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Accessing Virginia’s Restaurant Market Sector: Fresh Produce Food Safety Considerations
Vallotton, Amber D.; Battah, Alexandra; Knox, Ryan; Vargo, Adrianna; Archibald, Thomas G.; Boyer, Renee R.; Cook, Natalie E.; Drape, Tiffany A. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2017-11-17)
Despite the growing demand and support for local food, there can often be significant barriers for growers trying to tap into new markets, given specific food safety expectations, policies, and requirements. This trend is particularly true for institutional buyers, who are often constrained by far-reaching institutional and/or corporate policies. While there are lots of market opportunities in Virginia, navigating the landscape for growers can be daunting, since buyer food safety requirements are not a “one size fits all” standard for all markets. To better understand current expectations and perceptions across multiple market sectors in Virginia, and help producers better align their on-farm practices with these marketplaces, the Fresh Produce Food Safety Team conducted a state-wide market assessment survey in 2015-2016. The purpose of this factsheet is to provide you with the results of that work, especially if you are considering selling produce to restaurants.
Adaptive Leadership: How to Prioritize and Align Emerging Issues
Kaufman, Eric K. (2017-02-08)
Adaptive leadership focuses on the adaptations required in response to changing environments, which essentially describes the role of the 21st Century Extension professional. This workshop will outline the model of adaptive leadership and introduce the leader behaviors associated with adaptive work. Participants will practice categorizing issues as either technical or adaptive challenges, and they will explore appropriate strategies for responding to both.
Administrator’s Perspectives on the Environmental Factors Facing Cooperative Extension
Elliott-Engel, Jeremy; Westfall-Rudd, Donna M.; Seibel, Megan M.; Kaufman, Eric K.; Radhakrishna, Rama (American Association for Agricultural Education, 2020-02-02)
Extension is a complex organization with a mission to deliver research from the Land-Grant University to all U.S. communities. Extension administrator perspectives of the environmental factor changes that are facing the organization were investigated in this qualitative study to inform the direction for organization adaptation. Extension needs to respond to: shifts in funding and clientele demographics. Organization adaptation can cause long-term stakeholders to fear loss and therefore can act against the organization. Administrators need to be responsive to traditional stakeholder concerns to reduce shifting focus friction and achieve organization adaptation, and further survival.
Aligning the residential college model with priorities of large institutions
Kaufman, Eric K. (2017-09-25)
The Gallup-Purdue Index gives us valuable insight into the experiences in college that improve well-being in life after college, specifically highlighting things such as mentoring relationships, caring professors, and enthusiasm for learning. However, many colleges and universities struggle to create the environment for these high impact experiences to flourish. Some have suggested that small, liberal arts institutions are the answer, but what does that mean for large, public research universities? The “Oxbridge” residential college model provides an answer. Much of the literature on the residential college model is in the context of a “liberal arts” education, which emphasizes specific disciplines (e.g., the humanities), but the residential college model is more appropriately aligned with a “liberal education,” which the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) describes as “an approach to college learning that empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change.” The AAC&U goes on to explain that a liberal education “helps students develop a sense of social responsibility; strong intellectual and practical skills that span all major fields of study, such as communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; and the demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings.” While some have reduced the residential college model to a liberal arts perspective, the model directly aligns with Abraham Lincoln’s priorities for public higher education that produced our nation’s land grant universities. The residential college model supports growth and development of the whole student, and it enhances and it expands the potential for learning and career preparation beyond conventional living-learning programs. This session will highlight key components of the residential college model, offer examples of implementation at large, public research universities, and connect the model to priorities for improving higher education as a whole. Participants will be able to: (1) align the residential college model with priorities identified by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U); (2) identify marketing messages that resonate with key stakeholders for large, public institutions; and (3) discuss specific strategies for expanding the breadth of support for the residential college model.
Balancing the Work / Life Equation: Enjoying the Merits of a Marginal Life
Kaufman, Eric K. (2019-02-19)
Guest lecture for ALCE 4044.
Balancing the Work / Life Equation: Loving Who You Are and Who You Are With
Kaufman, Eric K. (2017-02-01)
Presentation for the ALCE Graduate Student assembly.
Better meetings through guerilla facilitation and humble inquiry
I survived another meeting that should have been an email. You too?!? If you are tired of meetings that are simply reporting sessions or, worse yet, seem to have no point at all, this workshop is for you. We will apply Ed Schein's wisdom of "humble inquiry" to meeting planning and facilitation. While this session will explore considerations with simple strategies, like purpose-driven meeting agendas, we will also tackle the challenge of keeping a meeting on track when someone else is in charge.
Brain-based learning: A synthesis of research
Bellah, Kimberly; Robinson, J. Shane; Kaufman, Eric K.; Akers, Cindy; Haase-Wittler, Penny; Martindale, Lynn (North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2008-06-01)
The purpose of this study was to synthesize research as it relates to brain-based learning and its relevance to the agricultural education profession. Through a comprehensive literature review, brainbased studies were analyzed to create a historical timeline of the discipline, investigate teaching principles, articulate relevance, and identify potential future implications for agricultural education. The holistic approach to learning in agricultural education programs presents a ripe environment for action research with brain-based learning practices. Professional development with agricultural educators may be needed to further encourage and support comprehensive studies that investigate the precepts of brain-based learning.
Building a Leader-Follower Culture: The Nexus Between Transformational Leadership and Effective Followership Behaviors
Alegbeleye, Ibukun Dami; Kaufman, Eric K. (Association of Leadership Educators, 2019-07-08)
Leadership scholars have often used the catchphrase ‘he who must be a good leader must first be a good follower’ to a great extent, and in so doing, have suggested a positive relationship between leadership and followership behaviors. This assumption remains untested. In this session, we will present findings from 100 middle managers across the US.
Building leaders using centers for instructional leadership: Coaching model provides support for all
Schiavino-Narvaez, Beth; Kaufman, Eric K.; Schuermann, Patrick J.; Cannon, Mark D. (National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2020-04-01)
Coaching for Improvement: Developing the DoDEA Coaching Model
Kaufman, Eric K.; Schuermann, Patrick J.; Cannon, Mark; Coartney, Jama S.; Mitra, Shreya; Anderson, James (2019-07-09)
The International Coach Federation defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” While the concept of coaching is nothing new, it is gaining ground in new settings, including educational leadership. As a practical illustration, we highlight the transformative approach of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) towards restructuring its worldwide school system. DoDEA’s approach included formation of Centers for Instructional Leadership, and the work of those centers depends upon effective coaching. This paper describes the professional learning that contributed to emergence of the DoDEA Coaching Model.
Courageous Followership and Intelligent Disobedience
Kaufman, Eric K. (2021-02-05)
Courageous Followership offers a new model for the follower role that provides dynamic support for leaders but does not hesitate to constructively speak truth to power. Similarly, the concept of Intelligent Disobedience provides guidance for conscious decision-making when faced with an order than may be inappropriate. This workshop will be an introduction to these complementary frameworks, as well as related resources, like the handbook on Intelligent Disobedience for Children.
Creating and Connecting Champions for Diversity in the Geosciences: Hearts of GOLD
Dixon, P. Grady; Quardokus Fisher, Kathleen; Myles, LaToya; Brinkworth, Carolyn; Kaufman, Eric K.; Simmons, Denise R. (American Meteorological Society, 2019-01-08)
Improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the geosciences requires a multi-level effort that builds knowledge and skills across the community at various stages of career development and progression. The Hearts of GOLD effort (GOLD: Geo Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity) focuses on professional-development for established scientific leaders in the geosciences, to give them the content knowledge, tools, and skills needed to become champions of change for DEI. By targeting scientists who are actively engaged and well-respected in the field, the project seeks to connect and expand the cohort of diversity champions who have power to make significant cultural shifts in their institutions, professional organizations, and across the geosciences community. Through professional development sessions called “GOLD Institutes,” participants engaged in facilitated sessions led by the Knapsack Institute. The GOLD Institutes were completed in July 2017 and July 2018 and hosted a total of 38 participants representing 27 institutions or organizations. Participants were nominated by colleagues, directors or deans, past students or mentees, or by themselves. Additionally, some participants were nominated by alumni of the 2016 NSF GOLD Ideas Lab, where the Hearts of GOLD effort was initially proposed. Results of the GOLD Institutes are currently being analyzed to determine the effects of the methods, and numerous experiences and insights will be shared to advance DEI strategies in the geosciences.
Developing scientists as champions of diversity to transform the geosciences
Quardokus Fisher, Kathleen; Kaufman, Eric K.; Calagna, Oriana; Myles, LaToya; Brinkworth, Carolyn; Simmons, Denise R.; Dixon, P. Grady (2019-06-13)
To address complex geoscience questions, communities with a variety of experiences and perspectives are needed in local workplaces and institutions across academia and government. To achieve this goal, geoscience needs leaders who are champions of diversity and who have positive attitudes toward others and act upon these attitudes to become change agents in advancing diversity and creating inclusive environments. We established a professional development workshop, Geo Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD) Institutes, to provide geoscience leaders with the tools and skills necessary to be self-reflective of their own ideas and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in their respective institutions. Our objective was to equip senior geoscientists, who are at the core of local communities of practice (CoPs), with knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion theories and practices to lead change across the discipline. In this preliminary report, we investigate institute participants’ perceptions of allophilia (love of the other) and identify actions taken by senior geoscientists to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within local CoPs. Results indicate that senior geoscientists who participated in the institute had high scores on the allophilia scale and took steps to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into their day-to-day activities, and in a few cases created new workplace support structures for diversity and inclusion. Future work will build on these results by refining professional development opportunities that target the needs of geoscience champions of diversity.
Double Play: The Need for 4-H to Partner in Youth Sports
Martin, Perry D.; Kaufman, Eric K. (Extension Journal, Inc., 2017-10-19)
Fewer children in the United States are playing team-based sports, and the trend is making national headlines. While there is no complete agreement as to the predominant reason for this trend, it is clear that a national conversation on this problem has begun, and Cooperative Extension holds the potential for getting kids back in the game. At its core, this conversation is about the healthful development of our children and their advancement as contributors to society. Cooperative Extension has decades of experience creating a "playbook" for youth development, and it is time to put that playbook into action.
Eco-Leadership Among County 4-H Programs: Relationship to Success and Best Practices for Organizations
Kaufman, Eric K.; Cletzer, D. Adam (International Leadership Association, 2018-10-25)
At the turn of the century, society began to move from a more mechanistic understanding of leadership to a more ecological one. The ecological approach to leadership is characterized by collective decision-making, collaboration, shared leadership, and grassroots organization. This study used an explanatory, sequential, mixed methods design to explore the nature of the relationship between how 4-H associations engage in leadership and organizational learning and programmatic success.
Effecting Change through Storytelling
Grace, Patricia E.; Kaufman, Eric K. (2013-02-05)
There is evidence that the American agrifood system is a significant contributor to environmental, economic, social, and ethical-animal welfare damage to the earth and to society and is unsustainable, yet the worldview of a substantial percentage of the population conflicts with this assessment. A significant number of researchers, non-governmental organizations, and government entities assert that the detrimental effects of industrial agriculture must be addressed without delay and sustainable agricultural practices implemented. Attempting to change a worldview is not an easy task. A growing body of research in other disciplinary areas suggests that storytelling can serve as an effective method of fostering change. This mixed-methods study examines the role of storytelling in effecting positive change in worldview and attitudes toward sustainable agriculture. The study explores the effects of Story-based versus Information-based treatments on such change. The hypothesis of the study is that Story-based treatments will be more effective in promoting positive change than will Information-based treatments. The findings of the study provide evidence supporting this hypothesis. The story characteristics found to be associated with positive change included: first-hand personal view, vivid description, and identification with the story narrator.
Effective leadership through humble inquiry
Kaufman, Eric K. (Joint Council of Extension Professionals, 2018-04-09)
Although the public generally looks to Cooperative Extension for answers, we also need to engage in leadership, and “leadership is not as much about knowing the right answers as it is knowing the right questions” (Tiede, 2013, p. 2). “People have the inherent capacity to solve their own problems and that social transformation is within the reach of all communities" (Kellogg Foundation, 2009). There is a need to prepare volunteers, civic leaders, and elected and appointed officials to be the force for positive change within their communities. Research supports this notion that community leaders need to be involved in the decision-making process and problem solving to help organize and develop their communities. Furthermore, Extension professionals want to explore the opportunities for collaborations and partnerships, yet they are unsure how. This session will highlight the practice of “Humble Inquiry” and connect it directly to the work of Extension. According to Ed Schein (2013), “Humble Inquiry is the fine art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building a relationship based on curiosity and interest in the other person” (p. 2). In addition to Schein’s (2013) book, “Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling,” this session will draw upon practical experience and related literature, such as Michael Marquardt's (2014) book, “Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask,” and David Marquet's (2012) book, “Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders.” Participants will engage in conversation about how the principles can be applied in their work with educational program participants, advisory groups, administrators, program partners, potential donors, and more.
The effects of affect: How implicit facial expressions impact explicit projections of transformational leadership
Clegorne, Nicholas; Hanks, Sarah; Friedel, Curtis R.; Kaufman, Eric K. (Association of Leadership Educators, 2014-07-14)
This study sought to explore the following questions: 1. Do a leader's facial expressions have an impact on students’ opinions of the leader? 2. Is there a relationship between universally accepted human facial expressions and leadership factors within the Full Range of Leadership Model (particularly Transformational Leadership)?
Establishing an effective Extension Leadership Council
Kaufman, Eric K. (2018-01-22)
Webinar for Prince Edward County Extension Leadership Council, Farmville VA

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