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2009

Morton, L.W. and Chih Yuan Weng. (2009) “Getting to Better Water Quality Outcomes: The Promise & Challenge of the Citizen Effect”  Agriculture and Human Values. In special issue on Civic Engagement and Alternative Rural Development 26 (1)): 83-94

Smith, C. and L.W. Morton. (2009) “Rural Food Deserts: Low Income Perspectives on Food Access in Minnesota and Iowa” Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior  41(1):1-12

2008

Morton, L. W. (2008) “The Role of Civic Structure in Achieving Performance Based Watershed Management” Society & Natural Resources  21(9):751-766.

Morton, L.W., A. Bitto, M.J. Oakland, M. Sand. (2008) “Accessing Food Resources: Rural and Urban Patterns of Giving and Getting Food”   Agriculture and Human Values  25:107-119.

Morton, L.W., Y.C. Chen, R. Morse. (2008) “Small town Civic Structure and Intergovernment Collaboration for Public Services” City & Community  7(1): 45-60.

Morton, L.W. and C. Smith. (2008) “Accessing Food in Rural Food Deserts In Iowa and Minnesota” Great Plains Sociologist 19:57-82.

2007

Morton, L.W. and L. W. Miller. 2007 “Connecting Sustainable Agriculture to Rural Development: The Case of Pasture-Based Dairy Grazing.” Journal of Community Development 38:3:23-38.

Morton, L.W. and T. Blanchard. 2007. “Starved for Access: Life in Rural America’s Food Deserts Rural Realities” Rural Sociological Society

2006

Garasky, S., L.W. Morton , K. A. Greder. 2006. “The Effect of the Local Food Environment and Social Support on Rural Food Insecurity.” Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 1:1:83-103.

2005

Morton, L. W., E. A. Bitto, M. J. Oakland, and M. Sand. 2005. “Solving the Problems of Iowa Food Deserts: Food Insecurity and Perceptions of Civic Structure.” Rural Sociology. 70:1:94-112.

Morton, L. W. and S. Padgitt. 2005. “Selecting Socio-Economic Metrics for Watershed Management.” Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. 103:83-98.

2004

Morton, Lois Wright, Beverlyn Lundy Allen, and Tianyu Li. 2004. “Rural Housing Adequacy and Civic Structure.” Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 74(4):464-491.

Garasky, S., L. W. Morton, and K. Greder. 2004. “Food Environment Perceptions and Food Insecurity Among Rural and Urban Food Pantry Users.” Family Economics & Nutrition Review.16:2:41-48

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