Tag: John Lai

Food and Resource Economics Combined Degree Empowers Victoria Manrique to Jumpstart Her Career in Supply Chain Management

by Alena Poulin
May 29, 2025

For highly motivated undergraduate students like Victoria Manrique, a Food and Resource Economics combined degree at UF provides a unique opportunity for them to accelerate the completion of their M.S. degree by starting graduate-level coursework ... READ MORE

Feeding cows seaweed reduces methane emissions, but does it make economic sense?

by Megan Winslow
May 8, 2025

As they digest grass and hay, cows produce significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas. In the quest to identify an alternative livestock feed, seaweed has emerged as a promising contender. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Algae Bloom, Algal Bloom, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Asparagopsis Armata, Beef, Beef And Dairy Production, Cattle, Choices Magazine, Consumer, Cow, Dairy, Economics, Emerson Searl, Emissions, Environment, Environmentally Conscious, Food And Resource Economics Department, Fre, Greenhouse Gas, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, John Lai, Megan Winslow, Meri Hambaryan, Methane, Milk, Red Seaweed, Seaweed, Sustainability, Sustainable, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida

Gator NAMA Team Reaches Semifinals in North American Student Marketing Competition with Innovative Moringa-Based Product

by Savannah Bailey
May 1, 2025

This April, a passionate group of University of Florida Food and Resource Economics (FRE) undergraduate students packed their best ideas and business attire and headed to Kansas City, Missouri. They were headed to compete in a international ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agribusiness, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Gator NAMA, John Lai, Student Marketing

Most Americans’ CARES Act stimulus checks went to basic needs, UF economists find

by Samantha Murray
December 9, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Although direct payments to Americans have been utilized during previous economically challenging times – the last as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 – never before had the world looked as it had in the spring ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: CARES Act, Covid-19, Covid19, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, John Lai, Money, Research, Stephen Morgan, Survey

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