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

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Volume 25, issue 4, 2010

THEME OVERVIEW: BRINGING BROADBAND TO RURAL AMERICA pp. 3

James N. Barnes

THEME OVERVIEW: FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AFFECTING AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRIES pp. 4

Kent Olson and Michael Boehlje

INCREASING COORDINATION IN THE PLANT AND PLANT PRODUCT PROCESSING AND HANDLING SECTOR pp. 5

Michael Boland

THE CHANGING FACE OF FOOD RETAILING pp. 5

Benjamin Senauer and Jonathan M. Seltzer

AMERICAN POLICY AND THE EVOLVING BROADBAND INTERNET NETWORK pp. 5

Peter L. Stenberg

MARKET FORCES AND CHANGES IN THE PLANT INPUT SUPPLY INDUSTRY pp. 6

Kent Olson, Michael Rahm and Michael J. Swanson

FORCES AFFECTING CHANGE IN CROP PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE pp. 6

Elizabeth Bechdol, Allan Gray and Brent A. Gloy

NATIONAL E-COMMERCE EXTENSION INITIATIVE FOR RURAL ENTREPRENEURS pp. 6

Shannon Lane

RURAL BROADBAND AVAILABILITY AND ADOPTION IN OKLAHOMA pp. 7

Brian Whitacre

THE STRUGGLE FOR BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA pp. 8

Lori A. Dickes, R. David Lamie and Brian Whitacre

STRENGTHENING RURAL AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE GLOBAL BROADBAND ADOPTION RACE pp. 8

James N. Barnes

Volume 25, issue 3, 2010

Theme Overview: Addressing the Obesity Challenge pp. 2

Mary K. Muth

Theme Overview: The Changing Nature of Agricultural Water Allocation pp. 2

Richard E. Howitt

Can Nutrition Labeling Affect Obesity? pp. 4

Joanne E. Arsenault

Behavioral Economics: A New Heavy weight in Washington? pp. 4

Sean Cash and Christiane Schroeter

The ABC's of Apples, Bees, and Connections Hydrologic pp. 4

Garth Taylor, Bryce Contor and Joel R. Hamilton

Impacts of Biofuels on Water Supply: Proposed Cures May Worsen the Disease pp. 4

Ray G. Huffaker

Food Environment, Food Store Access, Consumer Behavior, and Diet pp. 5

Michele Ver Ploeg

More Than Just Food: The Diverse Effects of Food Assistance Programs pp. 5

Helen Jensen and Parke Wilde

Water-Conserving Attitudes and Landscape Choices in New Mexico pp. 6

Brian H. Hurd

Climate Change, Markets, and Technology pp. 6

Richard E. Howitt, Josue Medellin-Azuara and Duncan MacEwan

The Effect of Irrigation Technology on Groundwater Use pp. 6

Lisa Pfeiffer and C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell

The Costs of Obesity and Implications for Policymakers pp. 7

Eric A. Finkelstein, Kiersten L. Strombotne and Barry M. Popkin

Farm Policy and Obesity in the United States pp. 7

Julian Alston, Bradley J. Rickard and Abigail Okrent

Can Taxes on Calorically Sweetened Beverages Reduce Obesity? pp. 7

Jessica Todd and Chen Zhen

Volume 25, issue 2, 2010

Front Materials: A Statement from the Editors pp. 2

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Changing Structure and Competition in Food and Agricultural Markets pp. 4

Joseph Balagtas

Milk Marketing Orders: Who Wins and Who Loses? pp. 9

Hayley Chouinard, David Davis, Jeffrey LaFrance and Jeffrey Perloff

Hog Marketing Practices and Competition Questions pp. 11

John D. Lawrence

Pricing Power by Supermarket Retailers: A Ghost in the Machine? pp. 11

Timothy Richards and Geoffrey M. Pofahl

Genetically Engineering Crops for a Sustainable Agriculture pp. 11

David E. Ervin and Rick Welsh

Social Equity and the Genetically Engineered Crops Controversy pp. 11

Leland L. Glenna and Jussaume, Raymond A.,

Innovation, Integration, and the Biotechnology Revolution in U.S. Seed Markets pp. 12

Kyle Stiegert, Guanming Shi and Jean-Paul Chavas

Grocery Retailers' Dominant Role in Evolving World Food Markets pp. 13

Richard J. Sexton

The Economic Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops pp. 13

David Zilberman, Steven Sexton, Michele Marra and Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo

Can Genetically Engineered and Organic Crops Coexist? pp. 13

Catherine Greene and Katherine R. Smith

Environmental Opportunities and Challenges of Genetically-Engineered Crops pp. 13

L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Micheal D.K. Owen and Yves Carriere

Competition Issues in the Seed Industry and the Role of Intellectual Property pp. 14

GianCarlo Moschini

Assessing Competition in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry pp. 14

Clement Ward

Consolidation and Concentration in the U.S. Dairy Industry pp. 15

Brian W. Gould

What Drives Academic Bioscientists: Money or Values? pp. 15

Sharmistha Nag, Hui Yang, Steven T. Buccola and David E. Ervin

Volume 25, issue 01, 2010

Theme Overview: Local Food - Perceptions, Prospects, and Policies pp. 2

Robert King

Just What Does Local Mean? pp. 4

Michael S. Hand and Stephen W. Martinez

Can Local Food Go Mainstream? pp. 5

Robert King, Miguel Gomez and Gigi Digiacomo

Do Government Policies Grow Local Food? pp. 5

Shermain D. Hardesty

Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems pp. 5

Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf

Local Food Consumers: How Motivations and Perceptions Translate to Buying Behavior pp. 6

Yuko Onozaka, Gretchen Nurse and Dawn Thilmany

Filling in the Gaps: Eight Things to Recognize about Farm-Direct Marketing pp. 6

Larry Lev and Lauren Gwin

Catching the "Local" Bug: A Look at State Agricultural Marketing Programs pp. 7

Kathryn A. Onken and John Bernard

Volume 24, issue 4, 2009

Theme Overview: Implications of Health Care Reform for Farmers and Rural Residents pp. 2

Mary Clare Ahearn

Medical Costs Account for the Largest Share of Nonmetro Federal Transfer Payments pp. 4

Timothy S. Parker

Theme Overview: Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security in the Long Run pp. 4

Julian Alston and Philip Pardey

What Explains the Growing Metro/Nonmetro Cap in Employment Based Health Insurance? pp. 5

Martin Shields

Structural Changes in U.S. Agricultural Production and Productivity pp. 5

Jennifer S. James, Julian Alston, Philip Pardey and Matthew A. Andersen

Rural Health Insurance and Competitive Markets: Not Always Compatible? pp. 6

Keith J. Mueller

Farmer Health Insurance Cooperatives: An Innovative Solution for Other Americans? pp. 6

Reka Sundaram-Stukel and Steven Deller

Children's Health Insurance and National Health Policy pp. 6

Tracey L. Farrigan

Reform of Physician Ownership Restrictions and the Cost of Health Care in Rural and Urban Markets pp. 6

James N. Barnes and James Matthew Fannin

Access of Farm Households to Health Care pp. 7

Mary Clare Ahearn and Ashok Mishra

Rural Hospitals, Reimbursement Policy, and Health Care Reform pp. 7

Paul McNamara

The Production Performance of China's Transforming Agriculture pp. 7

Songqing Jin, Jikun Huang and Scott Rozelle

Agricultural Production and Productivity in Canada pp. 8

Terrence S. Veeman and Richard Gray

Agricultural Productivity in Transition Economies pp. 8

Johan Swinnen, Kristine Van Herck and Liesbet Vranken

The Shifting Global Patterns of Agricultural Productivity pp. 10

Jason Beddow, Philip Pardey and Julian Alston

Volume 24, issue 3, 2009

Theme Overview: Weighing Healthy Choices for the School Meals Program pp. 2

Helen Jensen

Adequacy of Federal School Lunch Reimbursement Adjustments pp. 6

Koel Ghosh and Benjamin Senauer

The Economics of a Healthy School Meal pp. 6

Parke Wilde and Mary H. Kennedy

Handlers Perspectives on Sourcing Organic Produce From the Great Lakes Region pp. 6

Lourdes R. Martinez, R. James Bingen and David S. Conner

The Farm Animal Welfare Debate pp. 7

Bailey Norwood and Jayson Lusk

Smarter Lunchrooms: Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Meal Selection pp. 7

David Just and Brian Wansink

Evaluating the Success of the School Commodity Food Program pp. 8

Cora Peterson

USDA School Meal Programs Face New Challenges pp. 9

Joanne Guthrie, Constance Newman and Katherine Ralston

Volume 24, issue 2, 2009

Emerging Issues in Food Safety pp. 2

Sandra Hoffmann and Neal Hooker

Emerging Countries: Converging or Diverging Economies? pp. 2

Shida Rastegari Henneberry

Front Materials pp. 3

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E. Coli Outbreaks Affect Demand for Salad Vegetables pp. 4

Faysal Fahs, Ron Mittelhammer and Jill McCluskey

Knowing Which Foods Are Making Us Sick pp. 5

Sandra Hoffmann

FDA Refusals of Food Imports by Exporting Country Group pp. 5

Jean Buzby and Anita Regmi

Food Safety and Defense Risks in the U.S.-Mexico Produce Chain pp. 5

William Nganje, Timothy Richards, Jesus Bravo, Na Hu, Albert Kagan, Ram N. Acharya and Mark R. Edwards

Public Response to Large-Scale Produce Contamination pp. 5

Cara L. Cuite and William K. Hallman

Markets Adapt to China's Changing Diet pp. 5

Fred Gale and Shida Rastegari Henneberry

Agriculture in Indonesia: Lagging Performance and Difficult Choices pp. 5

Richard R. Barichello and Arianto Patunru

Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity pp. 5

Ashok Gulati, Maurice Landes and Kavery Ganguly

Russia's Transition to Major Player in World Agricultural Markets pp. 5

William Liefert, Olga Liefert and Eugenia Serova

Brazil's Changing Food Demand Challenges the Farm Sector pp. 5

Constanza Valdes, Ignez Vidigal Lopes and Mauro de Rezende Lopes

Volume 24, issue 01, 2009

Agriculture in a Turbulent Economy - A New Era of Instability? pp. 2

David Schweikhardt

Front Materials pp. 3

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The Emergence of an Agro-Energy Sector: Is Agriculture Importing Instability from the Oil Sector? pp. 4

Andrew Muhammad and Ellene Kebede

Financial Markets and Agricultural Credit at a Time of Uncertainty pp. 4

Paul N. Ellinger

Are Our Agricultural Risk Management Tools Adequate for a New Era? pp. 4

Barry Barnett and Keith Coble

Identifying Growth and Diversification Relationship in Washington Agriculture pp. 4

Tristan Skolrud, Erik O'Donoghue, C. Shumway and Almuhanad Melhim

The World Economic Crisis and U.S. Agriculture: From Boom to Gloom? pp. 5

William Liefert and Mathew Shane

Implications of Macroeconomic Instability for Agriculture Income and Land Values pp. 5

Mitchell J. Morehart

Ethanol Policy Changes to Ease Pressures in Corn Markets: Could They Work? pp. 5

Wyatt Thompson, Seth D. Meyer, Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes and James Kaufman

Market Instability in a New Era of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Prices pp. 6

Scott Irwin and Darrel L. Good

Exploring the Price Spike pp. 6

Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero