Through my research, I honor the memory of my grandmother Helen Gordon, an educator and desegregation advocate who grew up on a family farm in Western Nebraska that failed in the Dust Bowl
Academic Publications
Klein, AO, Carlisle, L, Lloyd, MG, Sayre, NF, Bowles, TM. 2023. Understanding farmer knowledge of soil and soil management: A case study of 13 organic farms in an agricultural landscape of northern California. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 48:1, 17-49, doi: 10.1080/21683565.2023.2270451.
Thompson, JB, Symonds, J, Carlisle, L, Iles, A, Karp, D, Ory, J, Bowles, TM. 2023. Remote sensing of hedgerows, windbreaks, and winter cover crops in California’s Central Coast reveals low adoption but hotspots of use. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1052029. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1052029.
Carlisle, L, Esquivel, KE (co first author), Baur, P, Ichikawa, NF, Olimpi, EM, Ory, J, Waterhouse, H, Iles, A, Karp, DS, Kremen, C, Bowles, T. 2022. Organic vegetable farmers face persistent structural barriers to adopting diversification practices in California's Central Coast. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, doi: 10.1080/21683565.2022.2104420
Chapman, M, Wiltshire, S, Baur, P, Bowles, T, Carlisle, L, Castillo, F, Esquivel, K, Gennet, S, Iles, A, Karp, D, Kremen, C, Liebert, J, Olimpi, EM, Ory, J, Ryan, M, Sciligo, A, Thompson, J, Waterhouse, H, Boettiger, C. 2022. Social-ecological feedbacks drive tipping points in farming system diversification. One Earth, 5: 1-10.
Carlisle, L, Esquivel, KE (co first author), Ke, A, Olimpi, EM, Baur, P, Ory, J, Waterhouse, H, Iles, A, Karp, DS, Kremen, C, and Bowles, T. 2021. The 'sweet spot' in the middle: why do mid-scale farms adopt diversification practices at higher rates? Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5:734088, doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.734088
Carlisle, L. 2020. Activating neighborliness frames: Drawing on culturally relevant discourses of community to build a stronger and more diverse environmental movement. Frontiers in Communication 5(7), doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2020.00007
Carlisle, L, de Wit, MM (co first author), DeLonge, MS, Iles, A, Calo, A, Getz, C, Ory, J, Munden-Dixon, K, Galt, R, Melone, B, Knox, R, and Press, D. 2019. Transitioning to sustainable agriculture requires growing and sustaining an ecologically skilled workforce. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3, 96. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00096
Carlisle, L, de Wit, MM, DeLonge, MS, Calo, A, Getz, C, Ory, J, Munden-Dixon, K, Galt, R, Melone, B, Knox, R, Iles, A and Press, D. 2019. Securing the future of US agriculture: The case for investing in new entry sustainable farmers. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 7, 17.
DeLonge, M, Miles, A, and Carlisle, L. 2017. Triggering a positive research and policy feedback cycle to support a transition to agroecology and sustainable food systems. Journal of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 41(7), 855-879.
Carlisle, L. 2016. Factors influencing farmer adoption of soil health practices in the US: A narrative review. Journal of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 40(6): 583-613.
Carlisle, L. 2016. Making heritage: The story of Black Beluga agriculture on the northern Great Plains. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 106(1): 130-144.
DeLonge, M, Miles, A, and Carlisle, L. 2016. Investing in the transition to sustainable agriculture. Environmental Science & Policy 55(1): 266-273.
Carlisle, L. 2015. Audits and agrarianism: The moral economy of an alternative food network. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 3: 66 doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000066
Carlisle, L. 2014. Diversity, flexibility, and the resilience effect: Lessons from a social-ecological case study on the northern Great Plains. Ecology and Society 19(3): 45.
Carlisle, L. and Miles, A. 2013. Closing the knowledge gap: How the USDA could tap the potential of biologically diversified farming systems. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 3(4): 219-225.
Carlisle, L. 2013. Critical agrarianism. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 29(2): 135-145
Sayre, N, Carlisle, L, Huntsinger, L, Fisher, G, and Shattuck, A. 2012. The role of rangelands in diversified farming systems: Innovations, obstacles, and opportunities in the US. Ecology and Society 17(4): 43.