Farmworkers harvesting summer squash in Costa Rica
Food Systems and Sustainability Lab

Galt Lab

Gwyneth Manser , M.S.

Gwyneth Manser , M.S.

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Position Title
Ph.D. Candidate

Bio

Gwyneth Manser is a Geography Ph.D. student. She holds a Master of Science in Geography from Portland State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Emory University. Her work broadly focuses on food and agricultural systems, cultural geography, consumption, and health, and her dissertation research examines the form, function, and impact of rules and regulations at farmers markets in the State of Oregon. Other recent projects include neighborhood food access and student food insecuritya comparison of urban agriculture in Portland, Oregon and Montréal, Québeclocal food system network mapping; and an analysis of the health impacts of University exclusive beverage contracts. She occasionally tweets @gwynethmanser.

Who we are

We are a group of researchers looking at how to make agriculture and food systems more just and sustainable. We study the ways that political, economic, and social structures influence the resiliency and fairness of our food systems throughout the value chain from production to consumption. Our work has a particular emphasis on California and Latin America.