Kristin Reynolds 79 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10003 tel: +1 (347) 574-7395|email: kristin.reynolds@newschool.edu website: www.foodscholarshipjustice.org |twitter: @cultivatejust EDUCATION Ph.D. Geography University of California, Davis, 2010 M.S. International Agricultural Development University of California, Davis, 2005 B.S. International Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 2000 B.A. French Language and Literature Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 2000 LANGUAGES: English (native); French (fluent); Spanish (basic); Italian (basic) RESEARCH INTERESTS: • • • • Urban and regional food systems Environmental justice; food sovereignty; climate justice Urban sustainability and resilience; Participatory action research PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE POSITIONS HELD Current position Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Food Studies Programs The New School, New York, NY 2013- 2015 Lecturer, Environmental Studies and Food Studies Programs The New School, New York, NY 2013-present Lecturer (Food Systems) Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 2010 - 2013 Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Sustainable Urban Food Systems Environmental Studies/Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School, New York, NY 2006-2009 Statewide Program Representative University of California Small Farm Program, Davis, CA Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 2/11 2003- 2006 Graduate Student Researcher University of California Small Farm Program, Davis, CA 2002 - 2003 Research Associate, Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO TEACHING Undergraduate courses: Social Justice in Sustainable Food Systems Food and the Environment Urban Food Systems Green Roof Ecology (to be co-taught in Spring 2016) Women, Food, and Agroecosystems Environmental Studies Senior Capstone Introduction to Food Studies Urban Agriculture and Food Activism Graduate courses: Social Justice in the Food System Action Research and Urban Agriculture CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT • Environmental Studies, The New School, New York, NY (2010-present) Collaborate with faculty to refine interdisciplinary, undergraduate Environmental Studies curriculum and develop evaluation rubrics for internal use and reporting to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (review currently underway). The BA/BS program has two optional concentrations: Urban Ecosystems; and Environment and Society, and Public Policy, and students take courses in several departments at the university. • Food Studies, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (Contracted; 2013-2015) Retained by President’s and Dean’s offices at Hostos Community College (part of the City University of New York) to design, develop an interdisciplinary associate’s degree program in food studies. Worked with interdisciplinary college faculty to ensure program relevance for college’s students. Program is the first of its kind in the U.S. and is tailored for the College’s primarily low-income, Latino and African American student body. • Urban Agriculture, Farm School NYC/Just Food, New York, NY (2010-present) Collaborate with volunteer committee to develop/refine curriculum for communitybased urban agriculture certificate program. • Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, UC Davis (2005-2010) Collaborated (as student member) on curriculum development committee charged with developing first undergraduate major in sustainable agriculture at a U.S. Land Grant institution. Program has concentrations in food and society, agriculture and ecology, and economics and policies. Program development included national research to identify competencies needed for post-graduation employment. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 3/11 PROGRAM EVALUATION Lead Evaluator, NOAA-funded Environmental/Climate Literacy Project (Ongoing) Groundwork Hudson Valley, Yonkers, NY. Project title: “Global, Local, Coastal: Preparing the Next Generation for a New Planet” Lead Evaluator, Food Justice and Agroecology education programs (Ongoing) Soul Fire Farm Institute, Grafton, NY Programs: Sustainable agriculture; racial justice; youth environmental education; international farmer exchange. Lead Evaluator, USDA-funded Community Food Project (2012-2015) Groundwork Hudson Valley, Yonkers, NY Project title: “Get Fresh Yonkers: Bringing Sustainable Food and Micro-Enterprise Opportunities to Yonkers” Lead Evaluator, USDA-funded Community Food Project (2008-2009) Alameda Point Collaborative, Alameda, CA. Project title: “Growing Youth Project” Evaluation/Grant Report Coordinator, statewide USDA-funded extension projects (2006-2009) UC Small Farm Program; Granting programs: CSREES Outreach to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers & Ranchers; Beginning Farmers/Ranchers; Risk Management Agency GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Green Roof Ecology. Civic Liberal Arts Grant Fund for new course development. Lang College, The New School. Co-PI’s Timon McPhearson, Kristin Reynolds. 2015. Funded: $36,000. Global, Local, Coastal: Preparing the Next Generation for a New Planet. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). PI Rick Magder, Groundwork Hudson Valley. Kristin Reynolds authored proposed evaluation methodologies, timeline, and logic model. 2015. Funded: $468,428. Teaching about Food Systems: Successes and Challenges. (Travel grant for Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA). Part-time Faculty Development Fund, The New School. 2015. Funded: $450. Building Public Scholarship on Urban Agriculture, Food Policy, and Social Justice. Civic Engagement Grant. The New School. Co-PI’s Nevin Cohen, Kristin Reynolds. 2013. Funded: $9,850. Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City. (Research support.) Merck Family Fund. Co-PI’s Nevin Cohen, Kristin Reynolds. 2013. Funded: $2,500. Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City. (Research support.) The Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund. Co-PI’s Nevin Cohen, Kristin Reynolds. 2013. Funded: $2,500. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 4/11 Get Fresh Yonkers: Bringing Sustainable Food and Micro-Enterprise Opportunities to Yonkers, NY. United States Department of Agriculture Community Food Project grant program. PI Rick Magder. Kristin Reynolds authored proposed evaluation methodologies, timeline, and logic model. 2012. Funded: $190,000. University of California Small Farm Program 2501 Project. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2501 (Outreach to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers granting program). PI Desmond Jolly. Grant authors: Desmond Jolly, Kristin Reynolds. 2006. Funded: $298,712. Education for California’s Refugee, Organic, Limited Resource, Minority Farmers and Specialty Crop Producers. USDA Risk Management Agency (Community Outreach and Assistance Grant): PI Richard Molinar. Grant writers: Richard Molinar, Shermain Hardesty, Kristin Reynolds. (Project funded dissertation research on urban agriculture.) 2006. Funded: $168,000. Outreach to Women Farmers and Ranchers. USDA Risk Management Agency PI Desmond Jolly. Grant authors: Desmond Jolly, Jamie Anderson, Kristin Reynolds. 2004. Funded: $100,008. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2008-present 2005-present 2007-2010 2006-2008 Member, American Association of Geographers Member, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Founding Member, MetroAg Urban Agriculture Alliance Member, Community Food Security Coalition Urban Ag Committee SERVICE AND COLLABORATIONS ACADEMIC SERVICE 2015-present 2015-present 2015-present 2014-2015 2013-present 2011-present 2012-2014 2010-present 2009- 2010 2006-2009 2006-2009 2003-2008 2007 2006 2003- 2006 Faculty Research Affiliate, Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School New York City Academic Food Policy Working Group Reviewer, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography Member, Food Studies Committee, Hostos Community College Reviewer, Journal of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Member, Academics Committee, Farm School NYC/Just Food Member, Civic Engagement and Social Justice Working Group, The New School Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Ag, Food Systems, & Community Development Reviewer, Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE) grant program Member, University of California Small Farm Workgroup Member, UC Agricultural and Nature Tourism Workgroup Founding member, Students for Sustainable Agriculture at UC Davis Member, University of California Agricultural Sustainability Alliance Member, Director Search Committee, University of California Agricultural Sustainability Institute Member, Sustainable Agriculture Curriculum Development Committee University of California, Davis Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 5/11 COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COLLABORATIONS 2015-present 2014-present 2014-present 2013-present 2012-present 2010-2013 2013 2012 2010-2012 2010-2013 2007-2008 2001/2005 1998-2001 Board of Directors, Levitt Foundation, New York, NY Founding Board of Directors, Soul Fire Farm Institute, Troy, NY Geographies of Food Justice Scholar-Activist Community of Practice Land and Sovereignty in the Americas Activist-Researcher Collective (Food First Institute for Food & Development Policy) EcoStation NY/Bushwick Campus Farm, Brooklyn, NY BK Farmyards, Brooklyn, NY Harlem Grown, Manhattan, NY Soul Fire Farm, Grafton, NY La Finca del Sur, Bronx, NY Board member, Oakland Food Connection, Oakland, California Full Circle Farm, Davis, CA Basson Family Farm, La Chapelle-Lasson, France Colorado State University Student Organic Farm, Fort Collins, CO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2015 “Faculty Bulldog Days.” Faculty Development week at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. October 26-31, 2015. 2015 “Using Evaluation to Move Your Program to the Next Level” Laurie M. Tish Center for Food Education and Policy, workshop at Just Food Conference, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, NY, NY 2012 Facing Race conference (Applied Research Center), Baltimore, MD 2012 “Tips, Tools and Telling the Story: Evaluating Community Food Initiatives.” Webinar hosted by Community Food Centres Canada 2012 Racial justice webinars hosted by Applied Research Center, Oakland, CA “Challenging Racism Systematically;” “Racial Equity Impact Assessment;” “Good Food and Good Jobs;” “Taking Real Steps Towards Racial Justice;” “Changing the Conversation on Race.” 2011 Critical Participatory Action Research Summer Institute. City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY 2006 Dismantling Racism intensive training. Conducted by dR Works, at Community Food Security Coalition conference, Vancouver, Canada PUBLICATIONS Books Reynolds, K. and Cohen, N. (In press.) Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City. University of Georgia Press, Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation series. (Book website: www.beyondthekale.org) Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 6/11 Peer Reviewed Articles, Book Chapters, and Reviews Reynolds, K. (In progress.) Urban agriculture and social justice scholarship: aligning anti-oppression theories with scholarly practice. To be submitted to Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Specht, K., Reynolds, K., and Sanyé-Mengual, E. (In progress.) Community and social justice aspects of rooftop farming. Chapter in Orisini, F., Dubbeling, M., and Gianquinto, G. (eds.) (Forthcoming in 2016) Handbook of Rooftop Farming. Springer Press Urban Agriculture Series. Cohen, N. and Reynolds, K. 2015. Policy, resource, and technical assistance needs for a socially just and sustainable urban agriculture system: lessons from New York City. Journal of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Jokisch, B., Alkon, A., Reynolds, K., Mutersbaugh, T., Jansen, K., and Galt, R. 2015. Food Systems in an Unequal World: Pesticides, Vegetables, and Agrarian Capitalism in Costa Rica. (Book Review). The American Association of Geographers Review of Books. 3 (3); 146-156. Reynolds, K. 2014. Disparity despite diversity: social injustice in New York City’s urban agriculture system. Antipode. 47(1); 240-259. Cohen, N. and Reynolds, K. 2014. Urban agriculture policy making in New York’s ‘New Political Spaces’: strategizing for a participatory and representative system. Journal of Planning and Education Research. Reynolds, K., 2011. Expanding technical assistance for urban agriculture: Best practices for extension services in California and beyond. Advance online publication. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Peer Reviewed Teaching Manuals Reynolds, K. 2015. Small farm economic viability. In Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors, 2nd edition. Perez, J., Brown, M., & Miles, A., eds. UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Reynolds, K. 2004. Small farm viability today. In Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors. Miles, A. & M. Brown, eds. UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Public Reports and Research Briefs Reynolds, K. (ed.) 2015. Food Studies News. Spring Semester 2015 newsletter. Hostos Community College (City University of New York), Bronx, NY. Cohen, N., Reynolds, K., and Sanghvi, R., 2012. Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City. Design Trust for Public Space: New York, NY. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 7/11 Reynolds, K. 2009. Urban agriculture in Alameda County, CA: Characteristics, challenges, and opportunities for assistance. University of California Small Farm Program Research Brief. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2008. Stress management for women farmers and ranchers. University of California Small Farm Program Research Brief. Division of Ag/Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2007. Information Channels Reaching Agriculture and On-Farm Nature Tourism Visitors. University of California Small Farm Center Research Brief 2007-01. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. and D. Jolly, 2005. Potentials for increased farm profits and non-farmer awareness of agriculture: An assessment of consumer interest in agricultural and nature tourism. In Proceedings from Emerging Issues on the Urban-Rural Interfaces Conference. March 13-16, 2005. Atlanta, GA. Jolly, D. and Reynolds, K. 2005. Consumer demand for agricultural- and on-farm nature tourism. University of California Small Farm Center Research Brief 2005-01. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2005. Talibah Al-Rafiq-California Cashmere Company. In Outstanding in their Fields: California’s Women Farmers, D. Jolly, editor. University of California Small Farm Center. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2005. Rachel Whitney: Whitney Ranch Blueberries. In Outstanding in their Fields: California’s Women Farmers, D. Jolly, editor. University of California Small Farm Center. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2005. Mary Orr: Willow Creek Ranch. In Outstanding in their Fields: California’s Women Farmers, D. Jolly, editor. University of California Small Farm Center. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Reynolds, K. 2005. Jennifer Bice: Redwood Hill Farm. In Outstanding in their Fields: California’s Women Farmers, D. Jolly, editor. University of California Small Farm Center. UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Op-Eds and Popular Media Reynolds, K. and Agyeman, J. (Forthcoming, 2015.) “What do we want? “Food Justice (and Jobs)!’ When do we want them? ‘Now!’” Zócalo Public Square. Cohen, N. and Reynolds, K. “A Kale of Two Cities. Cultivating Social Justice.” Huffington Post. 4.14.14 o Reposted on Civil Eats, 4.22.14 Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 8/11 INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Invited lecturer: Seminar (in French) on urban agriculture social-geographic research methodologies. Université Paris 8, Vincennes-Saint-Denis. November 26-29, 2015. Keynote presentation (in French) at International Summer School on Urban Agriculture: “Agriculture urbaine et la justice sociale: le cas de New York.” L'Ecole d'Eté sur L'Agriculture Urbaine. Université du Québec à Montréal. Aug. 12-16, 2013. Keynote panel (in French) with Nathan McClintock at International Summer School on Urban Agriculture: “L'agriculture urbaine dans le Bay Area.” L'Ecole d'Eté sur L'Agriculture Urbaine. Université du Québec à Montréal. Aug. 12-16, 2013. PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Food and Environmental Justice Praxis: Linking Social Movements through Theory and Practice” Workshop co-led with Olivia Pearman (teaching assistant) and students in my Social Justice in the Food System course at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Yale Food Systems Symposium. New Haven, CT. October 30-31, 2015. “Teaching about Food Systems: Successes and Challenges.” Roundtable discussion with C. Brock, S. Inwood, E. Weissman, M. Hellerman, O. Kalentzidou, D. Pucciarelli. Agriculture and Human Values /Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference, Chatham University, Pittsburg, PA. June 24-28, 2015. “Food Justice Scholar-Activist Community of Praxis” Organizer and co-panelist with D. Block, J. Agyeman, K. Bradley, H. Herrera, J. Oliva, G. Graddy-Lovelace, RDK Herman. Association of American Geographers meeting. Chicago, IL, April 21-26 2015. “Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Scholarship: Reconciling Anti-Oppression Theories with Scholarly Practice.” Paper presentation at Association of American Geographers meeting. Chicago, IL, April 21-26 2015. “The Business of Building a Socially Just Food System” Moderator for panel with Barbara Turk, Director of Food Policy for NYC Mayor’s office, Ray Figueroa, Friends of Brook Park/NYCCGC, Colleen Flynn, LISC, Jordyn Lexton, Drive Change, Shimme, Hot Bread Kitchen. Food + Enterprise Conference. Brooklyn, NY. Feb 27- Mar 1, 2015. “Restorative Justice: Growing and Nourishing Sustainable Communities.” Keynote panel with Mary Evelyn Tucker, Andrew Barnett, Mark Bomford, Tagan Engel, and T.L. Gray. Presented at Nourish New Haven. Yale University. New Haven, CT. Sept. 19-20 2014. “Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.” Presented at Agriculture and Human Values meeting Burlington, VT. June 18-22, 2014. “Review Forum, Food Systems in an Unequal World by Ryan Galt.” Presented in “author meets critics” session, American Association of Geographers Tampa, FL. April 10, 2014. “Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.” Presented at American Association of Geographers meeting, Tampa, FL. April 10, 2014. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 9/11 “Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.” Presented at Yale Food Systems Symposium, New Haven, CT, Oct 18-19, 2013. “Urban agriculture and social justice activism in New York City.” Presented at Agriculture and Human Values, East Lansing, MI. June 20-24, 2013. “Emboldening urban agriculture for social justice in New York City: Performativity of knowledge and activist praxes” Presented in ‘Making alternative food networks work: hitching the horse of critique to the wagon of improvement’ session at American Association of Geographers meeting, Los Angeles, CA. April 9-13, 2013. “Disparity despite diversity: addressing inequities in New York City’s urban agriculture system.” Presented in ‘Interracial Dynamics in Urban Agriculture or (How) Race Matters in Urban Agriculture’ session at American Association of Geographers annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA. April 9-13, 2013. “Participatory Research as Food Systems Pedagogy and Scholar-Activism.” Coorganized/presented on panel: ‘Participatory Approaches for Food System Justice and Sustainability’ at Global Gateways and Local Connections: City, Agriculture and the Future of Food Systems. Joint annual conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society; Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society; and Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. NY, NY, June 20-24, 2012. “Creating a Resilient Food System: A Case Study of New York City’s Urban Agriculture Network” Presented with N. Cohen at Global Gateways and Local Connections: City, Agriculture and the Future of Food Systems. Joint annual conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society; Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society; and Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. NY, NY, June 20-24 2012. “Participatory Research as Food Systems Pedagogy and Scholar-Activism: Collaborations With Two New York City Urban Farms.” Invited presentation at Food, Culture, and Sustainability: New Directions for American Studies Symposium. Columbia University, New York, NY, April 28, 2012. “Policy and Research Networks and Collaborations to Strengthen Urban Agriculture in New York City.” Presented with N. Cohen at Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society Conf., Wageningen University, The Netherlands. April 1-4, 2012. (Awarded ‘Best Paper.’) “Urban Agriculture and Revolution? Food Production and Politics in Alameda County, CA.” Presentation at American Association of Geographers annual meeting, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010. “Food Systems Studies at UC Davis: Community- and Participatory Research Linking Agriculture and Local Food Consumption.” Panel Presentation with E. DerdenLittle and R. Vogt at Founding Food Studies Conference, UC Davis. May, 2006. “Consumer values for agricultural products and rural amenities: prospects for family farm survival in the agricultural marketplace.” Paper presented with D. Jolly at Visualizing Food and Farms Joint Meetings of Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society. Portland, OR. June 9-11, 2005. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 10/11 “Potentials for Increased Farm Profits and Non-farmer Awareness of Agriculture: An Assessment of Consumer Interest in Agricultural and Nature Tourism.” Paper presented by K. Reynolds and D. Jolly at Emerging Issues on the Urban-Rural Interfaces Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 13-16, 2005. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND EDUCATIONAL TOURS “Food and Race.” Panel discussion with Yonnette Fleming and Jalal Sabur, moderated by Kolu Zigbi. Just Food Conference. New York, NY. April 6, 2014. “Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.” Presented as part of forum on urban agriculture and public scholarship organized at The New School, New York, NY. February 27, 2014. (Organizer and moderator.) “Anti-Racist organizing in the food system" roundtable facilitated at Been working so hard in the wind and storm community gathering, Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Brooklyn, NY, August 24, 2013. “Food Justice Action Research Network” workshop conducted at Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI. June 20-23, 2013. “Setting an Anti-Racist Table” workshop conducted with Beatriz Beckford, Asantewaa Harris, and Jeff Heehs at Eat. Work. Grow the Movement, Just Food Conference. New York, NY. March 29-30, 2013 “Social Justice and the Food System.” “Pop-up” class at presented at Union Square Greenmarket Sustainability Series. Hosted by GrowNYC in collaboration with The New School for Public Engagement. New York, NY, November 5, 2012. “Growing Food Justice in the Bronx.” Tour of Bronx urban farms and gardens. Organized and led tour at Global Gateways and Local Connections: City, Agriculture and the Future of Food Systems. Joint annual conference of the Association for the Study of Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. New York, NY, June 20-24, 2012. “Fresh and Healthy Food in NYC: Why Not in All Neighborhoods?” “Pop-up” class at Union Square Greenmarket Sustainability Series. Hosted by GrowNYC in collaboration with The New School for Public Engagement. New York, NY, April 20, 2012. “Five Borough Farm: Strengthening Urban Agriculture in New York City.” Panel presentation with N. Cohen, R. Sanghvi, and J. Chou at Eat. Work. Grow the Movement, Just Food Conference. New York, NY. Feb 24-25, 2012. “Land Access (and Other Growing Spaces) in NYC.” Presentation at Eat. Work. Grow the Movement Just Food Conference. New York, NY. Feb 24-25, 2012. “Agrifood Systems in Urban Areas.” Presentation in panel: ‘Sustainable Food Systems’ at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Statewide Conference, Sacramento, CA. April 27-29, 2009. “Farming in and Around Cities.” Presented at California Small Farm Conference, Sacramento, CA. March 1-3, 2009. Kristin Reynolds Vita Page 11/11 “Urban Agriculture: Strategizing for Sustainable Urban Food Production.” Presented at California Small Farm Conference, Sacramento, CA. March 1-3, 2009. “Farming in and Around Cities.” Tour of urban farms in Sacramento County. California Small Farm Conference, Sacramento, CA. March 1-3, 2009. “Community Food Security, Food Justice, and Master Gardeners.” Participatory workshop conducted at Statewide California Master Gardeners Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA. Sept 25, 2008. “Personal Risk Management for Women Farmers and Ranchers.” Participatory workshop with Margaret Collins, CA Small Farm Conference, Visalia, CA. Feb 24-26 2008. “Linking Sustainable Agriculture and Health.” Participatory workshop conducted with L. Shak at Growing a Healthy Food System: from Farms to Food Stamps to Food Banks Forum. Sponsored by: Bay Area Nutrition network, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the California Food Policy Advocates. Oakland, CA. December 7, 2006. “The Intersection of Agritourism and Cultural/Heritage Tourism: Perspectives from a Yolo/Sacramento County Study.” Presented with D. Jolly at the California Cultural and Heritage Tourism Symposium. Sacramento, CA. April 20, 2006. “Small Farms & Small Farm Marketing.” University Extension Course, Davis, CA. April 2006. “Beyond Agritourism: The Farm as Community Heart.” Workshop presented at Ecological Farming Conference. Pacific Grove, CA. January, 2006. “Thinking about a Farmstay?” Presented with E. Eckert and J. Neft at PlacerGrown Conference. Placerville, CA. January, 2006. “Genetic Engineering and Agriculture in the Globalized World: What do we want in the long-term?” Panel presentation at Genetic Engineering Lecture Series. UC Davis. April 15, 2005. “From Organic to Agritourism: Perspectives from Recent Small Farm Program Research.” Presented at San Joaquin Valley Organic Farming Conference. Reedley, CA. December 2005. “California Agricultural Tourism Development: UC Small Farm Program Project.” Poster presented by D. Jolly, K. Reynolds, K. O’Donnell, and E. Eckert at Fourth National Small Farm Conference. North Carolina. October, 2005.