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Journal Articles

 Date Article Link Description
2017Economic Impacts of Farm to School: Case Studies and Assessment Tools

Libby Christensen, Becca Jablonski, Lacy Stephens, and Anupama Joshi
Economic Impacts of Farm to School: Case Studies and Assessment Tools

2020A longitudinal examination of the role of sensory exploratory behaviors in young children's acceptance of new foods

Kameron J.Moding; Laura L.Bellows; Kevin J.Grimm; Susan L.Johnson

2020Transitions from irrigated to dryland agriculture in the Ogallala Aquifer: Land use suitability and regional economic impacts

Jillian M. Deines, Meagan E. Schipanski, Bill Golden, Samuel C. Zipper, Soheil Nozari, Caitlin Rottler, Bridget Guerrero, Vaishali Sharda

2020Do factors contributing to appearance and success of conservation referenda in the West differ from those found in other regions of the United States?

Chriestenson, C., Thilmany, D. Do factors contributing to appearance and success of conservation referenda in the West differ from those found in other regions of the United States?. Ann Reg Sci (2020).

2018Cooperative or Uncooperative Co-operatives?: Digging into the Process of Cooperation in Food and Agriculture Co-operatives

Hale, James & Michael Carolan. 2018. “Cooperative or Uncooperative Co-operatives?: Digging into the Process of Cooperation in Food and Agriculture Co-operatives.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 8(1):1-20.

2016Growing’ Communities with Urban Agriculture: Generating Value Above and Below Ground

Carolan, Michael & James Hale. 2016. “‘Growing’ Communities with Urban Agriculture: Generating Value Above and Below Ground.” Community Development

2018Framing Co-operative Development: The Bridging Role of Cultural and Symbolic Value between Human and Material Resources

Hale, James & Michael Carolan. 2018. “Framing Co-operative Development: The Bridging Role of Cultural and Symbolic Value between Human and Material Resources.” Community Development 49(4):360-379.

2019Small-scale and backyard livestock owners needs assessment in the western United States

Alda F. A.Pires, Amos Peterson, Jerome N. Baron, Ragan Adams, Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Dale Moore

2019Nutritional Content and Ingredients of Commercial Infant and Toddler Food Pouches Compared With Other Packages Available in the United States

Kameron Moding; Mackenzie Ferrante; Laura Bellows; Alyssa Bakke; John Hayes; Susan Johnson
Nutrition Today. 54(6):305–312, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019

2019Landscape-scale cropping changes in the High Plains: Economic and environmental implications

S Rosenzweig, M Schipanski - Environmental Research Letters, 2019

2020Using a Neural Network Analysis to Assess Stressors in the Farming Community

C Beseler, L Stallones - Safety, 2020
In the 1980s and 1990s, with decreasing numbers of full-time farmers and adverse
economic conditions, chronic stress was common in farmers, and remains so today.

2021Too cool for farm to school? Analyzing the determinants of farm to school programming continuation

Alessandro Bonanno and Sachintha S.Mendis

2022The profitability implications of sales through local food markets for beginning farmers and ranchers

Agricultural Finance Review
Becca B.R. Jablonski, Joleen Hadrich, Allison Bauman, Martha Sullins, Dawn Thilmany

2021Novel methods for an interesting time: Exploring U.S. local food systems’ impacts and initiatives to respond to COVID

The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Dawn Thilmany , Lilian Brislen, Hailey Edmondson,Mackenzie Gill, Becca B. R. Jablonski, Jairus Rossi, Tim Woods and Samantha Schaffstall

2020A contemporary concept of the value(s)-added food and agriculture sector and rural development

JK Clark, BBR Jablonski, S Inwood, A Irish… - Community Development, 2020
The changing structure of agriculture strains the historically close relationship between commodity agriculture and rural development.

2021How Older Households Manage Food Insecurity with Food Production Activities

Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the 2021 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, August 1 – August 3

Joshua Berning, Jude Bayham, Alessandro Bonanno, Rebecca Cleary, Pratiksha Baishya

2021Exploring Changes in Local Food Purchasing Patterns during COVID-19: Insights from a Nationwide Consumer Survey

Hailey Edmondson, Colorado State University
Dr. Dawn Thilmany-McFadden, Colorado State University

2020Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilience During COVID‐19

Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy
Dawn Thilmany Elizabeth Canales Sarah A. Low Kathryn Boys

2022Food insecurity and time use in elderly vs. non‐elderly: An exploratory analysis

J Berning, R Cleary, A Bonanno - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022

2021Consumer Stigma and the Reputation Trap Hypothesis: An In-Store Experiment with Colorado Wines

Journal of Wine Economics
Marco Costanigro and Becca B.R. Jablonski

2021COVID-19's Impact on Gendered Household Food Practices: Eating and Feeding as Expressions of Competencies, Moralities, and Mobilities

Michael Carolan - The Sociological Quarterly, 2021
This article is based on research conducted in Colorado in late-2019 and again post-COVID outbreak, from April through May of 2020.

2020Just wheat transitions?: working toward constructive structural changes in wheat production

J Hale, M Schipanski, M Carolan - Local Environment, 2020
How do we make agricultural practice more sustainable? One way to examine the drivers and barriers to transitions within agriculture is through the sustainability transitions framework. However, this approach has been criticised for not adequately …

2021The Impact of State Farm to School Procurement Incentives on School Purchasing Decisions

Journal of School Health
ABIGAIL B. LONG, MS BECCA B. R. JABLONSKI, PhD MARCO COSTANIGRO, PhD W. M. FRASIER, PhD

2020Making Headway on the Hemp Industry in Colorado: The CHAMP Initiative

R Hill, D Mooney, D Thilmany - Western Economics Forum, 2020
Establishing state hemp programs in the US West creates an increased need for economic professionals to understand key supply chain issues for this new alternative crop.

2021Validation of a Home Food Environment Instrument Assessing Household Food Patterning and Quality

Nutrients
Barrett, K.J.; Hibbs-Shipp,
S.K.; Hobbs, S.; Boles, R.E.; Johnson,
S.L.; Bellows, L.L.

 Date Article Link Description
*CSU authors in bold