- Phone:
- (812) 856-0969
- Email:
- jafarmer@indiana.edu
- Room Number:
- 410H
- Areas of Interest:
- Community food systems and sustainable agriculture ,
- Natural resources and protected areas conservation/sustainability ,
- Environmental and sustainable behavior ,
- Rural landscapes and people
Education
- Ph.D., Indiana University, 2009
- M.S., Indiana University, 2006
- B.S., Indiana University, 2000
Biography
Dr. James Farmer is a sustainable behavior and decision-making researcher with interest in community food systems and natural resources sustainability. He focuses on individuals’ choice-making that lead to sustainable resource usage, such as landowner decisions to place conservation easements on private lands and farmers’ adoption of organic management practices. Farmer co-directs the IU Campus Farm and convenes the Human Dimensions Lab. His interdisciplinary and applied approaches have him collaborating with scholars from biology to anthropology and professionals such as farmers and food advocates.
Selected Works
- “Climate change impacts and urban green space adaptation efforts: Evidence from U.S. municipal parks and recreation departments,” (with Y. Chang, S.L. Dickinson, S.M. Robeson, B.C. Fischer, H.L. Reynolds), Urban Climate, (September 2021)
- “Socioeconomic threats are more salient to farmers than environmental threats,” (with K. Waldman, S. Giroux, et al), Journal of Rural Studies, v86, 508-17, (August 2021)
- “Product Diversification, Adaptive Management, and Climate Change: Farming and Family in the U.S. Corn Belt,” (with J.C.D. Valliant, A.B. Bruce, M. Houser, S.L. Dickinson,) Frontiers in Climate, (June 2021)
- “Food after the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Case for Change Posed by Alternative Food: A Case Study of the American Midwest,” (with J. Robinson, L. Mzali, D. Knudsen, R. Spiewak, S. Suttles, A. Babb, et al.), Global Sustainability, (February 3, 2021)
- “Are climate risks encouraging cover crop adoption among farmers in the southern Wabash River Basin?” (with L. Yoder, M. Houser, A. Bruce, A. Sullivan), Land Use Policy, (March 2021)
- “Farm Seeker Needs Versus Farm Owner Offers: A comparison and Analysis in the U.S. Midwest and Plains,” (with J.D. Valliant, S. Dickinson, Y. Zhang, L. Golzarri-Arroyo), Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, (Winter 2019-20)
- “Fostering farm transfers from farm owners to unrelated, new farmers: A qualitative assessment of farm link services,”(with J.D. Valliant, K. Ruhf, J. Brooks, K.D. Gibson), Land Use Policy, 86, 438-447 (July 2019)
- “Using high tunnels to extend the growing season and improve crop quality and yield: assessing outcomes for organic and conventional growers in the U.S. Midwest,”(with A. Bruce, L. Maynard, L., J.C.D. Valliant), International Journal of Agricultural Management, 8(2), 45-55 (2019)
- “Accessing Local Foods – SNAP Households and Financial Incentives at a Recreation-Focused Midwestern Farmers' Market,” (A. Babb, S. Minard, M. Veldman), Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(4), 1-26 (2019)