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NEW Food Access Map
No full textWhere can you find food locally? Do all areas of the community have adequate access to food? These questions were answered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension in Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Door Counties for the Green Bay area through a research project and the resulting NEW Food Access Map. Brown County and neighboring counites provide food and nutrition assistance to local residents. Part of the assistance provided is directing people to local resources where they may obtain food. An important aspect of ensuring people are able to obtain food is to know where there may be gaps in individual consumer access to the local food system.
The map contains the locations where food is distributed to the consumer in Northeast Wisconsin (NEW). It provides current locations and operational details for grocery stores, ethnic grocery stores, farmers markets, community gardens, food pantries, meal sites, and stores that except Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card payments. EBT cards are the means used by those with limited income to purchase food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. EBT is accepted at a variety of stores, including convenience stores, dollar stores, grocery stores, specialty food stores, and other stores that sell food to make at home. The NEW Food Access Map was developed to enable consumers to get directions, hours of operation, website, and other information.
The map is maintained by UW-Madison Extension with partners and volunteers from the communities ensuring that the information that is provided is current and accurate. This has enabled Extension to accurately show where there is limited access to food. Some of the data contained on the NEW Food Access Map is available through state and national sources. However, the data from these sources is less accurate than local knowledge, released months or years after it is collected, or is provided in a format that is not user friendly for the local food consumer. The NEW Food Access Map addresses these issues by providing all of the consumer distribution points, is continually updated by local observers, and by illustrating the consumer food distribution system in a format that can provide travel directions on a computer or smartphone
“I’m a Human Being, I Deserve Better:” Understanding Black Women’s Experiences with Selective Dignity Violations as Tenured Faculty at Predominantly White Academic Workplaces
Get PDFA larger narrative inquiry study regarding professional identity development revealed that Black women experienced selective dignity violations as tenured faculty at predominantly White academic workplaces
Does Neurodiversity Have a Place in Adult Education’s Discussion of Diversity and Social Justice?
Get PDFThis literature review explores the place of neurodivergent adults in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging policies and practices and the relationship between neurodiversity and social justice initiatives in adult education
Una Conversación con Cafecito y Pan Dulce: Engaging with Convivencia Testimonial in Adult Educational Research
No full textConvivencia Testimonial (CvT), what is it, how is it applicable in adult educational research and what are its implications? We explore this topic through a discussion via empirical research
Under Their Wing: A Case Study of Caring Adults Who Support Homeless Youth
Get PDFDespite many risk factors, few interventions exist to support youth who are homeless. Theories of resilience and social capital offer support for the development of a school-appointed, homeless, student advocate program. However, these theories do not offer a process or description of activities or qualities of an advocate. This case study is used as an initial step in intervention development. A one-time, focus-group was utilized as a purposeful sample of individuals experienced with supporting homeless youth will be used to create a framework for practice. This study asked the following questions: What is a programmatic framework for a school-appointed homeless advocate program? And what are the qualities and activities of advocate for homeless youth? The findings indicate that what is most important is the qualities that the advocate possesses: who they are, rather than what they do. A framework was developed that demonstrates that the qualities of the individual are the foundation of the advocate, and these qualities cause them to activate others and complete activities focused on the youth, to increase the well-being of the homeless youth
Online Recruitment of Qualitative Study Participants: Lessons Learned
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic contributed to an increase in online recruitment of research participants as in-person interactions were limited. For quantitative and self-administered surveys, fraud and bot detection methods have been initiated to verify intended participants. However, there is limited information on participant authentication during recruitment process for qualitative studies. This study aimed to describe the recruitment and verification process for focus groups and interview participants for two qualitative studies. Participants were recruited through social media, emails, and snowball sampling online. All participants for both studies were screened based on the eligibility criteria. In the first project, 134 respondents met the eligibility criteria. Among those eligible, 46% were suspected to be fraudulent (i.e., fake identity or posed as meeting inclusion criteria when they do not) and up to 39% did not show up for their scheduled focus groups. Suspected participants were identified during screening and identification stage prior to the focus groups. In the second project, 102 respondents met the eligibility criteria for one of the samples; however, 54% of respondents were suspected to be fraudulent. In the second sample, 211 respondents met the eligibility criteria and 88% were suspected to be fraudulent. Additional protocols, such as ReCAPTCHA, ID checks, monitoring recruitment during social media posts, were initiated to further authenticate participants. This paper highlights the challenges of virtual and online recruitment strategies. Findings emphasize the need for researchers to put in place effective and innovative strategies to recruit and authenticate study participants
Sapere Aude – Dare to Be Wise: Mohammad R. Torabi
Get PDFSapere Aude – Dare to Be Wise is a unique editorial conversational interview-type feature. It is an attempt to deep dive into an Academy members’ background, formative experience, and education – specifically, to extract factors that contributed to their development and evolution as a professional, as well as their success as a prominent researcher in the health behavior arena. Every Academy member selected has a different story to tell and numerous models for success will emerge from this exploration of the membership
East Central Kansas Experiment Field: Field Station Weather Reports: 2023 Growing Season
Get PDFThis report includes the annual summary of precipitation and temperatures from 2023 at the research locations represented in the 2024 Field Research Report and further details about the east central Kansas location
Historic Insect Losses in Kansas Cotton and Observations from Finney County
Get PDFTwenty years of insect data from Kansas cotton production illustrated the variety of pests that can cause significant yield loss. During a typical growing season, a producer can expect three to five species to need control measures. Thrips, cotton fleahoppers, and lygus bugs are of the most concern; however, losses due to bollworm are steadily increasing following years of control with Bt cotton. No control measures were needed during the 2021 growing season in cotton research plots in Finney County; however, most major pest species were observed along with some species of occasional concern
Hard Red Winter Wheat Variety—KS Bill Snyder
Get PDFKS Bill Snyder, a hard red winter wheat variety, was developed by the wheat breeding program at the Agricultural Research Center-Hays, Kansas State University and released by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 2023. KS Bill Snyder was selected from a single cross of KS11HW15/KS060476-M-6 using a modified bulk breeding method. KS Bill Snyder is an F4-derived line and has been tested in yield trials from 2018 to 2023 in Kansas before its release. It has performed well in both dryland and irrigated yield trials in western Kansas and surrounding regions. KS Bill Snyder has a medium maturity and medium-short stature. It has good grain shattering tolerance, and very good straw strength and winter hardiness. KS Bill Snyder also has a good disease-resistant package including resistance to stripe rust and soilborne mosaic virus; moderate resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus, leaf rust, and powdery mildew; and intermediate resistance to stem rust, Triticum mosaic virus, and barley yellow dwarf virus. Its test weight, milling qualities, and baking qualities are all above average