The coronavirus pandemic exposed numerous weaknesses in the food supply chain. In particular, the pandemic demonstrated how rigid the U.S.…
Author: Diane Charlton
Diane Charlton
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.
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