Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Char Miller
Reader 2
Teresa Sabol Spezio
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© 2019 Zaidee H Laughlin
Abstract
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers in Davis, California strives “to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities and ecosystems.” Through working with this organization throughout 2019, I developed a personal impression of CAFF’s organization structure and effectiveness, as well as an academic conceptualization to analyze these on a deeper level. This thesis will pursue this investigation in five sections: a) a review of existing literature and theory on both implementation gaps in policy and programming, and measures of non-profit effectiveness, b) a translation of these concepts so that they may be applicable to the small farm justice sector of California, c) an exploration of the organizational and historical context of CAFF’s work, d) an analysis of CAFF’s effectiveness on an external scale, that is, between policymakers and farmers, and e) an analysis of CAFF’s internal structure and effectiveness. In short, I find that CAFF’s programming could greatly improve by structural changes to place more of a priority on community building and social networking.
Recommended Citation
Laughlin, Zaidee H., "South of Sacramento: an Implementation and Effectiveness Analysis of Community Alliance with Family Farmers" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1509.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1509
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
