Submit Your Programming Topics and Ideas for 2020!
The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) is oriented toward building a stronger national presence for the agricultural and applied economics profession. We are a volunteer-driven, nonprofit association. We live out our mission through programming that informally engages national-level policymakers, congressional staff, stakeholders and leadership in the administration.
By creating and coordinating webinars and other programming, C-FARE lays out new research efforts and consensus expertise. We need your help! We are currently seeking proposal ideas for 2020.
In 2019, C-FARE offered webinars presenting new research and survey data on these topics:
Falling farm income, from $124 billion in 2013 to roughly $70 billion (forecasted) in 2019;
Food labeling, new food technology and consumer choice;
The World Trade Organization weathering shifts in long-established trade policies;
The growing population of Hispanic farm enterprises in the Midwest; and,
Local foods procurement and small-farm economics.
We wish to continue to create and coordinate similar webinars and briefings extending these matters or exploring new topics:
Environmentally sustainable farm practices and market tactics;
Supply and transportation logistics;
Big data, blockchain and other systems efficiencies;
Emerging animal and plant science;
Agriculture and the energy sector;
Food distribution, shortages and inequities; and,
Your novel suggestions!
As always, we welcome your interest and encourage you to join our activities. Contact infocfare@gmail.com.
In presenting these programs to key decision makers, C-FARE often partners with the USDA's Economic Research Service, the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), non-government organizations and other entities. NOTE: C-FARE speakers do not comment on pending legislation moving through the legislative process. Our activities are for educational and research outreach purposes only.