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Workgroup Information Building Food Security |
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| $2,070 | |
| Summary | Some issues this group is interested in addressing include the following: availability of nutritious foods in low-income neighborhoods; evaluation of community food security projects; causes of food insecurity; impact of welfare reform on former food stamp recipients; community needs assessment of resources to strengthen food security; and trends in the usage of community emergency food services. We intend to build a collaboration of Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists, Agricultural Experiment Station faculty, and community organizations. |
| Website: | http://nature.berkeley.edu/bfswg/ |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 2005 2004 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Wayne Getz (Chair) |
| Phone | (510) 643-9405 |
| wgetz@berkeley.edu | |
| Unit: | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) |
| Location: |
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management 137 Mulford Hall, MC 3114 Berkeley, 94720-3114 |
| Name | Diane Metz (Chair) |
| Phone | Yolo-530-666-8143 & Solano-707-784-1317 |
| dlmetz@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Yolo County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension Yolo County 70 Cottonwood Street Left Side Of Building Woodland, 95695 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Christy Getz |
| cgetz@nature.berkeley.edu | |
| Phone | 510-642-8681 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Hirtz, Frank | Human & Community Development | |
| AES Associate Professor Associate Sociologist | Sociology of development, rural sociology, sociology/anthropology of law, social policy and welfare issues. Researches comparative social policy and social welfare, food policy and agrarian policies; charity, philanthropy and non-governmental organizations. Geographic specialization: Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Western Europe, California. | |
| Romm, Jeffrey | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Resource policy and economics; resource conservation and economic development; intergovernmental relations in resource management | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Blackburn, Mary | Alameda County | |
| Family Consumer Sciences Health & Nutrition Advisor | Family and consumer sciences, EFNEP and FSNEP | |
| Elkins, Rachel | Lake County | |
| Pomology Farm Advisor in Lake and Mendocino Counties and Master Gardener Advisor in Lake County | ||
| Farfan-Ramirez, Lucrecia | Alameda County | |
| County Director / Advisor | Community health and nutrition, youth nutrition | |
| Fetherston, Julie | Mendocino County | |
| 4-H Youth Development and Human Resources Advisor | Environmental literacy, garden based learning, food security and community collaboration | |
| Garcia, Linda | Sonoma County | |
| Retired | Nutrition, family and consumer sciences | |
| Giovanni, Maria | ||
| Nutrition Food and Consumer Sciences Advisor in Santa Clara County | ||
| Giraud, Deborah | Humboldt County Office | |
| Farm and Community / Economic Development Advisor | Plant sciences, fruit trees, vegetables, community development, ornamentals | |
| Ingels, Chuck | Sacramento County | |
| Farm Advisor | Tree crops, grapes and strawberries, environmental horticulture, and Master Gardeners/urban horticulture. Areas of research and extension focus include IPM, evaluation of sustainable products and practices, water conservation and deficit irrigation, home orchards and vineyards, and tree training, pruning, and grafting. | |
| Junge, Sharon | 4-H Youth Development Program | |
| Interim State 4-H Director | Youth Development | |
| Lamp, Cathi | Tulare County | |
| Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor | Nutrition, food safety, food access, nutrition education, nutrition monitoring | |
| Martin, Anna | San Joaquin County | |
| Nutrition Family Consumer Science Advisor | Community Nutrition Education | |
| Mendoza, Concepcion | Shasta County | |
| Advisor | Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences | |
| Metz, Diane | Yolo County | |
| Emeritus Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor, Yolo and Solano Counties | Administration, human nutrition general, childhood obesity and health promotion, food security, food safety and home Food Preservation, Human and Family Relationships and Consumer Science. Also, Community Development and Leader Development. | |
| Moratorio, Mario | Solano County | |
| Small Farm Urban Horticulture Advisor | Small farms, grapes, urban horticulture and Master Gardener programs in Solano and Yolo. | |
| Neelon, Marisa | Contra Costa County | |
| Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor | ||
| Schneider, Constance | Fresno County | |
| Nutrition Family Consumer Sciences Advisor | Nutrition Social Marketing, Obesity, Physical Activity | |
| Smith, Dorothy | Amador County | |
| Amador County Director & Nutrition Family and Consumer Science Advisor Amador /Calaveras Counties | Nutrition | |
| Sutherlin, Jeanette | Fresno County | |
| County Director | Administration and management | |
| Swanson, Patti Wooten | San Diego County | |
| Nutrition Family Consumer Science Advisor | Food safety, family resource management, financial security in later life, adult education, survey research methods | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Getz, Wayne | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Population modeling with application to biological control, wildlife management, food web dynamics, and conservation biology. Olfaction in insects. | |
| Hardesty, Shermain | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Cooperative Theory, Management and Finance, and Food Marketing Systems | |
| Joy, Amy | Dean's Office CAES | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist | Nutrition and health disparaties of diverse populations, nutritional ecoology | |
| Kaiser, Lucia | Nutrition | |
| Human Resources Program Leader / CE Nutrition Specialist | Acculturation and dietary changes; ethnic food habits (particularly Latino); child feeding practices; evaluation of nutrition education | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Feenstra, Gail | Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program | |
| Food Systems Analyst | Sustainable agriculture, local and regional food systems, regional marketing, farmers markets, farm to school programs, nutrition, food system assessments/ indicators, food security, program evaluation | |
| Sutherland, Barbara | Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) | |
| Program Director Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program | ||
| Wirth, Cathy | UC Davis | |
| farm labor; food security | ||
| Woodward-Lopez, Gail | ||
| Associate Director | Obesity prevention esp. in children | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Guajardo, Melissa | Health Education Council | |
| Project Coordinator | health education | |
| Haase, Maggie | Occidental College Ctr. for Food and Justice | |
| Associate Director | Public Health Nutrition | |
| Jessup, Edie | ||
| Jones, Paula | SF Dept of Public Health | |
| Food Systems Project Coordinator | Food Security | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| Pecina, Gloria | ||
| farmworker health and nutrition | ||
| Strochlic, Ron | California Institute for Rural Studies | |
| Research Associate | farm labor | |
| Warner, Keith | ||
| Faculty | ||
| Other UC | ||
| Jetter, Karen | Agricultural Issues Center | |
| Assistant Research Economist | ||
| Swezey, Sean | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 39 | |
| ANR Members | 31 | |
| Non-ANR | 8 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
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