Center Research Briefs
Research projects conducted or supported by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. All are available for free download in .pdf format (click on the Brief # to link to the pdf).
Brief #1: Community Supported Agriculture on the Central Coast: The CSA Member Experience, by Jan
Perez, Patricia Allen, and Martha Brown
Brief #2: Land Use and Water Quality on California's Central Coast: Nutrient Levels in Coastal
Waterways, by Marc Los Huertos, Lowell Gentry, and Carol Shennan
Brief #3: Alternative Food Initiatives in California: Local Efforts Address Systemic Issues, by
Patricia Allen, Margaret FitzSimmons, Michael Goodman, and Keith Warner
Brief #4: Community Supported Agriculture on the Central Coast: The CSA Grower Experience,
by Jan Perez
Brief #5: What Do People Want to Know About Their Food? Measuring Central Coast Consumers'
Interest in Food Systems Issues, by Phil Howard
Brief #5: Details of Methodology: Details of the methods used to collect data for the consumer interest survey, by Phil Howard
Brief #6: Participatory Action Research and Support for Community Development and Conservation: Examples from Shade Coffee Landscapes in Nicaragua and El Salvador, by Chris Bacon, Ernesto Mendez, and Martha Brown
Brief #7: Central Coast Consumers' Interest in Food Systems Issues: Demographic and Behavioral
Associations, by Phil Howard
Brief #8: Land Use and Phosphorus Levels in the Elkhorn Slough and Pajaro River Watersheds, by Marc Los Huertos, Claire Philips, and Carol Shennan
Brief #9: Meeting Farm and Food Security Needs through Community Supported Agriculture and Farmers' Markets in California, by Patricia Allen, Julie Guthman, and Amy Morris
Brief #10: Food Safety versus Environmental Protection on the Central California Coast: The Science
behind an Apparent Conflict, by Diana Stuart, Carol Shennan, and Martha Brown
Brief #11: Farming the College Market: Results of a Consumer Study at UC Santa Cruz, by Jan Perez and Patricia Allen
Brief #11–Food System Issues Survey: Survey used for consumer study at UCSC
Brief #12: Will "We" Achieve the Millennium Development Goals with Small-Scale Coffee Growers and Their Cooperatives? A Case Study Evaluating Fair Trade and Organic coffee Networks in Northern Nicaragua, by Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, María Eugenia Flores, and Martha Brown
Brief #13: Can Hedgerows Attract Beneficial Insects and Improve Pest Control? A Study of Hedgerows on Central Coast Farms, by Tara Pisani Gareau and Carol Shennan
Brief #14: Impacts of the Apprenticeship Program: An Overview and Summary of the Alumni Survey, by Jan Perez and Martha Brown
