Econ-o’food – Page 3 – Food Economics

A resources site for the open-access textbook on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health

Jobs in agriculture and the food system

It’s the first weekend of January — which means the start of job-search season for many 2019 graduates. I recently

Research in nutrition and the health sciences is often kept semi-secret until publication. Why? Does it matter? Scientists in

This year’s class potluck was especially saboroso, with a delicious Sopa Paraguaya from Gabi Fretes — and a wild Puerto

A big part of economics is data analysis, which starts with data visualization: “seeing like an economist” means looking for

It’s a new school year, time to rethink what we teach! America’s 2008 financial crisis and its consequences led to

If you took the NUTR 238 final exam last week, you’ll know that this year’s questions involved news clippings from

A friend who writes for the Financial Times newspaper just published a terrific essay on recent books about economics, and

Our fifth annual class potluck this week was terrific. We do love our food! For this year, we were able

My economics research is mostly about undernutrition in Africa and Asia, but I am also keen to learn about nutrition

Our fourth annual Econ o’Food potluck was last night, the biggest ever and great fun. This year we had prizes