Jennifer Meta Robinson
Food Systems Research, selected
$13,028,000+ in grant funding as PI and Co-PI
USDA Sustainable Agriculture and Research
Brent Ross, PI and Jennifer Robinson et al Co-PIs.
“Building Resilience to Shocks and Disruptions: Creating Sustainable and Equitable Local and Regional Food Systems in the US Midwest Region and Beyond.”
$10,000,000.
OPEN POSITION: Project coordinator to manage all aspects of a large federally-funded (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA)) and multi-institutional Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant program. The goal of the project is to build local and regional food systems that are resilient to multiple shocks (such as pandemics, climate change, and foodborne pathogens) and safeguard nutritutional security as well as productivity. The selected individual will report to the Project Director. Remote friendly. Full description.
Bibliography
Images and Voices
Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter
Jennifer Meta Robinson and James Farmer. Indiana University Press, 2017
Why Local, Why Now?--Chapter 1
Growing Capacity--Chapter 5
Systems Approach--Chapter 6
The Farmers' Market Book: Growing Food, Cultivating Community
Jennifer Meta Robinson and J.A. Hartenfeld (2007)
Best Books of Indiana finalist
The Bloomington Farmers' Market--Chapter 3
Market Customers--Chapter 4
Market Vendors--Chapter 5
Market Generations--Chapter 6
New Farms, New Farmers--Chapter 7
Teaching Environmental Literacy
Eds. Heather Reynolds, Eduardo Brondizio, and Jennifer Robinson (2012)
Using Authentic Science in Climate Change Education
Rebecca Jordan, Amanda E. Sorensen b, Rachael Shwomb, Jennifer Meta Robinsonc, Cynthia Isenhourd, Steven Graye, Mary Nuccif, and Diane Ebert-Maye. Applied Environmental Education & Communication (2018).
Integrating the Social Sciences to Enhance Climate Literacy.
Shwom, R., C. Isenhour, R. C. Jordan, A. M. McCright, J. M. Robinson. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2017).
Making the Land Connection: Local Food Farms and Sustainability of Place.
Jennifer Meta Robinson. In The Greening of Everyday Life: Challenging Practices, Imaging Possibilities. Ed. by Jens Kersten and John M. Meyer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. 198-210.
Farmers' Markets, CSAs, and the Privilege in Eating Local.
James R. Farmer, Charles Chancellor, Jennifer M. Robinson, Stephanie West & Melissa Weddell (2014) Agrileisure, Journal of Leisure Research, 46:3, 313-328, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2014.11950328.
Soil as Home
My creative writing in sense of place.
Awarded an Indiana Arts Commission grant
The IU Campus Farm
