This post is to display a number of maps that I’ve created using a variety of data sources on tea production in China between 1984 – 2009. We used quantitative data collected from China Agriculture Yearbooks published by the China Agricultural Publishing House (collected from Harvard University stacks) to determine average provincial yields from 1984 [...]
I’ve been busy the last several weeks gearing up for the semester and my upcoming qualifying exam! I’m trying to wrap up a few outstanding research projects so I can focus on reviewing previous course material. And just in time for snowstorm Nemo, I just finished a big project that’s been on my plate and [...]
In less than 24 hours the spring semester here at the Friedman School begins. This will be my third spring semester at the Friedman School and boy will it be a busy one. I will be taking a course entitled “Nutrition in the Life Cycle”, serve as a teaching assistant for Dr. Masters in [...]
Continue Reading →Last night I read this article on the Atlantic Monthly about a Reddit Q and A with Nate Silver, who believes there should be a Pulitzer Prize for infographics. I completely agree. He notes the New York Times does a great job at creating infographics that can tell a compelling and interesting story [...]
Continue Reading →Last semester I worked with Dr. Parke Wilde and learned how to use Tableau Public, a great software program (free for download for PCs only, hopefully for Macs soon) that lets you visualize data in an interactive and attractive way. Dr. Wilde had previously collected data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on [...]
Continue Reading →Hello there!
Here is my blog, so my website is fresh! I’ll list here recent project I’ve been working on, maybe editorialize a bit on news relevant to food and agriculture, or just post links to interesting things I’ve seen on the web.
Hope you enjoy! More to come (once I get over this nasty [...]
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Rebecca Nemec
Doctoral Student
Agriculture, Food and Environment Program
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy Tufts University
150 Harrison Avenue, Room 108
Boston, MA 02111
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