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Exploring factors associated with free and reduced-price lunch participation in Missouri school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
entities. The analysis of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data during the last decade revealed a 10.3% in the number of reimbursable lunches served in Missouri, with a lower participation level of eligible students from southern lower...
A social network analysis of the use of social media to promote agriculture to indonesian youth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Farmer regeneration remains a big challenge for Indonesia to address food insecurity and promote sustainable agricultural development. With the issue of aging farmers, youth have the potential to become agents of change ...
Narrating disturbance : risk, power, and Mountain Pine Beetles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Beginning in the mid 1990's, an outbreak of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) in northern Colorado affected over 3.4 million acres of primarily lodgepole pine forest. Mountain Pine Beetle are native to these ...
When Walmart leaves small towns : vulnerability, food insecurity and community resilience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
is still rare. For this reason, this study is focused on addressing the impact of Walmart store closures in small towns in Missouri. The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the residents' perception of and response toward the impact...
Small-medium enterprise experiences of financial service in urban and rural settings : a phenomenological study of a changing community finance landscape and the sustainable finance narrative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Relationships between small-medium size businesses ('SME') and community banks are complex, meaningful, and often described as characteristically "opaque". This study offers a conceptual framework for exploring this ...