Melissa Schumacher
Biographic Data
| ID | 7550575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Schumacher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Schumacher |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUMACHER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de las Américas Puebla |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0494-3589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Neoliberal Urban Development vs. Rural Communities
Since the 1980s, the municipality of San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, has been a territory with constant clashes between its rural population and the official land use policy. In this context, the rural community and its millenary bio-cultural traditions have collided with neoliberal political and economic interests, new urbanism, and land speculation, commodification of local culture and privatization of the public space. The above-mentioned facts re…
Community-based nutrition education and hands-on cooking intervention increases farmers’ market use and vegetable servings
Objective: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants’ reported farmers’ market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families. De…
La figuración del paisaje de Cholula a través de la mirada de Alexander von Humboldt
In 1894, Alexander von Humboldt made a series of measurements from the top of the Great Tlachihualtépetl Pyramid in Cholula. Humboldt's vision of landscape inspired such “respect” in him that it was reflected in his travel chronicles through the American continent. Humboldt was a pioneer in integrating geo-botany as a visual and landscape analysis tool, understanding the unity of nature as a “whole” with different scales and levels of analysis. F…
Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption
Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviours. Secondary objectives were to examine factors that affected participant retention and program completion, and analyse program feedback provided by participants. Design: This study conducted a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised controlled trial of the M2M…
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La figuración del paisaje de Cholula a través de la mirada de Alexander von Humboldt
In 1894, Alexander von Humboldt made a series of measurements from the top of the Great Tlachihualtépetl Pyramid in Cholula. Humboldt's vision of landscape inspired such “respect” in him that it was reflected in his travel chronicles through the American continent. Humboldt was a pioneer in integrating geo-botany as a visual and landscape analysis tool, understanding the unity of nature as a “whole” with different scales and levels of analysis. F…
Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption
Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviours. Secondary objectives were to examine factors that affected participant retention and program completion, and analyse program feedback provided by participants. Design: This study conducted a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised controlled trial of the M2M…
Neoliberal Urban Development vs. Rural Communities
Since the 1980s, the municipality of San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, has been a territory with constant clashes between its rural population and the official land use policy. In this context, the rural community and its millenary bio-cultural traditions have collided with neoliberal political and economic interests, new urbanism, and land speculation, commodification of local culture and privatization of the public space. The above-mentioned facts re…
Community-based nutrition education and hands-on cooking intervention increases farmers’ market use and vegetable servings
Objective: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants’ reported farmers’ market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families. De…
Geography (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Nutrition Education (2 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cartography (1 work)