Journal Articles

Spang, E. S., L. C. Moreno, S. A. Pace, Y. Achmon, I. Donis-Gonzalez, W. A. Gosliner, M. P. Jablonski-Sheffield, M. A. Momin, T. E. Quested, K. S. Winans, and T. P. Tomich. (2019).  Food Loss and Waste: Measurement, Drivers, and Solutions. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol 44. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033228.

Mabe, L., S. Pace, and E.S. Spang. (2022) A cluster-based spatial analysis of recycling boundaries aligning anaerobic digestion infrastructure with food waste generation in California. Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances. 15, 200113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200113

Winans, K., E. Marvinney, A, Gillman, E. Spang. An Evaluation of On-Farm Food Loss Accounting in Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Four California Specialty Crops. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. (2020). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00010

Kendall, A., E. S. Spang. (2019). The role of industrial ecology in food and agriculture's adaptation to climate change.  Journal of Industrial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12851

Gillman, A., D. C. Campbell, E. S. Spang. (2019). Does on-farm food loss prevent waste? Insights from California produce growers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 150:104408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104408

Spang, E.S.,  B. D. Stevens. (2018). Estimating the Blue Water Footprint of In-Field Crop Losses: A Case Study of U.S. Potato Cultivation. Sustainability 2018, 10(8), 2854; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082854

Albornoz, K. Zhou, J., Yu, J., Beckles, D.M. (2022). Dissecting Postharvest Chilling Injury through Biotechnology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 78: 102790, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102790. 

Rotta, N. M., S. Curry, J. Han, R. Reconco, E. Spang, W. Ristenpart, I. R. Donis-Gonzalez. A comprehensive analysis of operations and mass flows in postharvest processing of washed coffee. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling. Volume 170. (2021).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105554

Shipman, E., Yu, J. Zhou, J. Albornoz, K., Beckles, D.M. (2021). Can gene editing reduce postharvest loss and waste? Horticulture Research. 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00428-4. 

Zhou, J., Chen, B., Albornoz, K., Beckles, D.M. (2021). Postharvest handling induces changes in fruit DNA methylation status and is associated with alterations in fruit quality in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Scientia Horticulturae 283(1):110090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110090.

Meagher, K. D., A. Gillman, D. C. Campbell, E. S. Spang. Relational and Logistical Dimensions of Agricultural Food Recovery: Evidence from California Growers and Recovery Organizations. Sustainability 2020, 12 (15), 6161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156161

Escribano, S., N. Sugimoto, A.J. Macnish, W.V. Biasi, and E.J. Mitcham. 2016. Efficacy of liquid 1-methylcyclopropene to delay ripening of ‘Bartlett’ pears. Postharvest Biol. Technol. (in press).

Tomich, T. P., S. B. Brodt, R. A. Dahlgren, and K. M. Snow (Eds.) (2016), The California Nitrogen Assessment: Challenges and Solutions for People, Agriculture, and the Environment, Univ. of Calif. Press, Oakland, Calif.

The effects of climate change on groundwater extraction for agriculture and land-use change. Ernst Bertone Oehninger,. C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, James N. Sanchirico, and Michael R. Springborn. University of California at Davis. August 2016

Diehl, D. C., N. L. Sloan, J. K. Brecht, and E.J. Mitcham. 2015. What factors do retailers value when purchasing fruits? Perceptions of produce industry professionals. Journal of Food Distribution Research, 46(3): 81-91. Nham, N.T., S.T. de Freitas, A.J. Machnish, K.M. Ca

Wiriyaphanich, T., J.X. Guinard, E. Spang, G. A. Challamel, R. T. Valgenti, D. Sinclair, S. Lubow, E. Putnam-Farr. Food Choice and Waste in University Dining Commons—A Menus of Change University Research Collaborative Study. Foods 2021, 10(3), 577; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030577

Kurzer, A., T. Wiriyaphanich, C. Cienfuegos, E. Spang, J. Guinard. (2020)  Exploring fruit’s role in dessert: The Dessert Flip and its impact on university student acceptance and food waste. Food Quality and Preference, Vol 83. doi: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2020.103917

Gosliner, W., T. Delaney, S. Caldwell, J. M. Lee,  N. Billups, S. Floor. (2019). The Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of California's Inaugural Food Waste Prevention Week.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000896

Napawan N. Claire, Ellen Burke, and Sahoko Yui. (2017) “Women’s Work: An Eco-Feminist Approach to Environmental Design,” Avery Review 27.

Feenstra G and Campbell D. Local and Regional Food Systems. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, University of California, Davis, USA. 2016

Napawan, N. C. (2015). “Productive Place: Evaluating Communally-Managed Urban Farms as Public Space,” Landscape Journal. 

Kaiser L, Lamp C, Ganthavorn C, Farfan-Ramirez L, Behar M, Cantwell M, Hardesty S. 2015. UCCE efforts improve quality of and demand for fresh produce at WIC A-50 stores. Calif Agr 69(2):105-109.

Scherr R, Cox R, Feenstra G, Zidenberg-Cherr S. 2013. Integrating local agriculture into nutrition programs can benefit children's health. Calif Agr 67(1):30-37.

Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health Charlotte Biltekoff. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013.

Zong R, Cantwell M, Morris L. 1993. Angled luffa, bitter melon, fuzzy melon, yard-long bean… Postharvest handling of Asian specialty vegetables under study. Calif Agr 47(2):27-29.

Sinrod, A. J. G., X. Li, M. Bhattacharya, B. Paviani, S. C. Wang, D. Barile. A second life for wine grapes: Discovering potentially bioactive oligosaccharides and phenolics in chardonnay marc and its processing fractions. LWT - Food Science and Technology. Volume 144. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111192

Risner, D., M. L. Marco, S. A. Pace, E. S. Spang. The Potential Production of the Bioactive Compound Pinene Using Whey Permeate. Processes 2020, 8(3), 263. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8030263

de Moura Bell, J. M. L. N., J. L. Cohen, L. F.M.C. de Aquino, H. Lee, V. L. de Melo Silva, Y. Liu, P. Domizio, D. Barile. (2018). An integrated bioprocess to recover bovine milk oligosaccharides from colostrum whey permeate.  Journal of Food Engineering 216: 27-35.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.07.022

Cohen, J.L., D. Barilea, Y. Liu, J. M. L. N. de Moura Bell. (2017). Role of pH in the recovery of bovine milk oligosaccharides from colostrum whey permeate by nanofiltration. International Dairy Journal 66: 68-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2016.10.016

de Moura Bell, J. M. L. N., L. F. M. C. Aquino, Y. Liu, J. L. Cohen, H. Lee, V. L. de Melo Silva, M. I. Rodrigues, D. Barile.  Modeling lactose hydrolysis for efficiency and selectivity: Toward the preservation of sialyloligosaccharides in bovine colostrum whey permeate. (2016). Journal of Dairy Science 99(8): 6157-6163. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11065

de Moura Bell,  J.M.L.N.,  J. L. Cohen, M. Geissler, D. Barile, C.W. Simmons. (2015).  Agricultural Wastes: Characteristics, Types and Management. 978-1-63482-376-0. Current Utilization of Dairy Industry Co-products. Camille N. Foster (editor in chief).

Assessment of tomato and wine processing solid wastes as soil amendments for biosolarization. Waste Manag. 2016 Feb;48:156-164. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.10.022. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Assessment of tomato and wine processing solid wastes as soil amendments for biosolarization. Waste Manag. 2016 Feb;48:156-164. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.10.022. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Characterization of bacterial communities in solarized soil amended with lignocellulosic organic matter. Applied Soil Ecology. Volume 73, January 2014, Pages 97-104.

Mehra, R., D. Barile , M. Marotta, C. B. Lebrilla, C. Chu, J. B. German. (2014). Novel High-Molecular Weight Fucosylated Milk Oligosaccharides Identified in Dairy Streams. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96040. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096040

Lee, H., B. German, R. Kjelden, C. B. Lebrilla, D. Barile. (2013). Quantitative Analysis of Gangliosides in Bovine Milk and Colostrum-Based Dairy Products by Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2013 61 (40), 9689-9696 DOI: 10.1021/jf402255g