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Distributional Equity in the Face of Scarcity: A Case Study of Irrigating Peru’s Desert

Kinney, Josephine Marie (University of Oregon, 2017)

Water has a “hybrid” nature, meaning it is co-produced by a variety of social processes, which, in turn, are also shaped by the physical hydrology of water. Thus, drought is far more complex than merely the number of gallons ...
Farming Without Farmers: Deskilling in Contract Broiler Farming

Miller, Elizabeth (University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)

Social scientists and food studies scholars have shown an enduring interest in how food is produced in our largely industrialized food system. However, there has been little research about the organization of labor ...
Framing Food Waste: Incentives for Change

Wesengberg, Zoie Noelle (University of Oregon, 2016-06)

Food waste in the United States is a large-scale issue that impacts international and national food systems. The core consequences of food waste are environmental damages, economic losses and exacerbating social costs ...