jennifer
Abel, Joan Thomson and Audrey Maretzki. 1999. Extension's role with farmers' markets:
Working with farmers, consumers and communities. Journal of Extension 37 (5),
6 pages. J.
Lynne Brown and Nancy Ellen Kiernan. 2001. Assessing the subsequent effect of
a formative evaluation on a program. Evaluation and Program Planning. 24, 129-143.
Gilbert
Friedell, Angel Rubio, Audrey Maretzki, Barbara Garland, Pamela Brown, Martin
Crane and Peggy Hickman. 2001. Community cancer control in a rural, under-served
population: The Appalachian Leadership Initiative on Cancer Project. Journal of
Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 12, 5-19. Katherine
Cason. 2001. Evaluation of a preschool nutrition education program based on the
theory of multiple intelligences. Journal of Nutrition Education. 33, 161-164.
J.
Lynne Brown and Daisy Miller. 2002. Gender role preference and family food chores.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 34, 100-108. J.
Lynne Brown and Daisy Miller. 2002. Couples' gender role preferences and management
of family food preferences. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 34 (4),
215-223. J. Lynne Brown and Yanchao
Ping. 2002. Comparison of consumer reaction to information about two genetically
engineered soybeans that differ in consumer benefit. Journal of International
Food and Agribusiness Marketing. 13 (1), 7-25..
K.L.
Cason, J. Scholl, J.W. Heald and C. Harrington. 2002. Sensational SuperCupboards.
Journal of Extension. 40(5). J.
Lynne Brown and Yanchao Ping. 2003. Consumer perception of risk associated with
eating genetically engineered (GE) soybeans is less in the presence of a perceived
consumer benefit. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 103 (2), 208-214 |
| | | | TEACHING |
| | | | | Food
Science 105. Food Facts and Fads: An introduction to the Food System. Instructor:
Alison Harmon | | | |
| OUTREACH |
| | | | Conferences
and Workshops: | | | |
| | •
Creating collaborative partnerships: PANEP & Literacy Programs, April 2000
•
Applying the community nutrition model to extension programming, March 2001
• Genetic Engineering in Plants: Scientific and social basis for understanding
the controversy, March 2001
• Genetic Engineering: The consumer
perspective, March 2002
• Osteoporosis: Hands on teaching materials,
March 2002 o Functional Foods, March 2002
• Connecting nutrition
and youth development, March 2002
• Body image and size acceptance
for high school students, March 2002
• Sports nutrition for adolescents,
March 2002
• USDA Community Food System Program Application workshops,
1999, 2000.
• Local community food system workshops in collaboration
with the PA Hunger Action Center, 2001, 2002.
• People to People
Ambassador Tours: Community food system delegation to Cuba, 2002. |
| | | | Outreach
publications, websites, etc. | | | |
| | •
Family and Community Food Systems Outreach Group website.
http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/FOOD/fcfsog/new_FCFSOG/default.html.
•
Genetic Engineering and Plant Food Production, a sixteen lesson enrichment
unit for high school students. 1998. •
Your Wellness Roadmap, a program composed of four lessons and leader guilde
designed to help prevent type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. 1999. •
Osteoporosis Prevention, a set of eight lessons designed using the Stages
of Change model. 2002. •
Citizen Dialogue, a guidebook about one group's experience. 2002 •
Our Food-Our Future, a community food security video and accompanying educational
materials. 2001. •
Edible Connections, a planning guide for conducting a food communications
forum. 2000. •
The Food System: Building Youth Awareness through Involvement. 1999 •
Making Decisions about Breast Health. 1999 o Making Decisions about Healthy
Eating, including an educational exhibit. 2001 •
Nutrition Information and Resource Center website.
http://nirc.cas.psu.edu/index.cfm
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