Food Studies Network Faculty Research Forum

Lydia Zepeda is going to give a talk about food insecurity at the Food Studies Network Faculty Research Forum on Nov 11.

Sewing machine giveaway

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In China

Professor Zepeda, academic presentations "Hiding Hunger" and "How to publish a paper in English" at Hua Zhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, October 25, 2016.

Hiding Hunger: Research with Second Harvest Foodbank

Hiding Hunger: Research with Second Harvest Foodbank. Friday, Oct. 7 | 9:00 - 10:00am at The Morgridge Center for Public Service, Red Gym room 154

Food Waste Presentation

Zepeda, L. “Food Waste” Presentation at All-American Selections National Garden Bureau, Madison.

AAEA2016

Zepeda, L. “Potential demand for local fresh produce by mobile markets” American Agricultural Economics Association, Boston.

Food Waste in the Household

“Food Waste in the Household” The Huffington Post, July 8, 2016

Assigned Reading

“Assigned Reading” in Badger Insider Summer 2016

Our Research Featured in The London Times

Kathryn Carroll's research, (with Anya Samek and Lydia Zepeda) on grocery bundles as an in-store behavioral health nudge, was recently mentioned in The London Times. The article, titled "Bundles of veg make healthy diet appealing", appeared in print on Saturday, June 25th.

Consumer Preference for Regional Marketing Logos

Kathryn Carroll presented "Consumer Preference for Regional Marketing Logos and Food
Mileage Information: An Experimental Auction" at the 2016 American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Annual Conference, held June 8th-10th in Arlington, VA.

Innovative millennial snails

“Innovative millennial snails: The story of Slow Food University of Wisconsin” Lydia Zepeda and Alice Reznickova, published in Agriculture and Human Values.

Product Bundling as a Behavioral Nudge

On April 5th Kathryn Carroll presented “Product Bundling as a Behavioral Nudge: Investigating Consumer Fruit & Vegetable Selection Using Dual-Self Theory” at the Produce for Better Health Foundation's Annual Consumer Connection Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Produce for Better Health Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to increase fruit and vegetable consumption for better health.

Food and Housing Insecurity

"Food and Housing Insecurity" Lydia Zepeda and Revel Sims June 5 at Forward 2016: Building the Social Justice University, at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center in the Wisconsin Dells.

Agriculture and Human Values Conference

Alice Reznickova will be presenting her work with Lydia Zepeda titled "Producers' misconceptions about those who do not consume local food in Madison, Wisconsin" at Agriculture and Human Values Conference in Toronto, Canada June 23

DCFM Survey

Zepeda, Lydia and Kathryn A. Carroll. 2016. Dane County Farmers’ Market Consumer Survey. Report Submitted to the Dane County Farmers’ Market Board.

The report is available here

April 29, 2016

Zepeda, L. “Hiding Hunger” Presentation at Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin 2016 Partner Agency Conference. Madison WI.

April 29, 2016

Zepeda, L. and A. Reznickova. 2016. “Innovative millennial snails: The story of Slow Food University of Wisconsin” Agriculture and Human Values. Accepted April 14, 2016 and in press.

April 28, 2016

Butter-Making Class At Danzeisen Dairy In Laveen Revives A Bygone Skill

April 25, 2016

Lydia Zepeda presented on "Food Waste" at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Earth Day conference April 25 at the Monona Terrace.

March 16, 2016

Lydia Zepeda will be presenting on "Food Waste" at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Earth Day conference April 25 at the Monona Terrace.

March 14, 2016

Research report for Adrian, Michigan is available here

March 12, 2016

Lydia Zepeda presented preliminary results of the Dane County Farmers' Market Survey at the annual Dane County Farmers' Market membership meeting.

February 19, 2016

“Baby Jail: How the US Government Pays a Private Corporation to Imprison Refugee Moms and Children” Wisconsin Union Directorate, Global Connections, UW Madison.

February 18, 2016

Research report for Worcester MA is available here

February 9, 2016

Lydia Zepeda presented at USDA Ag Marketing Service Know Your Farmer seminar in Washington DC

"Potential Demand for Local Agricultural Products by Mobile Markets"

We interviewed stakeholders at 6 sites in the US with FMPP funded mobile markets. The interviews reveal the potential of the emerging distribution system of mobile markets and mobile food pantries to increase sales of locally grown produce, particularly in food insecure communities.

Dec 1, 2015

Dane County Farmers Market moves indoors to Monona Terrace. We will be surveying consumers on December 5th, 12th and 19th. Look for us!

Nov 14, 2015

Oct 16, 2015

Julie Engel described her recent trip to the country of Georgian to mentor rabbit farmers through the ACDI/VOCA program funded by USAID. She contrasted her Georgian experience with her pasture-raised rabbits, on The Coney Garth, located in Jefferson, WI. Click here for the presentation. For more information: contact Julie Engel at julie.m.engel@gmail.com

Oct 13, 2015

Op-Ed in The Progressive "Immigrant food workers deserve a break today"