Lecture: The Economics of Sustainable Agriculture
| Date/Time: | Sunday, 01 Mar 2009 at 7:00 pm |
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| Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Richard Levins is Professor Emeritus of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He is an award-winning author of books about policy and market power issues affecting the food system. His articles have appeared in major newspapers across the country, in leading industry publications, and in professional journals. His writing draws upon a 25-year academic career involving both advising on-going businesses and teaching economic principles at the college level. He received his BA in Mathematics and his MS in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida in Gainesville. His doctorate in Agricultural Economics was earned at Mississippi State University. Before joining the University of Minnesota in 1988, he served on the faculty of the University of Maryland and the University of Florida.
The annual Shivvers Lecture is in memory of John Shivvers, who farmed near Knoxville, Iowa.
Dr. Levins has authored or co-authored over 150 professional papers, popular articles, books, book reviews, and conference presentations. His professional articles have appeared in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Choices, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, Journal of Production Agriculture, and Land Economics. His book Willard Cochrane and the American Family Farm, a story of farm policy and family farming in the twentieth century, won the American Agricultural Economics Association Quality of Communication Award. He is also the author of Market Power for Farmers: What It Is, How to Get It, How to Use It. His writing has appeared in many major newspapers, including the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and the Detroit Free Press.