This is a collaborative research project awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) to George Washington University (GWU). The $305,000 grant will fund a 2-year study that examines how decisions in the food industry, particularly by multinational companies, influence the movement of people, animals, and resources into rural areas of the United States. The research will explore questions related to land use, location decisions, labor policies, and the impacts of the protein industry supply chain in two specific U.S. regions. The project will utilize a mixed methods approach combining participant observation, ethnographic interviews, and analysis of secondary data. No sub-awards are planned. The research aims to provide practical and translatable findings to inform local constituencies about these industry dynamics and their social, economic, and environmental implications.
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