All Outputs (6)

Radical Legal Geographies of the Food Desert Spatial Imaginary (2024)
Book Chapter
Zurawski, E., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Radical Legal Geographies of the Food Desert Spatial Imaginary. In C. Hammelman, C. Z. Levkoe, & K. Reynolds (Eds.), Radical Food Geographies: Power, Knowledge and Resistance (120-135). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529233445.ch007

Sitting at the intersection of food systems scholarship and radical geographies, a radical food geographies (RFG) praxis tackles questions of power and assemblies of oppression to work towards direct action for social change (Levkoe et al, Chapter 1;... Read More about Radical Legal Geographies of the Food Desert Spatial Imaginary.

Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies (2024)
Journal Article
Engle, E. W., Larkins, M., Bratman, E., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 14, 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00952-y

The imperative to (re)center diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) touches nearly every aspect of higher education today. The multidisciplinary fields of environmental studies and sciences (ESS) are no exception; mired in questions of land... Read More about Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies.

Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia (2024)
Book Chapter
Engle, E. W., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia. In M. Hendryx (Ed.), Sustainable Development and Rural Public Health: From Fossil Fuels to Greener Futures (165-178). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62509-1_13

In the past century, economies and livelihoods in the rural United States have undergone rapid changes, driven by various global and local processes. These processes have contributed to growing inequalities in many areas across both the urban and rur... Read More about Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia.

U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, A. (2024). U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare. Professional Geographer, 76(6), 692-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2024.2351845

Produce prescriptions are nutrition incentive programs that focus on specific populations diagnosed with chronic diseases. Since 2010 these programs have multiplied across the United States, with much of this growth attributed to expanded federal fun... Read More about U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare.

The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, A. K. (2024). The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(6), Article 103775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103775

Produce prescription programs (PPPs) are place-based interventions at the intersection of public health and local food advocacy. These programs have expanded significantly across the United States since 2010, particularly taking off in the state of W... Read More about The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs.

Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production (2023)
Book Chapter
Massey, A. D., & Higgins, A. (2023). Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production. In M. W. Patterson, & N. Hoalst-Pullen (Eds.), The Geography of Beer: Policies, Perceptions, and Place (341-348). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39008-1_26

Unlike its place-oriented cousin, wine, beer production has a complicated relationship with geographic concepts of place and scale. The act of brewing and beer itself both simultaneously exhibits qualities of placelessness and rootedness. Therefore,... Read More about Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production.