“We cannot know everything, nor can we survey power as if we can fully understand, control and redistribute it. What we may be able to do is something more radical: to inscribe into our research practices some absences and fallibilities while recognizing that the significance of this does not rest entirely in our own hands” (Gillian Rose, 1997, 319)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Publications

Pesci, S., J. Durant, R.E. Galt., G.M. Manser, L. Asprooth, N. Pinzón. 2024. “Online tools helped direct market farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but resources are needed for equitable adoption.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.133.020 

Pesci, S., R.E. Galt, J.L. Durant, G.M. Manser, L. Asprooth, N. Pinzón. 2023. “A digital divide in direct market farmers’ online sales and marketing: early pandemic evidence from California.” Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103038

Haring, S., S. Pesci, G.M. Manser, M. Cooper. 2023 “Rethinking scientists’ ongoing participation in “feeding the world.”” Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1174704/full

Durant, J.L., L. Asprooth, Galt, R.E., S. Pesci, G.M. Manser, N. Pinzón. 2023. “Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of California direct market farmers.” Agricultural Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103532

Pesci, S., and C. Brinkley. 2021. “Can a Farm-to-Table Restaurant Bring about Change in the Food System?: A Case Study of Chez Panisse.” Food, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2021.1948754.

Brinkley, C., G.M. Manser, and S. Pesci. 2021. “Growing Pains in Local Food Systems: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis on Local Food Marketing in Baltimore County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania.” Agriculture and Human Values. doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10199-w.

Manuscripts in preparation

Pesci, S. and R.E. Galt. “A digital technology treadmill?: California’s Alternative Food Networks in the face of market digitalization.” Manuscript in preparation for Economic Geography.

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Other publications and reports

Blog posts

Pesci, S. 2023. A digital divide: California’s direct market farmers and market digitalization. Just Rural Futures. https://open.substack.com/pub/justruralfutures/p/a-digital-divide-californias-direct?r=2s6h41&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Pesci, S., Ugarte, E.. 2020. “Vulnerable and Undervalued: ICE Threatens to Disrupt the Lives of International Students in the U.S.” Medium, July 10, 2020. https://medium.com/@spesci/vulnerable-and-undervalued-ice-threatens-to-disrupt-the-lives-of-international-students-in-the-u-s-3dff44b0b2b8

Pesci, S. 2020. “Reflections on capitalist agriculture, slow death, and care amidst the coronavirus crisis.” Medium, May 16, 2020. https://medium.com/@spesci/reflections-on-capitalist-agriculture-slow-death-and-care-amidst-the-coronavirus-crisis-321f0bdb383c

Summary of findings reports

Pesci, S., Galt, R., Reyes, E. 2023. California’s direct market farmers’ use of online sales and marketing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research findings report. https://asi.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5751/files/inline-files/Pesci%20Galt%20Reyes%202023%20Report%20Farmers%20Online%20During%20Covid19.pdf