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  • What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    interviews with local smallholder farmers who were organically certified or used other sustainable methods

  • Defining agricultural sustainability in the Marys River region of Oregon

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study explores the social aspects of agricultural land-use in the Marys River region. The study seeks to understand how farmers define sustainability and how their views on agricultural issues help to define a sense of place and identity in the Marys River region, within the context of the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    relatively more homogenous area of the Marys River region, located primarily within Benton County Oregon

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
    Abstract:
    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    long-standing group of community leaders, two important community groups were excluded from the

  • The Accessible Foodscape: Vulnerable Populations, Policy, and Navigating Complex Strategies

    Creator:
    Caplan, Shannon
    Abstract:
    The act of accessing food is embedded within various systems of power. This dissertation problematizes our understanding of food access for vulnerable populations by making explicit ways that social constructions, including power, affect food access for vulnerable populations. This is accomplished across three manuscripts. The first manuscript presents textual analysis...
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    Dissertation
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    new measurement of food vulnerability that can be readily calculated at sub-County geographic

  • Diagnosing barriers to climate change adaptation Oregon state agencies

    Creator:
    Dello, Kathie D.
    Abstract:
    Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental issues, Oregon has struggled to adequately prepare for the current and future impacts of climate change. Oregon faces barriers and limits to understanding, planning, and implementing climate adaptation that can be examined and quantified. Climate change makes for an additional...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    coordination among agencies or initiatives (Abel et al., 2016). 22 A range of limits to climate

  • Groundwater arsenic concentrations and cancer incidence rates : a regional comparison in Oregon

    Creator:
    Fleming, Harmony S.
    Abstract:
    Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global issue with national and local implications. Chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water has been linked to both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health outcomes. The primary exposure route of inorganic arsenic is ingestion from drinking water due to natural contamination in groundwater from dissolution...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    incidence rates of bladder, kidney, liver or lung cancer in populations over the age of 40 in regions with