In this paper I critically analyze the local food movement in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. I argue that the local food movement is a response to a global, industrialized neoliberal food system. Consumers...
Bruno, Maria C. Beyond Raised Fields: Exploring Farming Practices and Processes of Agricultural Change in the Ancient Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andes. American Anthropologist 116, no. 1 (2014): 130-145....
For more information on the published version, visit Cambridge's Website., Biogas digesters convert waste matter into a natural gas-like fuel and a nutrient-rich digestate by-product. This digestate has the potential to be used...
Pawley, Emily. Cataloging Nature: Standardizing Fruit Varieties in the United States, 1800–1860. Business History Review 90, no. 3 (2016): 405-429., For more information on the published version, visit Cambridge University...
Few if any of us working with archaeological plant remains 30 years ago dreamed that a chenopod could by now have achieved Supergrain status in the popular food world. Back then, North American chenopod was considered a lowly...
Maria Bruno is a professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Dickinson College. , Bruno, Maria C. "Farmers' Experience and Knowledge: Utilizing Soil Diversity to Mitigate Rainfall Variability on the Taraco Peninsula,...
In the United States, current crop production often favors simplified rotations of maize and soybeans in conjunction with a heavy reliance on synthetic inputs that consequently degrade environmental health and increase...
Horn flies are a common pest to cattle in agroecosystems resulting in economic losses of hundreds of millions (USD) to farmers annually. Their populations can be controlled through the use of insect growth regulators (IGRs),...