Please contact me (regalt at ucdavis dot edu) if you want any of my journal articles and cannot access them through the links below.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

Galt, Ryan E. forthcoming. Reconceptualizing farmers as pesticide users: from Homo economicus to complex subjectivities. Antipode.

Galt, Ryan E., Damian Parr, and Janaki Jagannath. forthcoming. Facilitating competency development in sustainable agriculture and food systems education: a self-assessment approach. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.

Galt, Ryan E., Susan Clark, and Damian Parr. forthcoming. Engaging values in sustainable agriculture and food systems education: toward an explicitly values-based approach. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Galt, Ryan E., Libby O’Sullivan, Jessica Beckett, and Colleen Hiner. 2012. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is thriving in the Central Valley. California Agriculture 66 (1):8-14.

Hiner, Colleen C., and Ryan E. Galt. 2011. Participation and capacity building in community visioning: NIMBYism and the politics of the rural-urban interface in Elk Grove, California. Journal of Rural and Community Development 6 (2):104–123.

Tomich, Thomas P., Sonja Brodt, Howard Ferris, Ryan Galt, William R. Horwath, Ermias Kebreab, Johan Leveau, Daniel Liptzin, Mark Lubell, Pierre Merel, Richard Michelmore, Todd Rosenstock, Kate Scow, Johan Six, Neal Williams, Louie Yang. 2011. Agroecology: a review from a global change perspective. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 36: 193-222.

Galt, Ryan E. 2011. Counting and mapping Community Supported Agriculture in the United States and California: contributions from critical cartography/GIS. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 10 (2), 131 - 162.

Galt, Ryan E. 2011. Circulating science, incompletely regulating commodities: governing from a distance in transnational agro-food networks. In Knowing nature: conversations at the intersection of political ecology and science studies, pp. 227-243, edited by Mara J. Goldman, Paul Nadasdy, and Matthew D. Turner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Galt, Ryan E. 2010. Scaling up political ecology: the case of illegal pesticides on fresh vegetables imported into the United States, 1996-2006. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100 (2): 327-55.

Galt, Ryan E. 2009. The personal is political (ecological): some reflections on five days to, in, and from Las Vegas, March, 2009. Human Geography 2 (2): 91-5.

Galt, Ryan E. 2009. Overlap of U.S. FDA residue tests and pesticides used on imported vegetables: empirical findings and policy recommendations. Food Policy 34: 468-476.

Galt, Ryan E. 2009. “It just goes to kill Ticos”: national market regulation and the political ecology of farmers’ pesticide use in Costa Rica. Journal of Political Ecology 16: 1-33.

Galt, Ryan E. 2008. Beyond the circle of poison: significant shifts in the global pesticide complex, 1976-2008. Global Environmental Change 18 (4): 786-799.

Galt, Ryan E. 2008. Toward an integrated understanding of pesticide use intensity in Costa Rican vegetable farming. Human Ecology 36 (5):655–77.

Galt, Ryan E. 2008. Pesticides in export and domestic agriculture: reconsidering market orientation and pesticide use in Costa Rica. Geoforum 39 (3): 1378–92.

Galt, Ryan E. 2007. Regulatory risk and farmers’ caution with pesticides in Costa Rica. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 32 (3): 377-394.

Zimmerer, Karl S., Ryan E. Galt, and Margaret Buck. 2004. Globalization and multi-spatial trends in the coverage of protected-area conservation (1980-2000). Ambio 33 (8): 520-529.

REFERENCE VOLUME ENTRIES

Galt, Ryan E. 2010. “Concentration.” In, Dustin Mulvaney (ed.), Green Food: an A to Z Guide. Volume 3, The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future, Paul Robbins (ed.). SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

Galt, Ryan E. 2010. “Proletarianization.” In, Dustin Mulvaney (ed.), Green Food: an A to Z Guide. Volume 3, The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future, Paul Robbins (ed.). SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

Cantor, Alida, and Ryan E. Galt. 2010. “Land grant university.” In, Dustin Mulvaney (ed.), Green Food: an A to Z Guide. Volume 3, The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future, Paul Robbins (ed.). SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

Galt, Ryan E. 2010. “Export-led development.” In Barney Warf (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography. SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

Galt, Ryan E. 2010. “Pesticides.” In Barney Warf (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography. SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

REPORTS

Galt, Ryan E., Jessica Beckett, Colleen C. Hiner, and Libby O'Sullivan. 2011. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in and around California’s Central Valley: farm and farmer characteristics, farm-member relationships, economic viability, information sources, and emerging issues. Davis: University of California.

Brodt, Sonja, Gail Feenstra, Tom Tomich, Ricardo Amon, Tim Crosby, Jamie Dean, Todd English, Ben Finkelor, Ryan Galt, Andrew Haden, Niels Halberg, Shermain Hardesty, Niels Jungbluth, Alissa Kendall, Klaas Jan Kramer, Pablo Päster, Nathan Pelletier, Rich Pirog, Steve Shaffer, Guy Shrubsole, Johan Six, Daniel Sperling, James Thompson, and Helene York. 2008. The Low-Carbon Diet Initiative: Reducing Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Food System using Life Cycle Assessment. Davis: Agricultural Sustainability Institute.

Galt, Ryan E. 2002. Agroforestry as a Tool for Biodiversity Conservation: Coffee and Cacao in Northern Latin America. A Strategic Report for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS

Galt, Ryan E. and Damian Parr, with Julia Van Soelen Kim, Libby O’Sullivan, Thea Rittenhouse, Jessica Beckett, Katie Bradley, Rasheed Hislop, Maggie Lickter, Aubrey White, Heidi Ballard, and Mark Van Horn. 2011. Lab Manual Version 3.1, CRD 20: Food Systems. University of California, Davis.

Galt, Ryan E., Damian Parr, Julia Van Soelen Kim, Jessica Beckett, Thea Rittenhouse. 2011. TA Instructions for CRD 20-Food Systems: A guide to facilitating students’ learning in lab. University of California, Davis.

Galt, Ryan E. and Damian Parr, with Julia Van Soelen Kim, Jessica Beckett, Libby O’Sullivan, Maggie Lickter, Aubrey White, Heidi Ballard, and Mark Van Horn. 2010. Lab Manual Version 3.0, CRD 20: Food Systems. University of California, Davis.

Galt, Ryan E. 2009. Lab Manual Version 2.0, CRD 20: Food Systems. University of California, Davis.

MAPS

— IN ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS —

2010. Imported Vegetables and Pesticides Series: (1) Global map of quantity of vegetables imported into the United States, by country of origin, 1996–2006 (in metric tons); (2) Global map of adverse pesticide residues detected on vegetables imported into the United States, by country of origin, 1996–2006.  In, Galt, Ryan E. 2010. Scaling up political ecology: the case of illegal pesticides on fresh vegetables imported into the United States, 1996-2006. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100 (2): 327-55.

2008. Northern Cartago and the Ujarrás Valley, Costa Rica. Galt, Ryan E. 2008. Toward an integrated understanding of pesticide use intensity in Costa Rican vegetable farming. Human Ecology 36 (5):655–77.

2008. Northern Cartago and the Ujarrás Valley, Costa Rica. In, Galt, Ryan E. 2008. Pesticides in export and domestic agriculture: reconsidering market orientation and pesticide use in Costa Rica. Geoforum 39 (3): 1378–92.

2006. Maps 1-3 of Conservation and Globalization Series (see below) were reprinted in Zimmerer, Karl S., ed. 2006. Globalization and new geographies of conservation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2004. Conservation and Globalization Series: (1) Global-scale map of the estimated coverage of protected areas, 1997; (2) Global-scale map of the percentage change of estimated protected-area coverage, 1985–1997; (3) Global-scale map of transboundary protected areas (TPAs) established by 1985 and 1999; (4) map by Margaret Buck; (5) Global-scale map of the estimated proportion of conservation area under strictly protected management, 1997; and (6) Global-scale map of the estimated proportional shift of national conservation areas in strictly protected vs. utilized management, 1985 to 1997.  In, Zimmerer, Karl S., Ryan E. Galt, and Margaret Buck. 2004. Globalization and multi-spatial trends in the coverage of protected-area conservation (1980-2000). Ambio 33 (8): 520-529.

— IN VOLUNTARY CAPACITY —

2003. Latino California Community College Students, 2003. Sacramento: Faculty Association of California Community Colleges.

— IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS, FROM REMUNERATED WORK —

2006. Conservation and Sustainable Development Focal Areas Series: (1) Southern Andes focal area, (2) Albertine Rift focal area, (3) Eastern Himalaya focal area, (4) Northern Andes focal area, (5) Madagascar focal area, (6) Lower Mekong focal area, and (7) Melanesia focal area.  MacArthur 1 (Winter 2006): 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 13.

2005. Working Locations of MacArthur Human Rights Anchor Organizations. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2005. MacArthur Foundation U.S. Grants by Congressional District, 2002 to February 2005. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2004. Initiative in the Russian Federation Series: (1) MacArthur Human Rights Grants in Russia, 2004; and (2) Russian Universities Supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2003. Northern Andes Conservation and Sustainable Development Series: (1) Northern Andes Western Corridor, (2) Ecoregions of the Northern Andes and Panama, and (3) Protected Areas of the Northern Andes and Panama. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2002. Conservation and Sustainable Development Exit Grants in Mexico. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2001. Niger Delta Conservation and Sustainable Development Series: (2) Niger Delta Ecosystems and Grantee Project Locations. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2001. Melanesian Conservation and Sustainable Development Series: (1) Conservation International’s Designations for Melanesia; (2) World Wildlife Fund’s Melanesian Ecoregions; (3) WWF’s Ranking of Biological Distinctiveness of Melanesian Ecoregions; (4) Melanesian Bird Endemism; (5) Melanesian Mammal Endemism; (6) Melanesian Coral Diversity; (7) Conservation Funding Levels in Melanesia; and (8) Melanesia Capacity Building Projects. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.

2001. Caribbean Conservation and Sustainable Development Series: (1) Conservation International’s Caribbean Hotspot; (2) World Wildlife Fund’s Caribbean Ecoregions; (3) WWF’s Conservation Priority Ratings for Caribbean Ecoregions; (4) Conservation Funding per Square Kilometer for Caribbean Ecoregions, 1998-2001; (5) Conservation Funding Gaps for Caribbean Ecoregions, 1998-2001; and (6) Grantee Projects in Relation to Important Funding Gaps. Chicago: The MacArthur Foundation.