Jennifer Wilkins
Extension Associate,Sr
2008
HENutrSciWeb Bio Page
Current Activities
Current Professional Activities
Director, Cornell Farm to School Program
Director, CCE Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Member, Agriculture, Food and Human Values
Member, American Dietetic Association (ADA)
Co-Chair, Advisory Committee on Public Policy, Society for Nutrition Education
Member, Society Nutrition Education (SNE)
Visiting Professor Fellow, Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (University of Gastronomic Sciences)
Current Research Activities
Impact of in-class food based nutrition education on selection in the cafeteriaQualitative assessment of motivations and benefits among food service directors from participation in farm to school programs
Nutritional difference between local and long-distance transported fruits and vegetables.
Quantitative assessment of interest and current practices related to state-grown and value-added products among New York State college and university dining directors.
Comparison of the land use requirements of the Atkins diet compared with a diet based on Food Guide Pyramid recommendations and the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.
Impact of participating in Community Supported Agriculture on long-term fruit and vegetable intake and overall diet quality among continuing, new, and low-income CSA members.
Current Extension Activities
Newspaper column, The Food Citizen, published monthly in the Albany Times UnionNewspaper column, The Food Citizen, published monthly in the Ithaca Journal
Development of a web-based farm to school toolkit for extension educators and other community leadersWeb-based Food System Education revision, "Discover the Food System"
Farm-to-School resource development, listserv communication, and web-based resources
Northeast Regional Food Guide adaptation USDA version
Professional development in farm-to-school, regional dietary guidance, community food systems and related policy
Biography
Biographical Statement
Jennifer Wilkins, Ph.D., R.D.
Senior Extension Associate
305 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Phone: (607) 255-2730
Fax: (607) 255-0178
Email: jlw15@cornell.edu
Jennifer
Wilkins joined the Division of Nutritional Sciences as a Senior Extension Associate in 1993. Her work focuses on how the food and agriculture system impacts public health, environmental sustainability, and community well-being. Degrees include: BS degree in 1978 from Huxley
College of Environmental Studies, Western
Washington University,
MS degree in 1981 from Teachers College, Columbia
University, Ph.D. in 1991 from
Washington State University,
in Nutrition and Consumer Economics, RD post-graduate dietetic residency at University of Washington Hospitals.
Shortly
after joining the Cornell faculty Jennifer conceptualized and developed the
first regional food guide in the United States, the Northeast
Regional Food Guide. This food guide promotes health, sustainability, and local
food systems. She was one of eight people selected from a national pool of over 150 for Class IV of the Kellogg Foundation Food and Society Policy Fellowship. During this 2-year fellowship (2004 to 2006) her work appeared in the media including an op-ed in the New York Times and she developed a newspaper column, The
Food Citizen which has appeared monthly in the Albany Times Union since May 2006, and in the Ithaca Journal since November 2007.
Dr. Wilkins directs the Cornell Farm to School Program, for which she received a Dannon
Institute Award for Excellence in Community Nutrition in 2003, and the
extension partnership with the New York State Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. She served as president of Agriculture, Food
and Human Values Society from 2003-2004, and served on the board of Directors
for the Society for Nutrition Education from 1994-97. She is the 2004 recipient
of the Environmental Nutrition Award from the Hunger and Environmental
Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group within the American Dietetic Association. She
has served on the Chefs Collaborative Board of Overseers and is currently a Visiting Professor Fellow at the Università degli Scienze Gastronomiche (University
of Gastronomic Sciences) in Pollenzo and Colorno, Italy.
Education
PhD 1991 - Washington State University
Nutrition and Consumer Economics
RD 1983 - University of Washington Hospitals
Clinical Dietetic Residency
MS 1981 - Teachers College, Columbia University
Nutrition Education
BS 1978 - Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington
Nutrition and Environmental Health
Administrative Responsibilities
• Director, Cornell Farm to School Program
• Director, Cornell Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
Courses, Websites, Pubs
Courses Taught
Introduction to Human Nutrition - Concepts and Controversies. Universita
Degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (University of Gastronomic Sciences), Pollenzo, Italy.
Food System Perspectives on human, environmental and
community health. Universita
Degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (University of Gastronomic Sciences), Colorno, Italy.
Related Websites
Cornell Farm to School Program The Northeast Regional Food Guide
Selected Publications
Wilkins JL. Civic dietetics: opportunities for integrating civic agriculture concepts into dietetic practice. Agriculture and Human Values Journal. 2009;26(1 and 2):57–66.
Peters CJ, Bills NL, Wilkins JL, and GW Fick. Foodshed analysis and its relevance to sustainability. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2008;23(4). Published online by Cambridge University Press 08 Dec 2008.
Wilkins JL, Peters CJ, Hamm M, Reinhardt E. Increasing Acres to
Decrease Inches: The Land Requirements of Low-Carbohydrate Diets.
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 2008;3(1):3-16.
Available online at http://jhen.haworthpress.com. © 2008 by The Haworth
Press.
Peters CJ, Wilkins JL, and GW Fick. Testing a complete diet for estimating the land resource requirements of food consumption and agricultural carrying capacity: The New York State example. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 2007;22(2):145–153. Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2007
Wilkins JL. Eating Right Here: The Role of Dietary Guidance in
Remaking Community-Based Food Systems. Chapter in: Hinrichs C and Lyson TA
(eds.) Remaking the North American Food System. 2007. Lincoln,
NE: University
of Nebraska
Press.
Roberts KS, Struble
MB,
McCullum C, Wilkins JL. Use of a risk communication model to evaluate
dietetics professionals’ viewpoints on genetically engineered foods and crops.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006;106(5):719-727.
Wilkins, JL. Eating right here: Moving from consumer to
food citizen. Presidential address to the Agriculture, Food, and Human
Values Society and the Society for the Study of Food and Society, Hyde
Park, New York,
June 11, 2004. Agriculture and Human Values. 2005;22(3):269-273.
Wilkins JL. Seeing Beyond the Package: Teaching about
the Food System through Food Product Analysis. Food, Culture, and Society.
2005;8(1):91-108.
McCullum C, Pelletier D, Barr D, Wilkins J, Habicht JP. Mechanisms of power within a community-based food security planning process.
Health Education & Behavior. 2004;31(2): 206-222.
Peters CJ, Bills N, Wilkins JL, and Smith RD. 2003. Fruit Consumption,
Dietary Guidelines and Agricultural Production in New York State: Implications for Local
Food Economies. Research Bulletin 2003-02, Department of Applied Economics and
Management, Cornell
University. http://aem.cornell.edu/research/researchpdf/rb0302.pdf
Peters CJ, Bills N, Wilkins JL, and Smith RD. 2003. Fruit Consumption,
Dietary Guidelines and Agricultural Production in New York State: Implications for Local
Food Economies. Research Bulletin 2003-02, Department of Applied Economics and
Management, Cornell
University.
http://aem.cornell.edu/research/researchpdf/rb0302.pdf