FARRYL MW BERTMANN, PHD, RDN, CD

MY RESEARCH

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FOOD SECURITY & NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

INCLUSIVE APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION

GLOBAL FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE

BRIEFS & PUBLICATIONS

in 2020

Please see my CV to explore publications and presentations from previous years.

November 2020

COVID-19 IMPACTS ON FOOD SECURITY AND SYSTEMS: A THIRD SURVEY
OF VERMONTERS

Food insecurity in Vermont has fluctuated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as our previous research (March/April and May/June) suggested. This research brief shares food access and food security experiences and perspectives during late summer and early fall (August/September 2020) among a new sample of 600 Vermonters.

August 2020

COVID-19 AND FOOD INSECURITY IMPACTS: A FOLLOW UP VERMONT STUDY

This brief report details the results from a follow-up survey of 1,236 Vermonters in June 2020, after an initial survey in March/April 2020 focused on the impact of COVID-19 on food access and security.

August 2020

FOOD AND JOB INSECURITY IN VERMONT DURING COVID-19 INFOGRAPHIC

This infographic details the summary results from a second Vermont survey on food and job insecurity in Vermont during COVID-19 in March and June 2020.

July 15, 2020

THE EARLY FOOD INSECURITY IMPACTS OF COVID-19

Niles, M.T.; Bertmann, F.; Belarmino, E.H.; Wentworth, T.; Biehl, E.; Neff, R. The Early Food Insecurity Impacts of COVID-19. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2096.

June 2020

FOOD ACCESS THROUGH SCHOOL MEALS AND FOOD PANTRIES DURING COVID-19: EARLY FINDINGS FROM VERMONT

This brief summarizes survey findings and respondent comments about experiences with two programs during the early weeks of the pandemic: the National School Lunch Program (school meals) and food pantries.

June 2020

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM: EARLY FINDINGS FROM VERMONT FROM VERMONT

This brief summarizes survey findings and respondent comments relevant to the local food system, specifically local farms and direct-to-consumer sales, home food production, foraging, hunting, and fishing.

June 2020

EARLY COVID-19 IMPACTS ON FOOD RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS: CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES FROM VERMONT

This brief summarizes survey find-ings and respondent comments about food retail and restaurants.

April 2020

THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON VERMONTERS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY

This brief is part of a three-part series highlighting the results from an online survey launched in Vermont on March 29th (less than a week after the order to “Stay home, stay safe”) through Front Porch Forum, social media ads, media coverage, and community partners.

April 2020

FOOD ACCESS AND SECURITY DURING CORONAVIRUS: A VERMONT STUDY

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected people across the globe, disrupting food access and security.

April 2020

EMPLOYMENT AND FOOD DURING CORONAVIRUS

Between March 15th and April 11th, more than 78,000 Vermonters filed unemployment claims, with a projected unemployment rate of 22.9%.3 This brief includes the experiences and perspectives of food and coronavirus specifically for Vermonters who have been furloughed, had a loss of hours or income, or lost their job.

NFACT: NATIONAL FOOD ACCESS AND COVID RESEARCH TEAM

The National Food Access and COVID research Team (NFACT) is a collaboration of researchers across 15 states exploring the impact of COVID-19 on food access, food security and food systems. NFACT research is examining these impacts across local, state, regional and national levels and is integrating data to explore outcomes and impacts across scales. NFACT is committed to rigorous, comparative, and timely food access research during the time of COVID. We do this through collaborative, open access platforms and research that prioritizes communication to key decision-makers while building our scientific understanding of food system behaviors and policies.