The Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) partnered with the National Coalition For Food and Agricultural Research (NCFAR) to help host a webinar on the USDA’s ERS & NASS organizations. This event was hosted at 1 pm EST on April 6th and featured the administrators from ERS, NASS, and the C.E.O of NASDA.
Read MoreThis year's Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) Brandt Forum brings together scholars and business leaders to discuss the disruptions of digitalization. Because of the pandemic, the event "Impacts of a digitally-driven global economy: opportunities and challenges for U.S. agriculture" will be a two-day virtual event, April 2nd, and April 5th, 10 am to 1:30 pm EST.
Read MoreTo further our understanding of the economic aspects of public land management, C-FARE joined forces with the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AERE) to host a panel titled Managing Public Lands in 2021. C-FARE hosted this free webinar on Monday, March 15th. Our panel of speakers consisted of three scholars in public land management, forestry, and resource management. C-FARE board member Sean Cash, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, moderated the discussion.
Read MoreThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a crucial element of the health and welfare safety net in the United States. The purpose of SNAP is to provide low-income eligible households enough money to reach the cost of a nutritious diet.
The current SNAP is undergoing changes that include a 20.3% increase in total monthly SNAP benefits and President Biden's interest in reassessing the Thrifty Food Plan's (TFP) method of determining SNAP benefits.
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