@article{shisler_cordero oceguera_hardison-moody_bowen_2023, title={Addressing and preventing food and housing insecurity among college students: An asset-based approach}, volume={12}, ISSN={2152-0801}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.122.022}, DOI={10.5304/jafscd.2023.122.022}, abstractNote={Universities have implemented a range of initiatives to address food and housing insecurity, but few studies have examined how campus communities are engaging around these issues. This article explores how North Carolina State University conducted asset-mapping workshops, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) method, to mobilize the campus community and identify solutions to address the root causes of food insecurity and other forms of basic needs insecurity among students. Workshop participants identified exemplary resources focused on addressing students’ immediate needs (e.g., campus food pantries, a student emergency fund). At the same time, they stated that basic needs insecurity is tied to longer-term, systemic issues like wage inequality and a lack of affordable housing. Participants also noted that historically marginalized students (e.g., LGBTQ+, low-income, first-generation college) often experience food and housing insecurity in complex ways requiring targeted solutions. Our results suggest that CBPR methods like asset mapping offer an approach that, when done well, can center the voices and experiences of diverse campus populations to identify and address the complex structural and systemic processes that shape students’ experiences of food and housing insecurity.}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development}, publisher={Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems}, author={Shisler, Rebecca and Cordero Oceguera, Emilia and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2023}, month={Mar}, pages={135–153} }
 @article{bowen_hardison-moody_oceguera_elliott_2023, title={Beyond Dietary Acculturation: How Latina Immigrants Navigate Exclusionary Systems to Feed Their Families}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1533-8533"]}, DOI={10.1093/socpro/spad013}, abstractNote={Abstract}, journal={Social Problems}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Oceguera, Emilia Cordero and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2023}, pages={spad013} }
 @article{bowen_hardison-moody_2023, title={Improving Unequal Food Access Requires Understanding and Addressing the Social Inequalities That Contribute to It}, volume={113}, ISSN={0090-0036 1541-0048}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2023.307243}, DOI={10.2105/ajph.2023.307243}, abstractNote={AffiliationsSarah Bowen is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Annie Hardison-Moody is with the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, North Carolina State University.}, number={4}, journal={American Journal of Public Health}, publisher={American Public Health Association}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2023}, month={Apr}, pages={353–355} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_2022, title={Rural Food Insecurity: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Rural Households with Children in the South}, volume={8}, ISSN={["2377-8261"]}, DOI={10.7758/RSF.2022.8.3.02}, abstractNote={Researchers have noted large spatial variations in rates of food insecurity. But little research exists on why this is so and the impacts it has on rural families. Drawing on a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 124 poor and working-class households in North Carolina, we analyze the processes that shape lower-income rural families’ access to food. We trace the narratives of three families whose stories are emblematic of themes from the larger data set to illumine how space and context influence families’ experiences across the life course. As the caregivers in our study navigated how to feed their families, living in a rural area shaped the resources and often precarious forms of support that they drew on from their social networks, local communities, and the state.}, number={3}, journal={RSF-THE RUSSELL SAGE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={50–77} }
 @article{macnell_hardison-moody_wyant_bocarro_elliott_bowen_2022, title={“I have to be the example”: Motherhood as a lens for understanding physical activity among low-income women}, volume={53}, ISSN={0022-2216 2159-6417}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2022.2051116}, DOI={10.1080/00222216.2022.2051116}, abstractNote={Abstract Parents and people living in poverty are less likely to engage in leisure-time physical activity, yet these groups are underrepresented in socio-ecological studies of activity. To understand barriers and facilitators to leisure-time physical activity within these groups, this study draws on 138 interviews with low-income U.S. mothers to highlight the ways in which motherhood framed their decisions and ability to engage in physical activity. The challenges they faced were filtered through their practices as mothers; for example, they had little time and energy to be active because of the demands of daily childrearing and household labor. In addition, their strategies around leisure-time physical activity were tied to ideas of good mothering; for example, they sought opportunities that were free or low-cost for the entire family. Understanding how motherhood shapes low-income women’s leisure-time physical activity can inform interventions and policies to increase physical activity among this population.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Leisure Research}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={MacNell, Lillian and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Wyant, Amanda and Bocarro, Jason N. and Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2022}, month={Apr}, pages={575–594} }
 @article{elliott_satterfield_solorzano_bowen_hardison-moody_williams_2021, title={Disenfranchised: How Lower Income Mothers Navigated the Social Safety Net during the COVID-19 Pandemic}, volume={7}, ISSN={2378-0231 2378-0231}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23780231211031690}, DOI={10.1177/23780231211031690}, abstractNote={ Government programs and other forms of assistance act as critical safety nets in times of crisis. The federal government’s initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 represented a significant increase in the welfare state, but the provisions enacted were not permanent and did not reach all families. Drawing on interviews with 54 lower-income mothers and grandmothers, we analyze how families navigated the safety net to access food during the pandemic. Pandemic aid served as a critical support for many families, but participants also described gaps and barriers. Following the argument that food is a basic human right, we identify how mothers encountered three forms of disenfranchisement: being denied or experiencing delayed public benefits, being afraid to access assistance, and receiving paltry or inedible emergency food. We conclude by arguing for an expanded social safety net that broadens access to necessary food resources before, during, and after crises such as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. }, journal={Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Satterfield, Sierra J. and Solorzano, G. and Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Williams, Latasha}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={237802312110316} }
 @article{bowen_2021, title={Everyday Eating in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden: A Comparative Study of Meal Patterns 1997-2012}, volume={50}, ISSN={["1939-8638"]}, DOI={10.1177/0094306120976390m}, abstractNote={urban ghettos. The definition of ghetto employed in this book restricts it to poor, urban spaces. But even middle-class black suburbs have been adversely affected by the subprime lending crisis, retail redlining, and other forces facing black neighborhoods generally. Finally, while the main subject of this book is not gentrification, it adds invaluable context to conversations about gentrification and place-based interventions. By making sense of the paradoxical history of the ghetto as a haven and hell, this work can help us disentangle the charged debates about merits of place-based investment versus support for mobility. It clarifies the competing ideals represented by struggles for the right to stay in place and the right to move where one wishes.}, number={1}, journal={CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={49–52} }
 @article{bowen_hardison-moody_eshleman_hossfeld_maaita_muhammad_shisler_solorzano_2021, title={The Impact of COVID-19 on Experiences of Food Insecurity Across Place: A Qualitative Research Protocol}, volume={20}, ISSN={1609-4069 1609-4069}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211062416}, DOI={10.1177/16094069211062416}, abstractNote={In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of food insecurity in the United States doubled overall and tripled among households with children (Schanzenbach & Pitts, 2020). The increase was both unparalleled and disproportionately experienced by low-income, Black, Latino/a/x, and immigrant households (Lauren et al., 2021; Morales et al., 2020; Nagata et al., 2021; Wolfson & Leung, 2020). Even before the pandemic, rates of food insecurity in the United States were unusually high compared to other industrialized countries. Although parents try to shield their children from food insecurity (Elliott & Bowen, 2018; Olson, 2005; Stevens, 2010), research shows that children in food-insecure households are aware of food shortages (Fram et al., 2011) and experience a host of negative effects, including poorer general and oral health, poorer academic performance, behavioral and cognitive problems, and depression, aggression, and anxiety (Gundersen & Ziliak, 2014, 2018; Jyoti et al., 2005; Whitaker et al., 2006). The pandemic has revealed both the inadequacy and the potential of the U.S. welfare system. The United States Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive report on food insecurity in U.S. households throughout 2020, released in September 2021, estimates that surprisingly, the overall prevalence of food insecurity did not increase from 2019 (before the pandemic) to 2020, even though households spent more on food during the pandemic (Coleman-Jensen et al., 2021). Early research suggests that boosts to federal food assistance programs and other pandemic responses (such as the Federal supplement to unemployment and the eviction moratorium) may have made the difference. However, rates of food insecurity rose among specific groups, and the USDA concludes that more research is needed to understand the dynamics of food insecurity and other food hardships in U.S. households during the pandemic (Ibid.). Before the pandemic, participant levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP, also known as food stamps) were near historic highs. After cash benefits were severely cut by the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Collins & Mayer, 2010; Hays, 2003), Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program has become a more central part of the safety net, and families who do not receive SNAP face greater risks (Parolin & Brady, 2019). In general, public benefits are increasingly complicated or cumbersome to get and keep (Herd & Moynihan, 2018), and critics argue that SNAP is overly burdensome, provides inadequate support, and fails to reach all of the people who need it (Dickinson, 2020; Mulik & Haynes-Maslow, 2017). Dickinson (2020) argues that SNAP incentivizes low-wage work for poor families by making it possible for them to survive (but not get ahead) in jobs that pay below subsistence wages. The tragedy of the pandemic presents an important case study not only because of the rise in food insecurity, but also because of the unprecedented governmental response. Specifically, policies implemented in the early months of the pandemic removed many of the administrative burdens (see Herd & Moynihan, 2018) associated with receiving governmental assistance, provided direct cash payments to most families, and created more generous unemployment and food assistance benefits. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, passed in March 2020, included more than $1 billion in funding for federal food assistance programs, including}, journal={International Journal of Qualitative Methods}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Eshleman, Kim and Hossfeld, Cassius and Maaita, Marah and Muhammad, Najma and Shisler, Rebecca and Solorzano, G}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={160940692110624} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison‐moody_2021, title={The structural roots of food insecurity: How racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity}, volume={15}, ISSN={1751-9020 1751-9020}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12846}, DOI={10.1111/soc4.12846}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={7}, journal={Sociology Compass}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison‐Moody, Annie}, year={2021}, month={May} }
 @article{hardison-moody_bowen_bocarro_schulman_kuhlberg_bloom_edwards_haynes-maslow_2021, title={‘There’s Not a Magic Wand’: How Rural Community Health Leaders Perceive Issues Related To Access to Healthy Foods And Physical Activity Across The Ecological Spectrum}, volume={16}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Rural and Community Development}, author={Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bowen, Sarah and Bocarro, Jason and Schulman, Michael and Kuhlberg, Jill A. and Bloom, Dara and Edwards, Michael and Haynes-Maslow, Lindsey}, year={2021}, pages={23–42} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_2020, title={Disenfranchised: Families Facing Food Insecurity in the United States}, volume={10}, ISSN={2754-1371}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.njke8233}, DOI={10.51428/tsr.njke8233}, journal={The Sociological Review Magazine}, publisher={Sociological Review Foundation}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2020}, month={Oct} }
 @article{hardison-moody_haynes-maslow_bocarro_kuhlberg_schulman_bowen_anderson_morris_murphy_2020, title={Partners at Play: Engaging Parks and Recreation Departments in Extension’s Health Promotion Work}, volume={8}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Human Sciences & Extension}, author={Hardison-Moody, Annie and Haynes-Maslow, Lindsey and Bocarro, Jason and Kuhlberg, Jill and Schulman, Michael and Bowen, Sarah and Anderson, Alyssa and Morris, Lauren and Murphy, Yvonne}, year={2020}, pages={177–199} }
 @article{solorzano_oceguera_johnson_bowen_2020, title={Social Eating 2.0}, volume={20}, ISSN={1529-3262 1533-8622}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2020.20.3.43}, DOI={10.1525/gfc.2020.20.3.43}, abstractNote={Research Article| August 01 2020 Social Eating 2.0 G. Solorzano, G. Solorzano G. Solorzano is a PhD student and instructor at North Carolina State University. Originally from Colombia, G. is a Università di Scienze Gastronomiche alum, where they studied Food Culture and Communication. Currently, their research uses a decolonial lens to examine the intersections of food access, power, and racial inequality. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Emilia Cordero Oceguera, Emilia Cordero Oceguera Emilia Cordero Oceguera is from Mexico City and a PhD student in Sociology at North Carolina State University. She does research on the connections among agriculture, food practices, and everyday acts of resistance. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Heather McCarty Johnson, Heather McCarty Johnson Heather McCarty Johnson is a PhD student in Sociology at North Carolina State University. She is currently an exchange student at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium, and is researching the foodways of asylum seekers in East Flanders. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Sarah Bowen Sarah Bowen Sarah Bowen is Associate Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University, where she studies food and inequality. She is co-author of Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do about It (Oxford University Press, 2019) and author of Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production (University of California Press, 2015). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2020) 20 (3): 43–45. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2020.20.3.43 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation G. Solorzano, Emilia Cordero Oceguera, Heather McCarty Johnson, Sarah Bowen; Social Eating 2.0. Gastronomica 1 August 2020; 20 (3): 43–45. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2020.20.3.43 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions.2020The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.}, number={3}, journal={Gastronomica}, publisher={University of California Press}, author={Solorzano, G. and Oceguera, Emilia Cordero and Johnson, Heather McCarty and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2020}, month={Aug}, pages={43–45} }
 @article{johnson_ammerman_adair_aiello_flax_elliott_hardison-moody_bowen_2020, title={The Four Domain Food Insecurity Scale (4D-FIS): development and evaluation of a complementary food insecurity measure}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1613-9860"]}, DOI={10.1093/tbm/ibaa125}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={6}, journal={TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE}, author={Johnson, Cassandra M. and Ammerman, Alice S. and Adair, Linda S. and Aiello, Allison E. and Flax, Valerie L. and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bowen, Sarah K.}, year={2020}, month={Dec}, pages={1255–1265} }
 @article{bowen_hardison-moody_cryer-coupet_2020, title={This is a Year to Break Holiday Traditions}, journal={The News & Observer}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Cryer-Coupet, Qiana}, year={2020}, month={Nov} }
 @article{alkon_bowen_kato_young_2020, title={Unequally vulnerable: a food justice approach to racial disparities in COVID-19 cases}, volume={37}, ISSN={["1572-8366"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10460-020-10110-z}, number={3}, journal={AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES}, author={Alkon, Alison Hope and Bowen, Sarah and Kato, Yuki and Young, Kara Alexis}, year={2020}, month={Sep}, pages={535–536} }
 @misc{bowen_hardison-moody_elliott_2020, title={Want to Fight Rising Food Insecurity? Listen to People Who’ve Been Hungry}, url={https://civileats.com/2020/05/08/want-to-fight-rising-food-insecurity-listen-to-the-people-whove-experienced-hunger/.}, journal={Civil Eats}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2020}, month={May} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_2019, title={A Heartbreaking Choice for Moms—Food or a Family’s Future}, url={https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/opinion/public-charge-rule.html}, journal={The New York Times}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2019}, month={Aug} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_brenton_2019, title={How Real Families Use Food Stamps}, url={https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2019/04/25/food-assistance-programs-snap-funding-000894}, journal={Politico}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2019}, month={Apr} }
 @article{mycek_hardison-moody_bloom_bowen_elliott_2019, title={Learning to eat the “right” way: examining nutrition socialization from the perspective of immigrants and refugees}, volume={23}, ISSN={1552-8014 1751-7443}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2019.1700681}, DOI={10.1080/15528014.2019.1700681}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Existing studies suggests that immigrants’ dietary quality often declines over time after they move to the U.S., despite public and private efforts to provide immigrants and refugees to the U.S. with nutritional resources. Drawing on two interview-based studies with immigrants (n = 30) and refugees (n = 8) in North Carolina, we find that these immigrant/refugee communities often have healthy food traditions from their home countries that they want to maintain, but they lack guidance about how to navigate the U.S. food system in order to do so. Our findings question the notion that “good nutrition” is a universal concept; we argue that by focusing solely on the nutritional components of food, rather than approaching dietary behavior holistically, service providers exacerbate the challenges that immigrants and refugees face in continuing healthy food traditions in the U.S. Our analyzes extend previous research on food socialization by specifically examining the nutrition socialization process of immigrant and refugees, furthering our understanding of how and why immigrants’ diets change over time.}, number={1}, journal={Food, Culture & Society}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Mycek, Mari Kate and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bloom, J. Dara and Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2019}, month={Dec}, pages={46–65} }
 @book{bowen_brenton_elliott_2019, place={New York}, title={Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It}, ISBN={9780190663308 0190663308 9780190663292 0190663294}, publisher={Oxford University Press}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Brenton, Joslyn and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2019} }
 @article{de master_lachance_bowen_macnell_2019, title={Terroir in Transition: Environmental Change in the Wisconsin Artisanal Cheese and New England Oyster Sectors}, volume={11}, ISSN={["2071-1050"]}, DOI={10.3390/su11102969}, abstractNote={Even as the concept of terroir becomes more salient in diverse cultural and national contexts, climate-driven environmental change threatens to alter the ecologies that contribute to the distinctive terroir of place-based products. Yet few studies examine how producers of terroir products perceive and experience environmental change. Our comparative case study addresses this gap, as we examine ways that changing ecological conditions will influence the emergent terroir of Wisconsin artisanal cheese and New England oysters. Drawing on in-depth interviews and a survey, we describe the environmental and sociocultural elements that Wisconsin artisanal cheesemakers and New England oyster farmers identify as characteristic of the terroir and merroir (terroir’s maritime adaptation) of their products. We then compare cheesemakers’ and oyster farmers’ perceptions and experiences of climate change. We find that both groups perceive climate-related threats to the terroir and merroir of their products, though each group experienced these threats differently. We argue that the ongoing constitution of terroir—which has always reflected a tension between nature and culture—will be further complicated by changing ecologies. We suggest that a generative understanding of terroir that emphasizes terroir’s sociocultural dimensions may help artisanal cheesemakers and oyster farmers mitigate some climate-related threats to their products.}, number={10}, journal={SUSTAINABILITY}, author={De Master, Kathryn Teigen and LaChance, James and Bowen, Sarah and MacNell, Lillian}, year={2019}, month={May} }
 @misc{bowen_elliott_brenton_2019, title={Why Ditching Processed Foods Won’t Be Easy—Barriers to Cooking from Scratch}, url={https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/24/725470305/opinion-why-ditching-processed-foods-wont-be-easy-the-barriers-to-cooking-from-s}, journal={National Public Radio’s The Salt}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2019}, month={May} }
 @article{elliott_bowen_2018, title={Defending Motherhood: Morality, Responsibility, and Double Binds in Feeding Children}, volume={80}, ISSN={["1741-3737"]}, DOI={10.1111/jomf.12465}, abstractNote={The ideology of intensive mothering sets a high bar and is framed against the specter of the “bad” mother. Poor mothers and mothers of color are especially at risk of being labeled bad mothers. Drawing on 138 in‐depth interviews and ethnographic observations, this study analyzes the discursive and interpersonal strategies poor mothers use to make sense of and defend their feeding and children's body sizes. Food beliefs and practices reflect and reinforce social inequalities and thus represent an exemplary case in which to examine intensive mothering, its ties to growing inequality, and how individuals are called to account for it. Findings demonstrate intersecting inequalities, meanings, and contradictions in mothers' accounts of meeting intensive mothering expectations around feeding, health, and weight. In light of moral framings around feeding and weight, mothers' experiences of surveillance, and the double binds they encounter in feeding children, mothers practice what the authors term defensive mothering.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2018}, month={Apr}, pages={499–520} }
 @article{hardison-moody_macnell_elliott_bowen_2018, title={How Social, Cultural, and Economic Environments Shape Infant Feeding for Low-Income Women: A Qualitative Study in North Carolina}, volume={118}, ISSN={["2212-2680"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jand.2018.01.008}, abstractNote={Background This study focuses on the cultural, social, and economic factors that shape infant feeding practices among low-income mothers. Objective The objective was to understand factors that inhibit or facilitate breastfeeding practices of low-income mothers, including how they are linked to broader social, cultural, and economic processes. Design In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with women about their feeding practices and food environments, including their experiences with breastfeeding and formula feeding. Participants The sample was comprised of 98 low-income mothers with at least one child between 2 and 9 years old at the time of interview. Results Sixteen mothers (16.7%) breastfed for 6 months, and six (6.3%) were still breastfeeding at 12 months. Only 11 mothers (11.5%) exclusively breastfed for 6 months. Women reported several factors influencing infant feeding: interactions with medical providers, work environments, shared living spaces and family supports, and concerns about supply and production. Conclusions This research highlights the complex interplay of economic and social barriers that shape how and what low-income women feed their infants. The study contributes to a better understanding of the social, cultural, and economic constraints faced by women in poverty. To improve breastfeeding rates among low-income women, it is important to examine the impacts of poverty and food insecurity on infant feeding practices.}, number={10}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS}, author={Hardison-Moody, Annie and MacNell, Lillian and Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2018}, month={Oct}, pages={1886-+} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_2018, title={If Congress Changes Food Stamp Requirements, Kids Will Go Hungry}, url={https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/opinion/if-congress-changes-food-stamp-requirements-kids-will-go-hungry.html}, journal={The New York Times}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2018}, month={Jul} }
 @article{wyant_bowen_2018, title={Incorporating Online and In-person Book Clubs into Sociology Courses}, volume={46}, ISSN={["1939-862X"]}, DOI={10.1177/0092055x18777564}, abstractNote={Previous research has examined the use of nontraditional readings, particularly fiction, as a tool for teaching sociological concepts. Few studies have specifically looked at nonfiction monographs and ethnographies. This paper extends prior research by exploring how in-person and online book clubs using nonfiction texts can be used as a tool to engage and introduce students to sociological ideas. Book clubs were implemented in eight different sections across three courses. The structure and format of the book clubs varied considerably. We identify best practices for incorporating book clubs into sociology courses. Drawing on data from instructor-designed surveys, institutional course evaluations, and course exams, we also examine how book clubs influence student attitudes and learning outcomes. We conclude that book clubs can be adapted to fit a variety of courses and across different types of institutions.}, number={3}, journal={TEACHING SOCIOLOGY}, author={Wyant, Amanda and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2018}, month={Jul}, pages={262–273} }
 @article{johnson_sharkey_lackey_adair_aiello_bowen_fang_flax_ammerman_2018, title={Relationship of food insecurity to women’s dietary outcomes: a systematic review}, volume={76}, ISSN={0029-6643 1753-4887}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuy042}, DOI={10.1093/nutrit/nuy042}, abstractNote={Abstract Context Food insecurity matters for women’s nutrition and health. Objective This review sought to comprehensively evaluate how food insecurity relates to a full range of dietary outcomes (food groups, total energy, macronutrients, micronutrients, and overall dietary quality) among adult women living in Canada and the United States. Data sources Peer-reviewed databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science) and gray literature sources from 1995 to 2016 were searched. Data extraction Observational studies were used to calculate a percentage difference in dietary intake for food-insecure and food-secure groups. Results Of the 24 included studies, the majority found food-insecure women had lower food group frequencies (dairy, total fruits and vegetables, total grains, and meats/meat alternatives) and intakes of macro- and micronutrients relative to food-secure women. Methodological quality varied. Among high-quality studies, food insecurity was negatively associated with dairy, fruits and vegetables, grains, meats/meats alternatives, protein, total fat, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamins A and C, and folate. Conclusions Results hold practical relevance for selecting nutritional targets in programs, particularly for nutrient-rich foods with iron and folate, which are more important for women’s health.}, number={12}, journal={Nutrition Reviews}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Johnson, Cassandra M and Sharkey, Joseph R and Lackey, Mellanye J and Adair, Linda S and Aiello, Allison E and Bowen, Sarah K and Fang, Wei and Flax, Valerie L and Ammerman, Alice S}, year={2018}, month={Dec}, pages={910–928} }
 @inbook{bowen_elliott_brenton_2018, place={Thousand Oaks, CA}, title={The Joy of Cooking?}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506352299.n83}, DOI={10.4135/9781506352299.n83}, booktitle={Gender, Sexuality, and Intimacy: A Contexts Reader}, publisher={SAGE Publications, Inc}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2018}, pages={317–320} }
 @article{elliott_bowen_brenton_2018, title={To Close America's Diet Gap, We Must Recognize Food as a Human Right}, url={https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/21/us-food-insecurity-human-right}, journal={The Guardian}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2018}, month={Jul} }
 @article{bowen_2018, title={To Fix Raleigh’s Public Transportation System, Understand How It’s Broken}, journal={The News & Observer}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2018}, month={Aug} }
 @article{bowen_nance_2017, title={Attending the Nobel Prize Ceremony After Trump Snubbed the Winners}, url={https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/opinion/nobel-ceremony-trump-snub.html}, journal={The New York Times}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Nance, Mark}, year={2017}, month={Dec} }
 @article{macnell_elliott_hardison-moody_bowen_2017, title={Black and Latino Urban Food Desert Residents’ Perceptions of Their Food Environment and Factors That Influence Food Shopping Decisions}, volume={12}, ISSN={1932-0248 1932-0256}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2017.1284025}, DOI={10.1080/19320248.2017.1284025}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT There is a lack of consensus on how we should measure and identify food deserts. Recently, some scholars have called for studies that incorporate the lived experiences of food desert residents themselves into the discussion. We interviewed 42 black and Latino low-income female caregivers of young children living in an urban area classified as a food desert about how they shop for food. The women we spoke with talked about their motivations for choosing stores, as well as their experiences dealing with poor food access and an unequal distribution of food stores. We found that women cited price as the strongest motivator for choosing a store but found that a lack of transportation and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation also had significant effects on shopping behaviors. This study underscores the importance of qualitative, participatory approaches to food environment research.}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={MacNell, Lillian and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2017}, month={Mar}, pages={375–393} }
 @article{elliott_mckelvy_bowen_2017, title={Marking time in ethnography: Uncovering temporal dispositions}, volume={18}, ISSN={["1741-2714"]}, DOI={10.1177/1466138116655360}, abstractNote={ In this paper, we reflect on how time is appraised, organized, and managed by a group of researchers conducting an ethnography of 12 low-income families. We develop the concept of temporal dispositions: perceptions and preferences around time that in turn shape temporal practices. The concept of temporal dispositions encapsulates individuals’ background and training, agency and reflexivity, and the dynamic nature of ongoing social life and interactions through which temporal meanings may change or take on new symbolic weight. Overlaid upon each of these are larger social structures and power relations that affirm some temporal dispositions and stigmatize others. We conclude by considering the implications for ethnographic fieldworkers. We argue that analyzing the many ways researchers and participants navigate and perceive time offers insight into unspoken temporal assumptions, ideologies, and inequalities. }, number={4}, journal={ETHNOGRAPHY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and McKelvy, Josephine Ngo and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2017}, month={Dec}, pages={556–576} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_2017, title={Restricting What Recipients of SNAP Benefits Eat Won't Fix Nutritional Issues}, url={https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/320009-restricting-what-recipients-of-snap-benefits-eat-wont-fix}, journal={The Hill}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2017}, month={Feb} }
 @article{hardison-moody_edwards_bocarro_stein_kanters_sherman_rhew_stallings_bowen_2017, title={Shared Use of Physical Activity Facilities Among North Carolina Faith Communities, 2013}, volume={14}, ISSN={["1545-1151"]}, DOI={10.5888/pcd14.160393}, abstractNote={Introduction Shared use of recreational facilities is a promising strategy for increasing access to places for physical activity. Little is known about shared use in faith-based settings. This study examined shared use practices and barriers in faith communities in North Carolina. Methods Faith communities in North Carolina (n = 234) completed an online survey (October–December 2013) designed to provide information about the extent and nature of shared use of recreational facilities. We used binary logistic regression to examine differences between congregations that shared use and those that did not share use. Results Most of the faith communities (82.9%) that completed the survey indicated that they share their facilities with outside individuals and organizations. Formal agreements were more common when faith communities shared indoor spaces such as gymnasiums and classroom meeting spaces than when they shared outdoor spaces such as playgrounds or athletic fields. Faith communities in the wealthiest counties were more likely to share their spaces than were faith communities in poorer counties. Faith communities in counties with the best health rankings were more likely to share facilities than faith communities in counties that had lower health rankings. The most frequently cited reasons faith communities did not share their facilities were that they did not know how to initiate the process of sharing their facilities or that no outside groups had ever asked. Conclusion Most faith communities shared their facilities for physical activity. Research is needed on the relationship between shared use and physical activity levels, including the effect of formalizing shared-use policies.}, number={E11}, journal={Preventing Chronic Disease}, author={Hardison-Moody, A. and Edwards, M.B. and Bocarro, J.N. and Stein, A. and Kanters, M.A. and Sherman, D. and Rhew, L.K. and Stallings, W.M. and Bowen, S.K.}, year={2017} }
 @article{bowen_2016, title={Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods}, volume={121}, ISSN={["1537-5390"]}, DOI={10.1086/686169}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewEdible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods. By Jennifer A. Jordan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Pp. ix+331. $26.00.Sarah BowenSarah BowenNorth Carolina State University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 121, Number 6May 2016 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/686169 Views: 124Total views on this site For permission to reuse a book review printed in the American Journal of Sociology, please contact [email protected]PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={6}, journal={AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2016}, month={May}, pages={1974–1976} }
 @article{bowen_bowen_barman-adhikari_2016, title={Prevalence and covariates of food insecurity among residents of single-room occupancy housing in Chicago, IL, USA}, volume={19}, ISSN={["1475-2727"]}, DOI={10.1017/s1368980015002384}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={6}, journal={PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION}, author={Bowen, Elizabeth A. and Bowen, Sarah K. and Barman-Adhikari, Anamika}, year={2016}, month={Apr}, pages={1122–1130} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_alford_herrera_2016, title={Using Community-Led Mini-Grant Projects to Increase Access to Healthy, Affordable Food and Places to be Active}, volume={48}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JNEB.2016.04.331}, DOI={10.1016/J.JNEB.2016.04.331}, abstractNote={ObjectiveVoices into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project is a five-year, USDA-funded research and outreach project based out of North Carolina State University, North Carolina State University, A&T State University, and NC Cooperative Extension. Voices into Action (VIA) draws on community-based research to collaborate with community groups to improve access to healthy food and places to be active in three regions in North Carolina.Target AudienceVIA provided mini-grants to organizations working in Southeast Raleigh (in Wake County), western Harnett County, and Lee County to support community-led projects focused on improving access to food and opportunities for physical activity.Theory, Prior Research, RationaleBased on the socio-ecological model, mini-grants facilitate behavior change by creating long-term environmental changes. All projects are required to implement a policy or environmental change, build on or develop community partnerships, and include a plan for sustainability.DescriptionFifty-nine mini-grants were awarded over a four-year period (2013 – 2016). Projects vary in scope, and include community gardens, exercise programs, and nutrition education classes. Mini-grant recipients also receive technical assistance, including support with project impact.EvaluationGrantees were interviewed before and after implementing mini-grant projects. Interviews indicate that the experience increased organizations’ connections to community resources, fostered community partnerships, and enhanced organizational capacity. However, organizations’ success and capacity for long-term sustainability varied.Conclusions and ImplicationsCommunity-led mini-grant projects can be a viable method of putting research findings into practice by supporting efforts to improve access to healthy, affordable food and places to be active.FundingUSDA Grant #2011-68001-30103 ObjectiveVoices into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project is a five-year, USDA-funded research and outreach project based out of North Carolina State University, North Carolina State University, A&T State University, and NC Cooperative Extension. Voices into Action (VIA) draws on community-based research to collaborate with community groups to improve access to healthy food and places to be active in three regions in North Carolina. Voices into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project is a five-year, USDA-funded research and outreach project based out of North Carolina State University, North Carolina State University, A&T State University, and NC Cooperative Extension. Voices into Action (VIA) draws on community-based research to collaborate with community groups to improve access to healthy food and places to be active in three regions in North Carolina. Target AudienceVIA provided mini-grants to organizations working in Southeast Raleigh (in Wake County), western Harnett County, and Lee County to support community-led projects focused on improving access to food and opportunities for physical activity. VIA provided mini-grants to organizations working in Southeast Raleigh (in Wake County), western Harnett County, and Lee County to support community-led projects focused on improving access to food and opportunities for physical activity. Theory, Prior Research, RationaleBased on the socio-ecological model, mini-grants facilitate behavior change by creating long-term environmental changes. All projects are required to implement a policy or environmental change, build on or develop community partnerships, and include a plan for sustainability. Based on the socio-ecological model, mini-grants facilitate behavior change by creating long-term environmental changes. All projects are required to implement a policy or environmental change, build on or develop community partnerships, and include a plan for sustainability. DescriptionFifty-nine mini-grants were awarded over a four-year period (2013 – 2016). Projects vary in scope, and include community gardens, exercise programs, and nutrition education classes. Mini-grant recipients also receive technical assistance, including support with project impact. Fifty-nine mini-grants were awarded over a four-year period (2013 – 2016). Projects vary in scope, and include community gardens, exercise programs, and nutrition education classes. Mini-grant recipients also receive technical assistance, including support with project impact. EvaluationGrantees were interviewed before and after implementing mini-grant projects. Interviews indicate that the experience increased organizations’ connections to community resources, fostered community partnerships, and enhanced organizational capacity. However, organizations’ success and capacity for long-term sustainability varied. Grantees were interviewed before and after implementing mini-grant projects. Interviews indicate that the experience increased organizations’ connections to community resources, fostered community partnerships, and enhanced organizational capacity. However, organizations’ success and capacity for long-term sustainability varied. Conclusions and ImplicationsCommunity-led mini-grant projects can be a viable method of putting research findings into practice by supporting efforts to improve access to healthy, affordable food and places to be active. Community-led mini-grant projects can be a viable method of putting research findings into practice by supporting efforts to improve access to healthy, affordable food and places to be active.}, number={7}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, S. and Alford, Z. and Herrera, H.}, year={2016}, month={Jul}, pages={S113–S114} }
 @article{o'connell_grossman_hoyt_shi_bowen_marticorena_fager_creamer_2015, title={A survey of cover crop practices and perceptions of sustainable farmers in North Carolina and the surrounding region}, volume={30}, DOI={10.1017/s1742170514000398}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={6}, journal={Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems}, author={O'Connell, S. and Grossman, J. M. and Hoyt, G. D. and Shi, Wei and Bowen, Sarah and Marticorena, D. C. and Fager, K. L. and Creamer, N. G.}, year={2015}, pages={550–562} }
 @book{bowen_2015, title={Divided spirits: Tequila, mezcal, and the politics of production}, ISBN={9780520281042}, DOI={10.1525/california/9780520281042.001.0001}, abstractNote={Abstract This book tells the stories of tequila and mezcal, two of Mexico’s most iconic products, to investigate the politics of protecting local products in a global market. As people have yearned to connect with the people and places that produce their food, the concept of terroir—the taste of place—has become increasingly salient. Tequila and mezcal are both protected by denominations of origin (DOs), legal designations based on the notion of terroir. The DOs link production to particular regions, while quality standards guarantee each product’s safety and authenticity. Advocates argue that the DOs and the standards ensure the reputation of Mexico’s national spirits, expand market opportunities, and protect Mexico’s cultural heritage. But the institutions that regulate tequila and mezcal ultimately protect the interests of a small group of powerful global elites more than anyone else. The growing global demand for tequila and mezcal has led to fame and fortune for a handful of people, while excluding and marginalizing many others. The cases analyzed in this book illustrate the limitations of relying on alternative markets to protect food cultures and rural livelihoods. Because arguments about how to define and regulate tequila and mezcal have been conducted within the parameters of the global marketplace, they have privileged consumers while largely ignoring the perspectives of producers, farmers, workers, and communities. There is a need to move beyond market-based models to create more democratic, participatory, and inclusive ways of protecting and valuing local foods and drinks, as well as the people who make them.}, publisher={Oakland, California: University of California Press}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2015} }
 @article{jakes_hardison-moody_bowen_blevins_2015, title={Engaging community change: the critical role of values in asset mapping}, volume={46}, ISSN={1557-5330 1944-7485}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2015.1064146}, DOI={10.1080/15575330.2015.1064146}, abstractNote={Asset mapping has emerged as a promising tool for mobilizing and sustaining positive changes related to community health and wellbeing. In contrast to approaches that focus on communities’ needs or deficits, asset mapping harnesses community resources in order to foster transformation and growth. In this article, the authors analyze asset mapping workshops, which focused on access to food and safe places to be active, that were conducted in two North Carolina (USA) study communities. The authors highlight the results of the workshops and show how they demonstrate the underlying values expressed by participants. Community members differ in what they value within existing community structures and what their priorities are in determining the direction of future efforts. This article argues that an understanding of why organizations are named as exemplary in their improvement of access to healthy foods or places to be active allows community members and leaders to connect assets in ways that are rooted in community values and the realities of existing community and social structures.}, number={4}, journal={Community Development}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Jakes, Susan and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bowen, Sarah and Blevins, John}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={392–406} }
 @article{gaytan_bowen_2015, title={Naturalizing neoliberalism and the de-Mexicanization of the tequila industry}, volume={47}, ISSN={["1472-3409"]}, DOI={10.1068/a130281p}, abstractNote={ Although scholars agree that nationalism remains an important aspect of the new vocabulary of neoliberalism, little is known about how these discourses operate on the ground and in particular contexts. In this paper, we investigate how a specific adaption of national identity, one that underscores the values of cultural integrity, is used to naturalize neoliberal shifts in the tequila industry. Tequila has long circulated in the images and myths of Mexican identity. However, in the last two decades, the Mexican government has increasingly relied on tequila's reputation as the nation's ‘spirit’ to obscure changes in tequila regulatory policies that are linked to broader neoliberal changes in Mexico. Extralocal actors—in particular, multinational companies—have more influence over the direction the industry is taking and the institutions that regulate it, while tequila production is increasingly untethered from the communities and traditions that make it distinct. Here, we examine how private and public actors mobilize the language of authenticity, place, and quality to justify the adoption of neoliberal measures in the tequila industry. }, number={2}, journal={ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE}, author={Gaytan, Marie Sarita and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2015}, pages={267–283} }
 @article{johnson_roberts_hardison-moody_elliott_bowen_2015, title={The Relationship Between Dietary Quality and Food Insecurity for a Sample of Low-Income Mothers}, volume={47}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JNEB.2015.04.256}, DOI={10.1016/J.JNEB.2015.04.256}, abstractNote={To determine if there were differences in dietary quality between food insecure and food secure mothers enrolled in a prospective study. Low-income mothers completed surveys and >2 dietary recalls, as well as semi-structured interviews, at baseline (n=101). Dietary quality was evaluated using the HEI-2010 component and total scores. There were no significant differences in HEI-2010 component or total scores between food insecure and food secure participants. Our results suggest the salience of other factors, including race/ethnicity, household income, and access to federal food assistance, which complicate the relationship between food insecurity and dietary quality.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Johnson, Cassandra and Roberts, A. and Hardison-Moody, A. and Elliott, S. and Bowen, S.}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={S99} }
 @article{bowen_2015, title={Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism}, volume={44}, ISSN={["1939-8638"]}, DOI={10.1177/0094306115579191s}, number={3}, journal={CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2015}, month={May}, pages={364–365} }
 @article{hardison-moody_jones_sheldon_bloom_bowen_2014, title={Creative Solutions in Nutrition Education: Adapting and Evaluating an Intervention in Food Pantry Settings}, volume={46}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JNEB.2014.04.184}, DOI={10.1016/J.JNEB.2014.04.184}, abstractNote={ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education at food pantries.DescriptionThree Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program classes were offered at two food pantries.Evaluation11 people (out of 22 enrolled) completed all 6 classes in the series. 100% of participants reported a positive change in consumption of at least one food group at exit. 73% of participants reported no longer running out of food at the end of the month.Conclusions and ImplicationsChallenges included variability in client turnout and inadequate teaching space. Creative adaptations, particularly those aimed at helping clients manage food resources (e.g., grocery store tours), can have a positive impact.FundingUSDA Grant #2011-68001-30103 ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education at food pantries. To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education at food pantries. DescriptionThree Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program classes were offered at two food pantries. Three Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program classes were offered at two food pantries. Evaluation11 people (out of 22 enrolled) completed all 6 classes in the series. 100% of participants reported a positive change in consumption of at least one food group at exit. 73% of participants reported no longer running out of food at the end of the month. 11 people (out of 22 enrolled) completed all 6 classes in the series. 100% of participants reported a positive change in consumption of at least one food group at exit. 73% of participants reported no longer running out of food at the end of the month. Conclusions and ImplicationsChallenges included variability in client turnout and inadequate teaching space. Creative adaptations, particularly those aimed at helping clients manage food resources (e.g., grocery store tours), can have a positive impact. Challenges included variability in client turnout and inadequate teaching space. Creative adaptations, particularly those aimed at helping clients manage food resources (e.g., grocery store tours), can have a positive impact.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Hardison-Moody, Annie and Jones, L. and Sheldon, M. and Bloom, J.D. and Bowen, S.}, year={2014}, month={Jul}, pages={S190} }
 @article{bowen_hamrick_2014, title={Defining Mexico’s Spirit}, volume={14}, ISSN={1529-3262 1533-8622}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2014.14.4.26}, DOI={10.1525/gfc.2014.14.4.26}, abstractNote={In this article, we examine debates that have unfolded over two controversial proposals, both introduced in 2011, about how to regulate mezcal. Mezcals are distilled agave spirits that have been produced in Mexico for at least the last four hundred years. Critics of the proposed regulations argued that they threatened the livelihoods of thousands of small mezcal distillers and aimed to consolidate the power of industrial tequila and mezcal producers. Surprisingly, a transnational movement of retailers and bartenders aligned themselves with small mezcal producers and defeated the industrial elites. Here, we show how arguments on both sides of the debate focused on the market and consumer rights. We argue that there is a need to move beyond market-based labels in order to create more democratic, participatory, and inclusive ways of protecting, valuing, and preserving local foods and drinks and the people who make them.}, number={4}, journal={Gastronomica}, publisher={University of California Press}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hamrick, Danny}, year={2014}, pages={26–33} }
 @article{johnson_elliott_hardison-moody_bowen_2014, title={Dietary Intake of Key Food and Beverage Groups Among a Diverse Sample of Low-Income and Food-Insecure Mothers}, volume={46}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JNEB.2014.04.170}, DOI={10.1016/J.JNEB.2014.04.170}, abstractNote={To describe baseline food insecurity and dietary intake for a diverse sample of low-income mothers in North Carolina. Baseline data came from participants in the Voices into Action (VIA) project, who were primary caretaker of at least one child (2-8 years). This analysis included mothers with complete data for sociodemographics, food security status, and dietary recalls (n=101). Participants had household incomes <200% of the federal poverty line, and were racially and ethnically diverse (41% black, 34% white, 25% Latina). Within-person means of dietary variables (servings/day) were calculated across individual recalls (3 recalls per participant). We examined differences in dietary variables by sociodemographics and food insecurity status. More than half of mothers were food insecure; 19% were very food insecure. Average intake of healthful foods—whole fruits, whole grains, seafood and plant proteins—were somewhat low (0.5, 1.0, and 0.8 servings/day, respectively). Yet, average intake of less healthful foods—salty snacks and sweets—were also fairly low (0.4 and 0.8 servings/day, respectively). Calorically sweetened, non-dairy beverages were somewhat high (2.5 servings/day). There were differences by food insecurity status. Low-income and food-insecure populations are often described as relying on low-cost, energy-dense foods for nutritional needs. However, few studies have examined comprehensive dietary intake data for this population. These findings question the assumption that low-income, food-insecure mothers are relying heavily on nutritionally poor, energy dense foods, and suggest that mothers' higher intake of sweetened beverages might be a compensatory behavior related to food insecurity.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Johnson, Cassandra and Elliott, S. and Hardison-Moody, A. and Bowen, S.}, year={2014}, month={Jul}, pages={S162} }
 @article{leak_benavente_goodell_lassiter_jones_bowen_2014, title={EFNEP Graduates' Perspectives on Social Media to Supplement Nutrition Education: Focus Group Findings From Active Users}, volume={46}, ISSN={["1878-2620"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jneb.2014.01.006}, abstractNote={To identify ways to effectively use social media to communicate nutrition-related information to low-income populations.The authors conducted 4 focus groups with female Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program graduates who used social media at least twice a week (n = 26 total). Transcripts were analyzed using the constant comparative method to identify key themes.For participants, page content, page maintenance, and networking opportunities with others were important aspects of a nutrition education social media page. Trust emerged as a central theme, because participants expressed a need for reliable information from known, credible sources and safe places to share ideas.Using social media to provide nutrition-related messages may be an effective way to encourage sustained positive behavior changes resulting from educational programming and to engage participants beyond class time. Establishing the trustworthiness of the social media site is essential to its use among low-income participants.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR}, author={Leak, Tashara M. and Benavente, Lisa and Goodell, L. Suzanne and Lassiter, Annie and Jones, Lorelei and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2014}, pages={203–208} }
 @article{bowen_mutersbaugh_2014, title={Local or localized? Exploring the contributions of Franco-Mediterranean agrifood theory to alternative food research}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1572-8366"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10460-013-9461-7}, number={2}, journal={AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Mutersbaugh, Tad}, year={2014}, month={Jun}, pages={201–213} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_brenton_2014, title={The Joy of Cooking?}, volume={13}, ISSN={1536-5042 1537-6052}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1536504214545755}, DOI={10.1177/1536504214545755}, abstractNote={ Sociologists Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton offer a critique of the increasingly prevalent message that reforming the food system necessarily entails a return to the kitchen. They argue that time pressures, tradeoffs to save money, and the burden of pleasing others make it difficult for mothers to enact the idealized vision of home-cooked meals advocated by foodies and public health officials. }, number={3}, journal={Contexts}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2014}, month={Aug}, pages={20–25} }
 @article{elliott_bowen_brenton_2014, title={Why We Need to Rethink Home-Cooked Meals}, url={https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/home-cooked-meals}, journal={National Geographic’s The Plate}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2014}, month={Oct} }
 @article{bowen_de master_2014, title={Wisconsin's "Happy Cows"? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1572-8366"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10460-014-9489-3}, number={4}, journal={AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and De Master, Kathryn}, year={2014}, month={Dec}, pages={549–562} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_leak_2013, title={Community and Family Food Environments: A Qualitative Approach to Childhood Obesity Research}, volume={45}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JNEB.2013.04.205}, DOI={10.1016/J.JNEB.2013.04.205}, abstractNote={Our project seeks to understand how the food environment affects patterns of childhood obesity. Semi-structured interviews, 3 24-hour food recalls, and baseline survey data were collected with 120 low-income mothers and grandmothers caring for children between the ages of 2 to 8. Data analysis is underway to determine key structural and cultural factors that contribute to childhood obesity, including food traditions and beliefs and the effects of family and community food environments on individual behaviors. Our findings will inform outreach efforts to develop community-driven, culturally-appropriate environmental and policy changes that increase access to healthy foods and safe places for physical activity.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, S. and Hardison-Moody, A. and Leak, T.}, year={2013}, month={Jul}, pages={S78–S79} }
 @article{bowen_leak_jones_2012, title={Assessing the Viability of Social Media as a Tool to Communicate Nutrition Information}, volume={44}, ISSN={1499-4046}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2012.03.223}, DOI={10.1016/j.jneb.2012.03.223}, abstractNote={Our goal was to determine whether social media are appropriate tools for communicating nutrition information within limited-resource populations.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Bowen, S. and Leak, T. and Jones, L.}, year={2012}, month={Jul}, pages={S89} }
 @article{bowen_2012, title={Las Indicaciones Geográficas, la Globalización, y el Desarrollo Territorial: El Caso del Tequila}, volume={18}, number={34}, journal={Agroalimentaria}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2012}, pages={91–103} }
 @article{bowen_gaytan_2012, title={The Paradox of Protection: National Identity, Global Commodity Chains, and the Tequila Industry}, volume={59}, ISSN={["1533-8533"]}, DOI={10.1525/sp.2012.59.1.70}, abstractNote={Nations and nationalism remain relevant even in the context of increased global integration. At the same time, as commodity chains become longer, more transnational, and increasingly complex, the linkages between national identity, global capitalism, and political and economic elites are evolving. In this article, we show how culture—expressed in terms of national attachment and collective heritage—is a key means by which elites assert their power along global commodity chains. Specifically, we use the tequila commodity chain as a lens for analyzing how notions of patrimony, and the attendant reliance on the language of shared collective experience, are mobilized to forward corporate agendas in the global marketplace. Focusing on the interplay between global processes and local responses, we argue that the Mexican state and tequila companies promote notions of nationalness at the expense of the agave farmers, small-scale distillers, and communities where tequila is produced. We show how three central themes are part of this process: the protection of place, the maintenance of quality, and the defense of national interests. This article illustrates how new forms of national attachments are emerging under globalization by integrating an analysis of culture into commodity chain research.}, number={1}, journal={SOCIAL PROBLEMS}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Gaytan, Marie Sarita}, year={2012}, month={Feb}, pages={70–93} }
 @article{bowen_de master_2011, title={New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice}, volume={27}, ISSN={["0743-0167"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.08.002}, abstractNote={In recent years, the European Union’s stated commitment to the principle of multifunctionality within its Common Agricultural Policy has fostered a resurgence of interest in recovering and protecting the heritage and traditions associated with local agricultural products. In spite of, or perhaps because of, the growing political and economic salience of heritage-based initiatives, however, we argue that it is important to interrogate the meanings and assumptions that underlie notions of heritage and tradition. In this paper, we use case study research from France and Poland to explore the potential contradictions associated with heritage-based food systems. While quality initiatives create essential spaces for maintaining rural livelihoods in the face of the homogenizing trends in the global agro-food system, particularly for regions where traditional agriculture has been economically marginalized, they also have the potential to undermine local specificity and privilege powerful extralocal actors at the expense of local communities. We pay particular attention to how, in practice, these initiatives may (1) reduce the diversity of available products, (2) create static notions of culture and (3) fundamentally change or distort the character of products in promoting the shift from local to extralocal markets. Our analysis suggests that a more careful investigation of heritage-based initiatives’ vulnerabilities is warranted, particularly with respect to the varied nature of local contexts. Initiatives that merely codify cultural products without taking the social-organizational context into account risk becoming little more than “museums of production.”}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and De Master, Kathryn}, year={2011}, month={Jan}, pages={73–82} }
 @article{bowen_2011, title={The Importance of Place: Re-territorialising Embeddedness}, volume={51}, ISSN={["1467-9523"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00543.x}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={4}, journal={SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2011}, month={Oct}, pages={325–348} }
 @article{bowen_2010, title={Development from Within? The Potential for Geographical Indications in the Global South}, volume={13}, ISSN={1422-2213 1747-1796}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1796.2009.00361.x}, DOI={10.1111/j.1747-1796.2009.00361.x}, abstractNote={In debates in the World Trade Organization over the protection of geographical indications (GIs), the European Union (EU) has framed its position in terms of the potential for GIs to protect local cultures, offer a quality guarantee to consumers, and provide opportunities for value‐added agriculture. A key tenet of the EU's argument is that GI schemes can be successfully implemented in developing countries as well as Europe. However, my analysis of the case of tequila shows that GIs in developing countries face unique challenges. Tequila is the oldest GI outside of Europe, and is often cited as an example of a successful GI in a developing country. Despite obvious successes in terms of its market share, however, the GI for tequila has largely failed to benefit the local population and environment. My examination of the tequila case illustrates how, throughout the history of the evolving GI legislation for tequila, influential actors have manipulated production standards in ways that contradict the theoretical concept of a GI and negatively affect the overall quality of tequila. I situate this case within the larger framework of international legislation on GIs, arguing that higher standards and a more context‐specific approach are necessary.}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of World Intellectual Property}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2010}, month={Mar}, pages={231–252} }
 @article{bowen_2010, title={Embedding Local Places in Global Spaces: Geographical Indications as a Territorial Development Strategy}, volume={75}, ISSN={["1549-0831"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1549-0831.2009.00007.x}, abstractNote={Geographical indications (GIs) are place-based names that convey the geographical origin, as well as the cultural and historical identity, of agricultural products. GIs are unique, in that they provide a means of ensuring that control over production and sales of a product stays within a local area, but at the same time they make use of extralocal markets. Although control over GIs largely rests with local actors, GIs are nested in wider regional, national, and international networks; and the passage from local to extralocal markets introduces new costs and benefits and new relations of power into the supply chain. The degree to which GI protection spurs development and protects local environmental and cultural resources depends on the structure of the GI legislation and on the territorial context in which protection is embedded. Using a commodity-chains approach, I compare two GI production systems, tequila in Mexico and Comte cheese in France, in order to develop a theory of the factors that contribute to more sustainable, equitable GI production systems. I argue that three key differences in the design of the GI schemes help to explain the varying effects of the two cases: (1) the manner in which supply-chain actors define quality, (2) the way that the GI valorizes the terroir of the region, and (3) the strength and cohesion that the collective organizing body exhibits. Moreover, the institutional and political context in which GI supply chains “touch down” plays a critical role. Contrary to a conceptualization of GIs as compatible with a purely market-oriented model, my comparison of these two cases indicates that some level of state involvement, in order to level the playing field and empower small farmers, is a necessary, although not sufficient, precondition for successful and sustainable GIs.}, number={2}, journal={RURAL SOCIOLOGY}, author={Bowen, Sarah}, year={2010}, month={Jun}, pages={209–243} }
 @article{trubek_guy_bowen_2010, title={TERROIR: A FRENCH CONVERSATION WITH A TRANSNATIONAL FUTURE}, volume={14}, ISSN={["1740-9292"]}, DOI={10.1080/17409291003644206}, abstractNote={Most people who love France seem to love it because during a visit they ate something better than they have ever eaten before. Maybe it was the dessert sorbet on the prix-fixe menu or the banal steak-frites at the corner brasserie or the flaky pastry from the boulangerie across from the hotel. Recalling his first French meal North American author Adam Gopnik writes: ‘‘It was so much better than anything I had ever eaten that I nearly wept’’ (Gopnik 148). One of the most completely reliable pleasures of France is the food. Why does France hold such a stellar culinary reputation? One answer may lie in the nation’s embrace of terroir. As you travel down any major roadway in France, it would be hard to miss the triumph of terroir, and its contribution to France’s reputation for culinary excellence. Signs displaying produits du terroir or enticing drivers to stop in yet another small town for a unique taste of the local culinary specialty are ubiquitous. Within France (and Europe, more generally), terroir has a gastronomic dimension as part of a rich patrimony of regional culinary traditions. Food seems to reflect an order locked in the French landscape and coaxed to reveal itself through Gallic savoir faire. Terroir is a powerful cultural concept that cannot be easily translated into English. While the term has come to be used to discuss the taste of varied products with links to place, its first articulations centered on French wine, where traditionally terroir is understood as the holistic combination of soil, climate, topography, and the ‘‘soul’’ of the cultivator (Wilson). A closer examination of terroir reveals a cultural history involving more than a peasant tending a patch of soil but rather many peasants in many locations, all invested in}, number={2}, journal={CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES}, author={Trubek, Amy and Guy, Kolleen M. and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2010}, pages={139–148} }
 @article{bowen_zapata_2009, title={Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila}, volume={25}, ISSN={["0743-0167"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.07.003}, abstractNote={In this paper, we use the case of tequila to examine the potential for geographical indications (GIs) to contribute to socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. GIs are place-based names (e.g., Champagne, Roquefort) that convey the geographical origin, as well as the cultural and historical identity, of agricultural products. The GI for tequila was established by the Mexican government in 1974, making it the oldest GI, and one of the best-recognized, outside of Europe. Here, we examine the social, economic, and ecological impacts that the agave–tequila industry has had on one community in tequila's region of origin, the town of Amatitán. We show that persistent cycles of surplus and shortage of agave and changing production relations in the agave–tequila industry have led to: (1) economic insecurity among farm households; (2) increased use of chemical inputs, at the expense of more labor-intensive cultivation practices; and (3) overall declines in fertilizer application, especially during periods in which there is a surplus of agave. We argue that the negative effects of the agave–tequila industry on the local economy and environment are due to the failure of the GI for tequila to value the ways in which the terroir of tequila's region of origin have contributed to its specific properties. We conclude by using this case to discuss more generally the relationship between the protection of place-based products (known collectively as geographical indications) and social and environmental sustainability.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Zapata, Ana Valenzuela}, year={2009}, month={Jan}, pages={108–119} }
 @article{trubek_bowen_2008, title={Creating the taste of place in the United States: can we learn from the French?}, volume={73}, ISSN={0343-2521 1572-9893}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-008-9175-3}, DOI={10.1007/s10708-008-9175-3}, number={1}, journal={GeoJournal}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Trubek, Amy B. and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2008}, month={Jul}, pages={23–30} }
 @article{bowen_zapata_2008, title={Designations of origin and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila in Mexico}, volume={17}, number={6}, journal={Cahiers Agricultures}, author={Bowen, S. and Zapata, A. V.}, year={2008} }
 @article{bowen_zapata_2008, title={Dénominations d’Origine et Durabilité Socioéconomique et Écologique: Le Cas de Tequila}, volume={17}, number={6}, journal={Cahiers Agricultures}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Zapata, Ana Valenzuela}, year={2008}, pages={552–560} }
 @article{bowen_gerritsen_2007, title={Reverse leasing and power dynamics among blue agave farmers in western Mexico}, volume={24}, ISSN={0889-048X 1572-8366}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S10460-007-9088-7}, DOI={10.1007/S10460-007-9088-7}, number={4}, journal={Agriculture and Human Values}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Gerritsen, Peter R. W.}, year={2007}, month={Aug}, pages={473–488} }
 @article{nowak_bowen_cabot_2006, title={Disproportionality as a Framework for Linking Social and Biophysical Systems}, volume={19}, ISSN={0894-1920 1521-0723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920500394816}, DOI={10.1080/08941920500394816}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Interdisciplinary research is capable of investigating questions that no single or independent collection of disciplines can address. This interdisciplinary approach was used to investigate why nonpoint source pollution to a lake had not changed even though the often cited social drivers of this situation had changed significantly. The concept of disproportionality was adapted to examine social and biophysical interactions at different spatial and temporal scales to address this situation. Rather than using social and biophysical variable as contextual or additive relative to each other, we examined their interactive or multiplicative effects at coarse and fine spatial and temporal scales. Limited occurrence of inappropriate behaviors in vulnerable biophysical settings resulted in disproportionate environmental impacts. The concept of disproportionality implies that the environmental meaning placed on any social behavior requires accounting for where and when it occurs in a biophysical setting, and that a few outliers can determine system performance and outcomes.}, number={2}, journal={Society & Natural Resources}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Nowak, Pete and Bowen, Sarah and Cabot, Perry E.}, year={2006}, month={Feb}, pages={153–173} }