All Events
Project monitors attitudes toward healthy eating: FARE in Guelph Mercury
FARE M.Sc. student, Robin Smart, won this years CAES Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis award for her thesis entitled "Measuring the impact of food safety recalls on firms: An event study if the 2008 Listeria Monocytogenes recall in Canada". Congratulations to Robin!
Predrag Rajsic, Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of FARE is speaking about "Some Advantages of Austrian Economics in the Defence of Markets" in Mises Daily.
May 10 - 11 - Enabling Research for Competitive Agriculture Planning Workshop
May 19 - OMAFRA Spring Executive Forum in Guelph, Ontario
"Productivity in the Agri-food Complex: Where we stand, how we compare and impact on competitiveness?"
Researchers in the College of Management and Economics and the Ontario Agricultural College have received $200,000 from OMAFRA’s New Directions Research Program to study the competitiveness of Ontario’s food industry.
“Understanding competitiveness requires a mix of economics, management and public policy expertise that our team is uniquely qualified to provide for this important project,” says principal investigator Erna van Duren, a professor in the Department of Business.
John Cranfield is speaking at OMAFRA's Spring Executive Forum today!
The final oral examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Craig Martin took place on Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 107 of the J.D. MacLachlan Building.
The title of Craig's presentation is: "Demographic Factors and the Demand for Dairy Products in Canada: An Economic Analysis".
Tasneem Virani's Master of Science defence took place on Monday, April 25th, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 101, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of her thesis is"The Economic Feasibility of Bioenergy Production from Miscanthus for the Ontario Greenhouse Industry".
James Bryan's Master of Science defence took place on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of his thesis is "Does Social Capital Influence Farmland Rental Rates: An Examination of the South-Western Ontario Farmland Rental Market".
The Department of FARE is looking to better connect with current students, agriculture industry partners and alumni through social media networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Become a fan of FARE at www.facebook.com/FAREUofG and follow us at www.twitter.com/FAREUofG for news and updates.