About FAREResearch

Mobilizing Knowledge in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Explore how FARE provides timely analysis on food and agricultural policy issues. 

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FARETalk

Brady Deaton, Jr., the McCain Family Chair in Food Security in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph, hosts the FARETalk podcast. The podcast provides engaging and enduring conversations about contemporary topics relevant to food, agricultural, and resource economics. The podcast has been running since 2011. 

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FoodFocus

Dr. Michael von Massow, OAC Chair in Food Systems Leadership hosts this blog which provides an opportunity for conversations and perspectives on issues of interest in the food system.  

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Ontario Farmland Value and Rental Value Survey

Dr. Brady Deaton leads the Ontario Farmland Value and Rental Value Survey which provides users with unique benchmark information about rental rates and farmland prices, future price expectations, and unique insight into the ongoing evolution of the agricultural sector.

Published Research from FARE Faculty

Discover published research from faculty and students of the OAC's Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics

COVID-19 and the Canadian Agricultural and Food Sectors

FARE faculty assisted in financially sponsoring the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics regarding the implications of COVID-19 on the Canadian Agricultural and Food Sectors. The issue consists of 18 articles covering topics such as food security, trade, labor, supply chains, and risk management.  See Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.

The second issue "COVID-19 and the Canadian agriculture and food sectors: Thoughts one yearinto the pandemic" consists of  16 articles can be found in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 69, Issue 2.  An introduction to the issue can be found here.