As a natural resource and environmental economist, Dr. James Ji emphasizes the importance of using economics to understand and address the societal impacts of resource use and environmental change. For example, how does mining minerals in countries ... READ MORE
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At this year’s Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting, UF graduate students Meri Hambaryan, Kelvin Amon, and Chenxi Hu, competed in the annual Case Study Competition against graduate students from all over the ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Teaching
For his decades-long contributions to the Florida Citrus industry as a grower, economic analyst and leader for the grower’s cooperative Florida’s Natural, UF Food and Resource Economics (FRE) alumnus Robert Behr was recently inducted into ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops
This August, Dr. Caleb Stair, instructional assistant professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department, was recognized with the CALS Innovation in Teaching Award at the 2023 UF/IFAS CALS Teaching Symposium. Dr. Stair teaches ... READ MORE
Category:When it comes to making choices about nutrition and food safety, among other topics, it's understandable that many consumers will seek out scientific information which shapes their decision-making process. For example, someone who has ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
A second-year Ph.D. student in Food and Resource Economics, Meri Hambaryan has been recognized for her outstanding leadership abilities and contributions to the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences with a 2023 CALS Council ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS TeachingDr. Tara Wade, assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics housed at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, was recently recognized by the AAEA Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics with the Diversity and Inclusion ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
FRE undergraduate Wyatt Basen was recognized with the Scholarship Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research on Food Distribution and Marketing at the Food Distribution Research Society annual conference on Monday, Oct. 24th. Basen, ... READ MORE
Category:Food and Resource Economics graduate student Faith Aiya was awarded Outstanding Student Poster from the Agriculture and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) in the Specialty Crops Economics section. The specialty crops section of the ... READ MORE
Category:After a two-year break due to COVID-19, the International Food Marketing Research Symposium took place in San Antonio, Texas, on June 14-16, where UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics assistant research scientist Angelia Chen was awarded Best ... READ MORE
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