Jennifer Blecha

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2007

Specialties:

Food justice, urban agriculture, waste and waste prevention, public policy, critical animal geographies, feminist and critical race geographies,

Contact Information

Phone:

(415) 405-2495

Office:

HSS 265

Office Hours:

On leave AY20-21

Email:

jblecha@sfsu.edu

Courses Taught:

The Human Environment

Transforming Food and Ag Systems

Agriculture and Food Supply

Environmental Problems and Solutions

Geography of Garbage and Waste Reduction

Seminar in Cultural Geography: Human & Social Geography

Biography

Recent publications:

Blecha, J. (2015). Regulating backyard slaughter: Strategies and gaps in municipal livestock ordinances. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 33–48.

Blecha, Jennifer, and Helga Leitner. "Reimagining the food system, the economy, and urban life: new urban chicken-keepers in US cities." Urban geography 35.1 (2014): 86-108.

Blecha, Jennifer, and Adam Davis. "Distance, proximity, and freedom: Identifying conflicting priorities regarding urban backyard livestock slaughter."Geoforum 57 (2014): 67-77.

CV:

Blecha CV - Aug 2015.pdf

Geography & Environment Undergraduate Programs

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Jennifer Blecha

Contact Information

Biography

Blecha CV - Aug 2015.pdf