FARE News

Alan Ker is talking about “Current Trade Issues for Canadian Agriculture”.

Jan 23rd, 2018
Dr. Alan Ker spoke at the OMAFRA FarmSmart Conference on January 20th, 2018.

Farm Smart 2018 program

Food Focus 2018 report in the news

Jan 4th, 2018
The Food Focus 2018 report, authored by FARE faculty members Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink, along with Bruce McAdams from the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism...

Alan Ker on risk management in Canadian agriculture

Jan 4th, 2018
Alan Ker, a faculty member in FARE and Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, was recently interviewed by Country Guide regarding risk...

Yuxi (Joy) Li's Master of Science Defence

Jan 3rd, 2018
The Master of Science defence for Yuxi (Joy) Li took place on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 1:00 pm in Room 101, JD McLN Building. The title of her presentation is “...

FARE releases report on key trends in food for 2018.

Dec 11th, 2017
Food is increasingly in the day-to-day consciousness of Canadians.  Consumers are hearing more about food in the media and in the broader conversation.  They are also...

Alan Ker talking on “Is there too much history in historical yield data?”.

Dec 4th, 2017
This workshop will be at UC Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics in Davis, California on Thursday, December 7, 2017, 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM.

Is there too much history in...

Dr. Henry An, Dept. of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta will present a seminar titled "The Effect of a Binding Blend Wall on Price Volatility and Spillovers in Food and Fuel Markets".

Nov 30th, 2017
Date:  Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Time:  2:30-4:00 pm
Room:  MCLN 107

Abstract:

The tremendous growth in the production of biofuels in the past decade has...

Professor Yu Na Lee speaking at the Food and Agricultural Organization.

Nov 30th, 2017
Yu Na Lee, an Assistant Professor in the Department, will be at the FAO in Rome this week.  She will present her paper “Commodity price volatility and migration:...

Alan Ker talking on yield data

Nov 20th, 2017
Alan Ker, a Professor in the Department, will be in Arizona this week, where he will be giving a talk entitled “Is there Too Much History in Historical Yield Data?”. ...

Dr. Yu Na Lee is speaking about Producer Attitudes to Output Price Risk: Evidence from the Lab and from the Field.

Oct 27th, 2017
University of Rhode Island
Department of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
Seminar Series 2017-2018
Fridays 11:00 am – 12:00pm
Weaver Auditorium
Kingston Coastal...