CUISINE, AGRICULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
June 9-12, 1994
Westward Look Resort
Tucson, Arizona
Including annual meetings of the
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the
Association for the Study of Food and Society
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Thursday, June 9
REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN
PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS
RECEPTION
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Friday, June 10
REGISTRATION
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Consumer Expectations and Sustainable
Farming, David Cleveland, People, Food, and Environment,
Tucson AZ
************CONCURRENT SESSION 1************
1. PANEL: NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND CULTURAL DOMINATION: HEALTH
ISSUES IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
Jan Elliott, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida
Carmen Downing
Angelo Joaquin, Native Seed/SEARCH, Tucson AZ
Aleta Montiel
2. ACCULTURATION AND CHANGING FOOD HABITS
Elements of a Cuisine: The Maintenance of Food Habits and
Change, Tahire Kotrk , Nutritionist, National Food
Administration, Uppsala, Sweden
Diet Diversity in Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans and
Puerto Ricans, Laura Kettel Khan, Division of Nutritional
Sciences, Cornell University, and Reynaldo Martorell, School
of Public Health, Emory University
Assessment of Food Habits and Behaviors of Chinese Students at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Mia M. Moore-Armitage
and Chih-Hung B. Chiu, Department of Food and Nutrition,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Food Coding Consistency, Ann Hertzler, Department of
Nutrition, Health and Food, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
3. NUTRITION INTERVENTION
Ethnic Differences in Expectations of Head Start's Food and
Nutrition Services Among Parents and Other Family
Caregivers, Jill Armstrong and Yi-Tzu Liu, Department of
Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State
University
Differences in Fat Consumption Among Older Adults Following
Participation in Colon Cancer Prevention Programs, Martina
M. Cartwright, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Wanda H.
Howell, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of
Arizona
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Breastfeeding
Support Project, Laura Aldag and Linda Houtkooper,
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cooperative Extension
Service, University of Arizona
4. PANEL: FOOD, SOCIAL VALUES, AND THE FUTURE:
INTERDISCIPLINARY CRYSTAL- GAZING
Food, the Family, and the Future, Wm. Alex McIntosh,
Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Harvest Gathering: An Alternative for the Future, Laura B.
DeLind, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State
University
Biotechnology and the Future, TBA
"Fortified" Restaurants and Diversity in Restaurant Kitchens
of the Future, Jo Marie Powers, Hotel and Food
Administration, University of Guelph
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Angelo Joaquin, Native Seed/Search, Tucson AZ
************CONCURRENT SESSION 2************
5. VALUES, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY
New Wine and Old Bottles: Why the Biotechnology Revolution in
Agriculture Won't Hold Up as Value-Neutral Science, Philip
T. Shepard, Lyman Briggs School, Michigan State University
Conflicting Interests, Ethics, and Bovine Growth Hormone,
Thomas Imhoff, Departm ent of Philosophy, California State
University, Chico
Now That We Have the Delaney Clause, Where Do We Go From Here?
Paul B. Baker, De partment of Entomology, University of
Arizona
Is a Shift to Biological Insect Management Compatible with
Sustainable Agricultu re? Bacillus Thuringiensis in a
Multitoxin Approach as a Case Study, Kendra J. Golden, Peter
DeKay, and Kevin Gibson, Biology Department, Whitman College
6. HEALTH BELIEFS AND FOOD CHOICE IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG
ADULTS
An Application of the Health Belief Model in the Prediction of
Body Fat and Body Mass Index in Adolescents, J.D. Andling,
Department of Animal Science, Wm. Alex McIntosh, Department
of Sociology, and K.S. Kubena, Department of Animal Science,
Texas A&M University
Differences in Food Choice Influences Between Male and Female
Young Adults, Beth Stewart, Department of Nutritional
Sciences, University of Arizona
A Missing Link in the Freshman Ten Puzzle, Lynne Smiley,
Student Health Service, University of Arizona
7. PUBLIC POLICY AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Do Typical Survey Questions About Food Safety Issues Overstate
the Public's Concerns? Arthur Sterngold, Lycoming College,
Rex H. Warland, and Robert O. Herrmann, Pennsylvania State
University
Attitudinal Change as a Consequence of Food Policy Education
at the Rural/Urban Interface, John R. Moulton, Jo Ann Smith,
and Audrey N. Maretzki, Cooperative Extension Service,
Pennsylvania State University
Second Wave Natives and the Public Range: Community Narratives
in Idaho Ranching Communities, Aaron J. Harp, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of
Idaho.
8. SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD CHOICE
Consumer Perceptions of Organic Produce, Ed Sparling, Karen
Wilken, and John McK enzie, Departments of Agricultural and
Resource Economics and Food Science and Human Nutrition,
Colorado State University
Content Analysis of French-Canadien Food Television
Advertisements, L. Dub and A. Letarte, Nutrition
Department, School of Medicine, Universit de Montral
Development of a Model for Study of Food Consumption Patterns
of Native Americans, Dorothy Z. Price and David W. Price,
College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Washington State
University
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Saturday, June 11
************CONCURRENT SESSION 3************
9. CUISINE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Sustaining Local Food Production into the 21st Century: The
Development of a Student Organic Farm at Rutgers University,
Michael W. Hamm, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
University
Cross-Cultural Dietary Patterns: A New College Course, Mary K.
Head and Wendy L. Stuhldreher, Division of Family Resources,
West Virginia University
A Multicultural Culinary Experience, Gladys Earl, Food and
Nutrition Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Teaching Agricultural Ethics to Science Faculty, Gary
Comstock, Department of Philosophy, Iowa State University
10. FOOD AND NUTRITION AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS: SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONIST PERSPECTIVES
The Sociology of Food and Nutrition Problems: Objectivist and
Constructionist Perspectives, Jeffery Sobal, Division of
Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, and Donna Maurer,
Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale
Never Too Rich or Too Thin: Constructing the Social Problem of
Anorexia Nervosa, Karen Way, Department of Sociology,
American University, Washington DC
Meat as a Social Problem: Rhetorical Strategies in the
Vegetarian Literature, Donna Maurer, Department of
Sociology, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
The Success of Hunger as a Social Problem, Janet E.
Poppendieck, Center for the Study of Family Policy, Hunter
College, CUNY
11. CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF FOOD
Food Supply and Dietary Habits of Semi-Nomads and Nomads in
Algeria, Ahmed Idouraine, A.M. Tinsley, and C.W. Weber,
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona
Women Cultivating Change: Non-Domesticated Food in Thailand's
Agricultural Northeast, Geraldine Moreno and Prapimorn
Somnasong, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon
Chinese Food: Communicating with Unusual Ingredients,
Jacqueline M. Newman, Home Economics Department, Queens
College, CUNY
Tomato Paste, Bottle Caps, and Gauchos: Cultural Practices of
Food Preservation Among Cooperatives in Uruguay, Beth
Knisely-Tucker, Coconino County Cooperative Extension
Service, Flagstaff AZ
12. PANEL: COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE: AN ALTERNATIVE
FOOD SYSTEM
Gail Feenstra, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program, University of California, Davis
Joan Gussow, Teachers College, Columbia University
Dorothy Blair, Department of Nutrition, Pennsylvania State
University
Cheryl Jacobson, S&J Farms, Chino Valley AZ
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES:
Do We Need A New -- An Agricultural -- Ethic? Gary Comstock,
Department of Philosophy, Iowa State University
Can We Feed Ourselves -- Well? Mia M. Moore-Armitage,
Department of Food and Nutrition, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
************CONCURRENT SESSION 4************
13. PANEL: LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS: THE ROLE OF FOOD
POLICY COUNCILS
Seeds of Change: Towards a Food Policy Council in Los Angeles,
Andy Fisher, Food Policy Group, Venice CA
Who's Going to Save Farmers and Farmland? Kate Clancy,
Department of Nutrition and Food Service Management,
Syracuse University
Food Policy Councils: The Experience of Five Cities and One
County, Kenneth Dahlberg, Department of Political Science,
Western Michigan University
14. FOOD SECURITY AND INSECURITY
Methodological Issues in Food Security Research, Sharron
Cristofar, Food and Nutrition Service, Alexandria VA
Rekindling Community: The Development and Growth of an Urban
Gardening and Nutrition Program in New Brunswick, New
Jersey, Michael W. Hamm, Department of Nutritional Sciences,
Rutgers University, Marc Winokur, Monique Baron, and William
T. Hlubik, Middlesex County (NJ) Cooperative Extension
Service
Nutritional Quality of Protein Blends Fed to Children in a
Poor Area of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Figueredo, Charles
Weber, Pete Kohlhepp, Ralph Price, Ahmed Idouraine, and
Wanda Howell, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University
of Arizona
A Study of Nutritional Status of India's Children and Women: A
Sociological Perspective, Kandarpa Kr. Barman, Department of
Economics, Gauhati University, Assam, India
15. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Transnational Food Corporations and Financial Hegemony: The
Effect of Capital Resource Dependency on Transitional
Developing Countries' Agricultural Markets, Jackie Burns,
Wm. Alex McIntosh, and Mary Zey, Department of Sociology,
Texas A&M University
1992 -- The Death of Diversity and the Ensuing Celebration:
The Ideology of Food as an Agent of Change, Jan Elliott,
Department of Philosophy, University of Florida
15a. PANEL: METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN EVALUATING
MULTICULTURAL DIETS
Ann Hertzler, Department of Nutrition, Health and Food,
Virginia Polytechnic Ins titute and State University
Jacqueline Newman, Home Economics Department, Queens College,
CUNY
************CONCURRENT SESSION 5************
16. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: GENDER, FOOD, AND SOCIETY
Moderator: Amy Bentley, American Studies Program, University
of Colorado
17. WORKSHOP: A SYNTHETIC MODEL FOR CONCEPTUALIZING THE ENTIRE
FOOD SYSTEM
Moderator: Bill Whit, Department of Sociology, Aquinas College
18. NUTRITION AND NATIVE FOODS
Nutritional Value of Tree Legumes from the Southwestern United
States and Northern Mexico, Charles Weber, Pete Kohlhepp,
Ahmed Idouraine, and Wanda Howell, Department of Nutritional
Sciences, University of Arizona
Buffalo Gourd Seed Nutritional Value and Possible Usage for
Human Consumption, Abdul Fellah, Pete Kohlhepp, Ahmed
Idouraine, Wanda Howell, and Charles Weber, Department of
Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona
Nutritive Value and Potential Use of Mexican Hawthorn Fruits,
D. Graue Obscura, A. Idouraine, and C.W. Weber, Department
of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona
Nutritional Value of Native Foods Consumed by the Tohono
O'Odhan People, Radziah Ariffin, Charles Weber, Department
of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Gary Nabhan,
Native Seeds/Search, Pete Kohlhepp, and Wanda Howell,
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona
TOUR AND DINNER AT BIOSPHERE 2
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Sunday, June 12
************CONCURRENT SESSION 6***********
19. FOOD AND COMMERCE
Case Vignettes of Healthy Food Entrepreneurs Seeking to Create
Social Change, Wayne J. Smeltz, School of Business, Rider
College
Food Service Managers' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Food
Safety Education, Training, and Regulation, Donna Logan,
Department of Animal Science, Wm. Alex McIntosh, and
Michelle E. Morat, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M
University
20. PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD CHOICE
Healthy Meals, William Hart, Sydney Morrow, Tami Maug, and
Melissa Graziano, Dep artment of Dietetics, St. Louis
University
Understanding Affective and Cognitive Bases of Food
Preferences and Selection: A Prerequisite for Promotion
Effectiveness, L. Dub and I. Cantin, Nutrition Department,
School of Medicine, Universit de Montral
21. SUSTAINABILITY AND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION
Local vs. Distant Food Production: Environmental Costs of the
Year-Round Tomato, Chris Peters and Michael Hamm, Department
of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
Regional Food Guidance: A Tool for a Sustainable Food System,
Jennifer L. Wilkins and Ardyth Gillespie, Division of
Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
************CONCURRENT SESSION 7************
22. OBESITY IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
Resistance and Compliance: Fat, Successful Professional Women
and the Stigma of Overweight, Myra Dinnerstein, Women's
Studies, University of Arizona
The Medicalization of Fatness and the De-medicalization of
Obesity, Jeffery Sobal, Division of Nutritional Sciences,
Cornell University
23. PANEL: LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN
Dave Campbell, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program, University of California, Davis
Gail Feenstra, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program, University of California, Davis
Steve Stevenson, Center for Integrated Agricultural Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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CONFERENCE COSTS:
Registration: AFHV and ASFS members $60
Nonmembers $75
Student $40
Private tour and dinner at Biosphere 2, June 11 $40
Preconference tours $30
Make checks payable to: CASC Conference
Mail to: Cuisine, Agriculture and Social Change Conference,
c/o Ann Tinsley, 309 Shantz Building, University of Arizona,
Tucson AZ 85721
MEETING SITE:
Conference headquarters will be the Westward Look Resort, at
the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson.
The 80-acre Westward Look complex includes three swimming
pools, five lighted tennis courts, a fitness center and nature
trail, and two restaurants. It is one of Tennis Magazine's Top
50 resorts and has a rating from the American Automobile
Association.
LODGING:
A block of rooms is being held for reservations at the
Westward Look Resort. Participants must make their own
reservations. Contact Westward Look Resort, 245 East Ina Road,
Tucson AZ 85704; phone (602) 297-1151 or (800) 722-2500.
Reservations at Westward Look must be made by May 8, 1994.
Mention the conference name to reserve a room at the
conference rate of $65/night (single or double, or 2 adults
and 2 children). Westward Look will honor the conference rate
for post-conference stayovers.
Westward Look Resort is located on the north edge of the
Tucson area, about 10 minutes from I-10 and 40 minutes from
the Tucson International Airport. We recommend that conference
participants who do not stay at Westward Look arrange for
ground transportation to and from t he conference site.
TOURS:
Pre-conference tours will visit the Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum, the border city of Nogales, and the mission San Xavier
del Bac. Each tour is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Thursday, June 9.
FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ann Tinsley
309 Shantz Building
University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721
(602) 621-1534