Research Briefs

The Research Briefs series reports on research projects conducted or supported by the Center for Agroecology.


    Brief #1 - Community Supported Agriculture on the Central Coast: The CSA Member Experience

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    – by Jan Perez, Patricia Allen, Martha Brown


  • Brief #2 - Land Use and Water Quality on California’s Central Coast: Nutrient Levels in Coastal Waterways

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    - by Marc Los Huertos, Lowell Gentry, and Carol Shennan


  • Brief #3 - Alternative Food Initiatives in California: Local Efforts Address Systemic Issues

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    - by Patricia Allen, Margaret FitzSimmons, Michael Goodman, and Keith Warner


  • Brief #4 - Community Supported Agriculture on the Central Coast: The CSA Grower Experience

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    - by Jan Perez


  • Brief #5 - What Do People Want to Know About Their Food? Measuring Central Coast Consumers’ Interest in Food Systems Issues

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    - by Phil Howard


  • Brief #5 Methology Details - What Do People Want to Know About Their Food? Measuring Central Coast Consumers’ Interest in Food Systems Issues — Details of Methodology

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    - 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

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    - by Chris Bacon, Ernesto Mendez, and Martha Brown


  • Brief #7 - Central Coast Consumers’ Interest in Food Systems Issues: Demographic and Behavioral Associations

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    - by Phil Howard


  • Brief #8 - Land Use and Phosphorus Levels in the Elkhorn Slough and Pajaro River Watersheds

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    - 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

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    - by Patricia Allen, Julie Guthman, and Amy Morris


  • Brief #10 - Food Safety versus Environmental Protection on the Central California Coast: Exploring the Science Behind an Apparent Conflict

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    - by Diana Stuart, Carol Shennan, and Martha Brown


  • Brief #11 - Farming the College Market: Results of a Consumer Study at UC Santa Cruz

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    - by Jan Perez and Patricia Allen


  • Brief #11 Survey Form - Farming the College Market: Food System Issues Survey

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    - by Jan Perez and Patricia Allen


  • 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

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    - 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

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    - by Tara Pisani Gareau and Carol Shennan


  • Brief #14 - Impacts of the Apprenticeship Program: An Overview and Summary of the Alumni Survey

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    - by Jan Perez and Martha Brown


  • Brief #15 - Grower and Worker Perspectives in a Dynamic Regulatory Environment for California's Strawberry Industry

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    - by Julie Guthman and Madison Barbour

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