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Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

Creator:: Finneran, Kathleen B.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets and its role in food access for SNAP participants. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach combining a farmers' market survey and household interviews, the study investigated who uses SNAP at the farmers'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Garry Stephenson, for taking interest in my project and connecting me to the opportunity to share it

Farmer perspectives on success and challenges : a study of small farms in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Creator:: Pool, Kristin E.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates the success of and challenges facing small farmers operating direct marketing farm businesses in Oregon's Willamette Valley. This qualitative study utilizes participatory methods to gain the unique perspectives of small farmers regarding their success and challenges. Small farms are important players in local food systems and ensuring...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Garry Stephenson This thesis investigates the success of and challenges facing small farmers

Challenges to re-embedding food systems : tracing the decline and revival of a farmers’ market on the edge

Creator:: Murray, Mary K.
Abstract:: A number of researchers view farmers’ markets as an appropriate vehicle for re-embedding food markets into communities (O’Hara & Stagl, 2001, Feenstra, 2002, Lyson, 2005). Amidst astounding growth in the number of farmers’ markets in the United States in recent decades, many markets struggle and fail. Recent research suggests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Revival of a Farmers’ Market on the Edge Abstract approved: Garry O. Stephenson A

Farmer perspectives on the transition to organic agriculture : an Oregon study of farmer motivations and barriers

Creator:: Lloyd, Deanna M.
Abstract:: In the midst of double-digit growth in market demand for organic products, there is a lag in the growth of certified organic production in the United States. This thesis investigated the motivations and barriers farmers face when making the transition to organic agriculture. Three distinct organic farmer typologies were identified:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Motivations and Barriers Abstract approved: Garry Stephenson In the midst of double-digit

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:: Saylor, Kirsten N.
Abstract:: The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and afar. No project is ever accomplished alone, and my Advisor, Garry Stephenson, and committee

The Impact of Farmers Market Ownership on Conduct and Performance

Creator:: Gantla, Snehalatha
Abstract:: Over the last two decades, farmers markets have gained prominence based on their contributions to local economies, support of small-scale farmers, and ability to reconnect consumers and producers of food. Farmers markets vary substantially both in the goals they set and the outcomes they achieve. This study examines whether and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Economics Mark Edwards, representing Sociology Garry Stephenson, representing Crop

"Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

Creator:: Stephenson, Garry Owen
Abstract:: Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Garry Owen Stephenson for the

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Creator:: Rolston, Irene
Abstract:: Thesis summarizes interviews with growers residing within the Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon. Informal and semi-structured interviews were used to identify perceived impediments and incentives perceived by local farmers in following best management practices related to water quality. Results from the interviews were coded...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thank my other committee members, Kurt Peters, Garry Stephenson, Gail Glick- Andrews, and Jennifer

Density, sex ratio, and space use in the gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus

Creator:: Bond, Monica L.
Abstract:: Female and male mammals have different behavioral strategies for maximizing their reproductive success. Pregnancy and lactation obligate female mammals to provide greater parental investment than males; thus, females compete with each other for food and space to rear their offspring, while male mammals compete with each other for female mates....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assistance, support, and encouragement of my professor, Dr. Jerry 0. Wolff, and my vole-trapping colleagues

Individual and demographic responses of the gray-tailed Vole (Microtus canicaudus) to an endocrine disruptor

Creator:: Caslin, Tracie M.
Abstract:: In an experimental field study, populations of gray-tailed voles (Microtus canicaudus) were exposed to a commercial formulation of vinclozolin, a fungicide effective for disease control on ornamental plants, turf grasses, and fruits and vegetables. Vinclozolin has been shown in laboratory experiments to behave as an androgen antagonist, impairing the reproductive...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Responses of the Gray-taile Vole (Microtus canicaudus) to an Endocrine Disruptor. Abstract approved: Jerry

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

Farmer perspectives on success and challenges : a study of small farms in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Challenges to re-embedding food systems : tracing the decline and revival of a farmers’ market on the edge

Farmer perspectives on the transition to organic agriculture : an Oregon study of farmer motivations and barriers

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

The Impact of Farmers Market Ownership on Conduct and Performance

"Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Density, sex ratio, and space use in the gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus

Individual and demographic responses of the gray-tailed Vole (Microtus canicaudus) to an endocrine disruptor

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