Meet FARE: PhD Student Natalia Piedrahita - Described Video Summary: First year PhD Student Natalia Piedrahita talks about her research and career goals in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph. 00:00 - 00:02 [Music plays; Screen shows PhD student Natalia Piedrahita seated in a large armchair in an interior setting in Johnston Hall at the University of Guelph. Text is superimposed in the lower right.] Text: Natalia Piedrahita, PhD Student - FARE Voice of Natalia: My name is Natalia Piedrahita and I'm a 00:03 - 00:05 [Transition reveals FARE logo, text and University of Guelph logo. Music and voice of Natalia continue under.] Text: FARE Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD Natalia: first year PhD student in the Department of FARE. 00:06 - 00:08 [Screen changes to show Natalia.] Natalia: I did my master's in the Department of FARE 00:09 - 00:16 [Screen changes to show two still photos of sugar storage silos at a refinery on Toronto's waterfront. There is a large freighter docked alongside the refinery.] Natalia: and it focused on the productivity of Canadian food manufacturing plants and the relationship to exports at a plant level. 00:17 - 00:19 [Screen changes to show Natalia.] Natalia: In my master's thesis I worked with Dr. Getu Hailu. 00:20 - 00:27 [Screen shows Natalia and Dr. Getu Hailu discussing Natalia's research in his office.] Natalia: I had a great experience working with him. He not only mentored me academically but he was someone you can always talk to. 00:28 - 00:30 [Screen shows Natalia] Natalia: I think it's in part that it's a small department 00:31 - 00:37 [Screen changes to show a series of visuals recorded in FARE Professor Glenn Fox's grad class where he is teaching to seven of his students.] Natalia: so you really get to know everyone and to interact with all the Profs. You can talk about so many different potential research opportunities. 00:38 - 00:41 [Screen shows Natalia] Natalia: They seem to be really invested in you and they want you to succeed. 00:42 - 00:47 [Screen shows undergrad class taught by FARE Professor Rakhal Sarker with students giving a poster presentation in class.] Natalia: New graduate students should expect to be challenged. They should also be excited about that challenge 00:48 - 00:50 [Screen shows Natalia] Natalia: because it's a constant learning opportunity. 00:51 - 00:56 [Screen show Natalia working on her laptop in a FARE office with two other PhD students.] Natalia: The passion that drew me to pursuing a PhD in the Department of FARE was the idea 0:57 - 01:07 [Screen shows several still photos: a farmer tending to his field in Uganda, peanut farmers with their crop in Indonesia, and a woman in her crop of maize in Zimbabwe.) Natalia: of a more food-secure world. We learn a lot about food economics and how different policies, especially trade policies, impact what happens to our supply of food and demand. 01:08 - 01:10 [Screen shows Natalia] Natalia: If we look at trade, it's a very important topic right now, 01:11 - 01:18 [Screen changes to show a giant shipping port with large freighter and hundreds of shipping containers in Kaoshiung Harbour, Taiwan.] Natalia: with the Trans Pacific Partnership and many free trade agreements that are being looked into at this point. 01:19 - 01:21 [Screen shows Natalia and Dr. Getu Hailu talking in his office.] Natalia: My career goals after graduating from FARE would be 01:22 - 01:29 [Screen shows Natalia] Natalia: either pursuing academia or I would like to work in food security. So I think the FAO would be a good opportunity coming from FARE. 01:30 - 01:35 [Screen changes to show closing billboard with FARE logo on a white background, University of Guelph logo and blue and green text. Smaller icons for Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are also seen lower screen.] Text: FARE Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD fare@uoguelph.ca (519) 824-4120 ext. 52766 [Music fades out. Screen fades to black.]