A resources site for the open-access textbook on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health
Professors and others teachers often know more about their students’ family backgrounds than vice-versa. That’s part of the job. Today I’d like to say a bit more about my family, to level the field so anyone who cares might know a bit more about where I came from.
Read moreLike most others in higher education, I’ve responded to students’ pandemic stress by figuring out how to do things more
Read moreA Friedman alum recently sent me a draft plan for how to fix the broken U.S. food system, wondering what
Read moreToday I did a CELT workshop on what I’ve learned about online teaching at Friedman so far, in a series
Read moreMany organizations have stepped up with amazing resources on COVID-19 impacts and responses around the world. Here’s a set of
Read moreAging as gracefully as I can… looking back about ten years, here’s a repost of food economics in doggerel:http://freakonomics.com/2009/06/04/why-are-kiwis-so-cheap and
Read moreThis year, my back-to-school week included a lecture for the University of California’s Network on Child Health, Poverty and Public
Read moreFor Tufts and other schools in Massachusetts, today’s start of the academic year coincides with a primary election for state
Read moreResearch in nutrition and the health sciences is often kept semi-secret until publication. Why? Does it matter? Scientists in
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