Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues

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Volume 35, issue 4, 2021

Theme Overview: Functional Foods: Fad or Path to Prosperity?

Graciela Andrango and Trent Blare

Can Niche Markets for Local Cacao Varieties Benefit Smallholders in Peru and Mexico?

Trent Blare, Isabel Corrales and Luca Zambrino

Native Potatoes: From Forgotten Crop to Culinary Boom and Market Innovation

André Devaux, Guy Hareau, Miguel Ordinola, Jorge Andrade-Piedra and Graham Thiele

Quinoa Production and Growth Potential in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

Graciela Andrango, Amy Johnson and Marc Bellemare

Opportunities in Blue Maize Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Central Mexico?

Trent Blare, Mariana Garcia-Medina, Damaris López and Miriam Pérez

Latin America’s Superfood Economy: Producing and Marketing Açaí, Chia Seeds, and Maca Root

Luis Peña-Lévano, Colton Adams and Shaheer Burney

What's the Farmer Worth?

Danielle Ufer, David Ortega and Wen Lin

Volume 35, issue 3, 2020

The U.S.–Japan Trade Agreement: Will It Lead to Greener Pastures for U.S. Beef?

Lindsay A. Gaesser, Nako Kobayashi and Norbert L. W. Wilson

Indebted and Drained: Student Loans and Rural America

Steven Deller and Jackson Parr

Theme Overview: COVID-19 and the Agriculture Industry: Labor, Supply Chains, and Consumer Behavior

Luis Peña-Lévano, Grace Melo and Shaheer Burney

COVID-19: Effects on U.S. Labor, Supply Chains and Consumption Imagery Article

Luis Peña-Lévano, Shaheer Burney, Grace Melo and Cesar Escalante

Labor Disruptions Caused by COVID-19 in the U.S. Agriculture and Nonfarm Industries

Luis Peña-Lévano, Shaheer Burney and Colton Adams

U.S. COVID-19 Policy Affecting Agricultural Labor

Derek Farnsworth

COVID-19 Risk Factors Vary by Legal Status among Florida Crop Workers

Gulcan Onel, Skyler Simnitt, Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini and Antonio Tovar-Aguilar

The Availability of H-2A Guest Farm Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cesar Escalante, Tianyuan Luo and Carmina E. Taylor

Food and Agricultural Transportation Challenges Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lurleen Walters, Tara Wade and Shellye Suttles

The Path Forward: U.S. Consumer and Food Retail Responses to COVID-19

Grace Melo

Ex-Post Analysis of the 2018 and 2019 Market Facilitation Programs

Anil Giri, Wesley F. Peterson, Sankalp Sharma and Iuliia Tetteh

Spending of Economic Stimulus Payments and Changes in Food Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

John Lai, Stephen Morgan, Bachir Kassas, Jaclyn Kropp and Zhifeng Gao

Volume 35, issue 2, 2020

Tariffs on American Soybeans and Their Impact on Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South America

Peter Richards, Farzad Taheripour, Eugenio Arima and Wallace Tyner

Grocery Shopping in the Digital Era

Chinonso Etumnu and Nicole Olynk Widmar

The History, Consolidation, and Future of the U.S. Nitrogen Fertilizer Production Industry

Anton Bekkerman, Gary W. Brester and David Ripplinger

Are Fertilizer Capacity Expansion Announcements #FakeNews?

Gary W. Brester and Anton Bekkerman

Volume 35, issue 01, 2020

Theme Overview: Amplifying the Rural Voice: 2020 Census Challenges and Opportunities

Steven C. Turner

Problem of Low 2020 Census Participation Will Vary with Sociodemographic Factors and Distance from Metro Areas

Zheng Tian, Stephan J. Goetz and Charlie French

Using Community Engagement Approaches to Bolster 2020 Census Participation

John Green, Heather Hanna, Lynn Woo, Rachel Haggard and Anne Buffington

The Impact of Demographic Changes on Funding for Community Development Programs across the United States

Sreedhar Upendram, David Hughes and Victoria Campbell

“Big Data” Provides Insights to Public Perceptions of USDA

Nicole Olynk Widmar

Weather Station Locations are Significant for Drought Insurance

Chad Van Orden, Brandon Willis, Ryan Bosworth, Ryan Larsen, Tanner McCarty and Man-Keun Kim

How the USDA Changed the Way Women Farmers are Counted in the Census of Agriculture

Ryanne Pilgeram, Katherine Dentzman, Paul Lewin and Kelsey Conley

Volume 34, issue 4, 2019

Theme Overview: Pollination Service Markets: Evolution and Outlook

Peyton Ferrier

Honey Bee Mortality, Markets, and the Food Supply

Randal R. Rucker, Walter Thurman and Michael Burgett

Contracting for Pollination Services: Overview and Emerging Issues

Brittney K. Goodrich

Are the Almond and Beekeeping Industries Gaining Independence?

Antoine Champetier, Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner

Honey, Forage and Almond-Pollinating Honey Bees

Antoine Champetier, Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner

The Evolution of Federal Programs for Beekeepers and Pollinator Data

Peyton Ferrier

The Overlooked Agricultural Trade Promotion Program of the USDA Trade Aid Packages

Gary Williams

A Change in Highest and Best Use Policy in South Dakota Has a Sizable Impact on Agricultural Land Assessments

Matthew S. Elliott, Lisa M. Elliott, Tong Wang and Douglas Malo

Theme Overview: The Economic Impacts of Trade Retaliation on U.S. Agriculture: A One-Year Review

Jason H. Grant and Sharon Sydow

The 2018–2019 Trade Conflict: A One-Year Assessment and Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Exports

Jason Grant, Shawn Arita, Charlotte Emlinger, Sharon Sydow and Mary Marchant

Tariff Impacts on Global Soybean Trade Patterns and U.S. Planting Decisions

Joanna Hitchner, Keith Menzie and Seth Meyer

Tariff Retaliation Weakened the U.S. Soybean Basis

Michael Adjemian, Shawn Arita, Vince Breneman, Rob Johansson and Ryan Williams

Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on Farm Income and Government Programs

Patrick Westhoff, Tracy Davids and Byung Min Soon

How Has the Trade Dispute Affected the U.S. Cotton Sector?

Andrew Muhammad, S. A. Smith and Stephen MacDonald

Implication of Trade Policy Turmoil for Perennial Crops

Daniel Sumner, Tristan Hanon and William A. Matthews

Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on the U.S. Pork Sector

Frank Kyekyeku Nti, Lindsay Kuberka and Keithly Jones

The Latin American Livestock Industry: Growth and Challenges

Gary Williams and David Anderson

Volume 34, issue 3, 2019

Nicotine Standard for Combusted Cigarettes Could Have Major Economic Impacts on Tobacco Growers

Austin Ramsey

Theme Overview: The Agricultural Production Potential of Latin America: Implications for Global Food Supply and Trade

Elizabeth Canales and Marco Palma

Brazil’s Agricultural Production and Its Potential as Global Food Supplier

Yuri Calil and Luis Ribera

Agricultural Production Potential in Southern Cone: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

Alvaro Durand-Morat

Mexico’s Agricultural Sector: Production Potential and Implications for Trade

Elizabeth Canales, Graciela Andrango and Angelica Williams

The Andean Region: An Important and Growing U.S. Agricultural Trade Partner

Jaime Malaga, Jorge Jair Avila-Santamaria and Carlos Carpio

Agricultural Production of Central America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities

Felipe Peguero, Samuel Zapata and Luis Sandoval

California Direct Marketer Perceptions of the Food Safety Modernization Act

Cristina Connolly and Sara Degraff

Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve Agricultural Policy and Conservation Outcomes

Joshua D. Woodard, Bruce J. Sherrick, Jim Moseley, Collin O'Mara, Barry Gold, John Piotti, Sam Willett, Lynn Scarlett, Doria R. Gordon, Greg Fogel, William A. Salas, Carl Mattson, Kristin Weeks Duncanson, Robert Blair, Fred Yoder and Deborah M. Atwood

Is the Emerging U.S. Hemp Industry Yet Another Boom–Bust Market for U.S. Farmers?

James A. Sterns

Theme Overview: The Agricultural Production Potential of Latin America: Implications for Global Food Supply and Trade

Elizabeth Canales and Marco Palma

Volume 34, issue 2, 2019

Proposed Changes Would Increase the Cost and Decrease the Benefit of Listing Species as Endangered

Charles Sims and Himadri Palikhe

Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce

Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas and Zachariah Rutledge

Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?

Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas and Zachariah Rutledge

Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture of U.S. Trade Policies: Smoot–Hawley All Over Again?

Maksym Chepeliev, Wallace Tyner and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

Theme Overview: Soil Health Policy in the United States and Abroad

Andrew Stevens

Theme Overview: The Future of Farm Management Extension

Mykel Taylor

Volume 34, issue 01, 2019

Theme Overview: Examining Food Loss and Food Waste in the United States

Kathryn Boys and Bradley J. Rickard

Putting Dollars to Waste: Estimating the Value of On-Farm Food Loss

Rebecca D. Dunning, Lisa K. Johnson and Kathryn Boys

Waste Not Want Not: Examining Plate Waste of Vegetables in Elementary School Lunches

Oral Capps, Ariun Ishdorj, Peter S. Murano, Lindsey Field, Ashley Hutto and Maureen Storey

Consumer Choice and Food Waste: Can Nudging Help?

Laura Andreea Bolos, Carl-Johan Lagerkvist and Rodolfo Nayga

Are Consumers Willing to Pay to Reduce Food Waste?

Kara Grant, R. Karina Gallardo and Jill McCluskey

When in Doubt, Throw It Out! The Complicated Decision to Consume (or Waste) Food by Date Labels

Norbert L.W. Wilson, Ruiqing Miao and Carter S. Weis

Exploring Food Loss from Farm-to-Retail in the Produce Industry

Travis Minor, Claudia Hitaj, Fred Kuchler, Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Brian Roe and Suzanne Thornsbury

How Might Cellular Agriculture Impact the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Industries?

Monica Saavoss

Theme Overview: The Role of Guest Workers in U.S. Agriculture

Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead

The Importance of H-2A Guest Workers in Agriculture

Jeff Luckstead and Stephen Devadoss

The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture

Philip Martin

Trends in U.S. Farm Labor and H-2A Hired Labor: Policy and Related Issues

Maria Bampasidou and Michael E. Salassi

Labor-Intensive Multiple Cropping Systems and the H-2A Program: Evidence from the Crawfish Industry

Surendra Osti, Maria Bampasidou and J. Matthew Fannin