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Food System Science Lab (Erika Mukuta)
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The lab studies local food connections through farm stands and farmers' markets.
AboutAbout the lab
Checking local food connections on site.
Assistant Professor Mukuta of the Food System Science field specializes in food system science.
Through field studies, the lab carries out empirical research to identify the factors that allow local food systems to continue and develop.
The lab is particularly interested in economic diversification centered on farm produce stands and in the human interaction that takes place at farmers' markets.
Key terms
- Food system
- The whole chain of connections through which food is produced, processed, distributed, and consumed
- Local food system
- A system in which food production and consumption are connected within a local area
- Field study
- A research method in which researchers visit sites such as farms and produce stands and investigate through interviews and observation
ResearchResearch themes
Specializing in food system science, the lab studies how local food systems work through on-site research. It investigates the factors that allow local food systems to continue and develop.
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- Assistant ProfessorErika Mukuta
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Otago Farmers Market stalls in main carpark 13 Dec 2025” DrThneed / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Factors that sustain local food systems: “Ambrosia Farm Produce Stand ( )” Rick Obst from Eugene, United States / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Food System Studies Lab (Seiichi Sakurai)): “Produce at the USDA Farmers Market ( )” USDAgov / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Food System Studies Lab (Yukisato Yukisato)): “The combine Claas Lexion 584 in the wheat harvest” Michael Gäbler / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Resource and Environmental Economics Lab (Kosuke Kato)): “Field-agriculture-farm-grass ( )” www.Pixel.la Free Stock Photos / CC0 (cropped)
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