This paper explores the meaning of healthy eating in Lakeview, Oregon. It focuses on what community members think about the food available in the community primarily through restaurants and grocery stores. Themes discussed in this paper include the quality of produce, the lack of variety in restaurants, and the isolation...
This paper focuses on Mexican and Caucasian migration to Lakeview, Oregon. It looks at why people choose to do so and the challenges they face in their new community. Special attention is paid to grocery shopping and gardening, as this research was conducted as part of a larger project on...
In this era of free trade and globalization, food is traveling greater and greater distances to its consumers. This is causing small farms and small farmers all over the world to protest as their livelihood is being undercut by cheap agricultural commodities from outside their communities. In the Ecuadorian Andes,...
Powerpoint presentation includes findings of a summer 2007 anthropology class (Ethnographic Field School - ANTH 499/599) that did ethnographic field work on food and eating habits of residents of Lakeview, Oregon.
Donna Defoe is currently a cook at one of the schools in Lakeview. This inter-view was conducted in her living room. Behind her stood a TV that had a baseball game on, the whole thing was muted for my benefit.
Roger Linton is a newcomer to Lakeview. He and his wife, now live here with their two children. This interview was conducted on a picnic table in between his old house and a house that’s currently being built. In the background are chickens, birds, as well as several deer. Accompanying...
Bill Plumb has been working with his wife to run this restaurant for 23 years. This interview was conducted in the restaurant after all the customers have gone.
Jamie Patterson is the second oldest of three daughters of Bill Albertson and Carla Albertson. Jamie currently lives outside of Lakeview but comes back to visit her parents from time to time. The interview was conducted in her parent’s kitchen. It was a noisy background in general. We had just...