Dr. John Cranfield made the following presentations at the joint AAEA/CAES/WAEA annual meetings in Denver Colorado, July, 2010:
John Cranfield, Spencer Henson and Oliver Masakure. “Consumer reaction to microbial-based food recalls: Analysis of the 2008 Listeria contamination recall of ready-to-eat meats in Canada”.
John Cranfield, Spencer Henson, and Jose Blandon. “The Effect of Attitudinal and Socio-demographic Factors on the Likelihood of Buying Locally-produced Food.”
Lianne Langstaff, one of our undergraduates in environmental economics and policy, participated in the "PERC Undergraduate Colloquium" in Montana last month.
Prof. Karl Meilke hosted the Annual CATPRN (Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network) meeting in Toronto on May 15, 2010.
Speakers from the Dept. of FARE included Rakhal Sarker, Associate Professor, re "Effects of Changing Prices of Grains and Oilseeds on International Competitiveness of the Agri-Food Sector in Canada"
and Alexander Cairns, M.Sc. student, Nick Bennett, M.Sc. student and Karl Meilke, Professor, re "Supply Management and Quota Value Caps: Future or Folly.
Prof. John Cranfield will be speaking at the American Oil Chemists Society annual meeting in Phoenix about "Public Perception of Values of Plant Sterols in Foods" on May 17, 2010.
Professors John Cranfield and Spencer Henson have published 2 new articles -
John Cranfield, Spencer Henson, James Northey and Oliver Masakure. 2010 “An Assessment of Consumer Preference for Fair Trade Coffee in Toronto and Vancouver.” Agribusiness: An International Journal 26(2): 307-325.
Spencer Henson, John Cranfield and Jose Blandon. 2010 “Healthy Eating and its Determinants: A Rasch Model Approach.” Social Science and Medicine 70(10): 1574-1580.
Chris Leggett, Canada's Agriculture Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC visited the department on May 6, 2010. He made a brief informal presentation to our graduate students on US-
Dr. Andreas Boecker spoke about "Investing in traceability - an economic perspective and empirical results" at the 2010 Food Safety Research Forum on May 6th.