Category: UF/IFAS Research

National Meat Week: UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Research Explores Consumer Preferences for Specialty Goat Meat

by Alena Poulin and Meri Hambaryan

February 3, 2023

This year, Meat Week began on January 29 and runs until February 5. To celebrate, we are highlighting some recent research from the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department focused on understanding consumer perception of goat meat as a ... READ MORE

Dr. Olesya Savchenko named 2022-2023 Global Fellow by UF International Center

by Alena Poulin

January 17, 2023

Dr. Olesya Savchenko, assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics, was recently awarded a Global Fellowship from the University of Florida International Center to conduct environmental economics research into invasive plant management ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Food And Research Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Research

Research by FRE associate professor Di Fang cited in White House Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

by Alena Poulin

December 15, 2022

The Biden Administration released the White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September 2022, citing research by FRE associate professor Di Fang. Fang’s research, conducted while at the University of Arkansas ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: COVID-19, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Research, Food Insecurity, Food Is Our Middle Name, Mental Health, Policy

FRE Faculty Member Di Fang explores impact of COVID-19 on food insecurity among SNAP program users through new research grant.

by Alena Poulin

August 17, 2022

Food and Resource Economics associate professor Di Fang will be using agricultural economic research to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and nutritional outcomes for those using Supplemental Nutritional Assistance ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Food, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Research

Restaurant Customers value sustainability in seafood and are willing to pay more for it, UF Researchers say.

by Alena Poulin

July 19, 2022

Highlights Consumers prefer seafood entrees more transparent information at casual and fine dining restaurants. Country of origin was unimportant, showing customer choices at restaurants differ from those made at grocery stores. Consumers ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Featured, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Research, Seafood, Seafood Sustainability, Special Topics, Sustainability, UF/IFAS Research

World Ocean Day: Food and Resource Economics Research on Marine Economies Promotes Ocean Sustainability

by Alena Poulin

June 8, 2022

First proposed by Canada at the Earth Summit in 1992, World Ocean Day began being coordinated by the Ocean Project in 2002 as an annual international effort on June 8 to bring awareness to issues regarding the protection and restoration of ocean ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Fishery Sustainability, Food & Economics Research, Food And Resource Economics, FRE Research Highlights, Marine Economics, Ocean Sustainability, Sustainability

Do Plastic Warning Labels Reduce Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Plastic Egg Packaging? New FRE research study finds out.

by Alena Poulin

May 25, 2022

Reducing plastic waste is often proposed as an action item when it comes to sustainability. Since product packaging makes up almost the largest category of plastic waste (41%) in the United States, it makes sense that looking at alternative ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Food & Economics Research, Food And Resource Economics, Student Research, Sustainability

FRE Student’s Research on Economic Impact of Florida’s Waterways

by Savannah Linzmaier

May 25, 2021

In 2018, FRE Ph.D. student, Fei He was awarded a Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) Grant to support her project, "Water resources and human society: educating Floridians about the value of water resources". Since then, Fei has been hard ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Graduate, Research, Uf/ifas, Water

Congratulations Dr. Joao Ferreira, William H. Miernyk Research Excellence Medal Recipient

by Savannah Linzmaier

April 20, 2021

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Joao Ferreira on receiving The William H. Miernyk Research Excellence Medal! This award is sponsored by the Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University and is awarded annually to an eligible author ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Awards And Recognition, Food And Resource Economics, Medal, Paper, Research

Value of GMO Labels for Consumers

by BLOGS.IFAS

October 23, 2017

In the future, food could bear one of the two labels that will tell consumers whether it contains genetically modified (GM) ingredients. Will these labels influence what consumers value when making a food purchase and will the labels change ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research,

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