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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"food geography"”.
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The impact of food geography on consumer and producer welfare
I study the interactions between food prices, food retail environment and food demand. Given the rising debate on how to improve the quality of food purchases and consumption by changing the food geography in the United States, the overall goal of my dissertation is to understand the nature, causes …
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Sick ‘scapes : boutique and corporate food geographies and Mexico’s public health crisis
… and diabetes-ridden countries in the world. Its food landscape has been completely transformed. An examination of the current panorama reveals a neoliberal foodscape arranged to reinforce and deepen pre-existing health, gender, race, and class inequalities. Throughout the country there is an …
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Making groceries : food, neighborhood markets, and neighborhood recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans
… to the changing and uneven development of the food geography of New Orleans before the storm, and the lack of access to fresh food in many of the most deeply impacted communities after Katrina flooded the city. In order to understand why these neighborhood markets were established, this thesis …
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Feeding the South: An Assessment of Food Availability in Rural Mississippi
… project is to investigate Mississippi’s rural food environment by assessing the food resources available to rural Mississippians. The primary objectives were to identify sample locations in each of the four cultural regions of Mississippi and determine the food resources available to residents …
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Exploring Geographic Variations in Community and Consumer Food Environments for Children
… Given that families are spending more money on food away from home now than ever before, it is crucial to understand the food environment (FE) as it pertains to children. This thesis examines geographic variations in children’s FEs among varying levels of neighbourhood urbanicity and …
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Access versus choice: testing the 'food desert' construct in Champaign, IL
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Food Supply Chains and Food-Miles: An Analysis for Selected Conventional, Non-local Organic and Other-Alternative Foods Sold in Missoula, Montana
The spatial patterns of the conventional food supply chain have played a significant role in increasing the amount of miles food travels before being consumed. As a result, this has increased the amount of energy that is required to transport food from the farm to the table. The food supply chain …
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Food Supply Chains and Food-Miles: An Analysis for Selected Conventional, Non-local Organic and Other-Alternative Foods Sold in Missoula, Montana
The spatial patterns of the conventional food supply chain have played a significant role in increasing the amount of miles food travels before being consumed. As a result, this has increased the amount of energy that is required to transport food from the farm to the table. The food supply chain …