
The Future of Local Food Supply Chains
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in the food supply system. In some respects local…
Diane Charlton is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. She received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis. She has done research on agricultural labor markets in Mexico and the United States along with researching the determinants of migration. She never tires of talking about agriculture with her sister and brother-in-law from their almond orchard in the Central Valley of California, and she is looking forward to learning more about and researching agricultural production in Montana and the northern Great Plains.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in the food supply system. In some respects local…
The coronavirus pandemic exposed numerous weaknesses in the food supply chain. In particular, the pandemic…
I have listened to several friends and neighbors lately telling me about their new kitchen…
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association…
Many small businesses throughout the country are applying for loans through the Paycheck Protection Program…
COVID-19 has created many interruptions to agricultural supply chains. Panic buying has created shortages of…
Wal-Mart’s presence in rural and urban communities is rising.[1] In Montana, there are currently 16…
Evidence suggests that improving labor conditions on Mexican export farms might make it more difficult…
In a 2018 USDA ERS report, my coauthors and I identified 4 indications that the…
The United States and China are making progress towards a partial trade agreement for the short…