@fishecon Surely the #AgEcon peeps will appreciate all good (and bad) jokes about corn?

Have you got any to share about the #CostOfLiving?

G'day fellow #Agricultural #Economists (anyone?)
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Foto of #wheat #harvest in #WA for attention. Image by Calistemon (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quick question.

How does spraying fertilisers onto broad acres mimic nature?

Watching a TV show about biodynamic regenerative agriculture and trying to get my head around the idea that "perfectly balanced nutrients" rain from the sky in a "natural process".
#environment #AgEcon

Why is it so important to protect nature and biodiversity?
-- by Jeannette Cwienk, for DW News

"up to 70% of the world's harvests are directly or indirectly dependent on intact polders and mangrove swamps, in part because they protect land used to grow food crops from flooding."

https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-it-so-important-to-protect-nature-and-biodiversity/a-63989839?maca=en-Twitter-sharing
#biodiversity #sustainability #AgEcon #economics

An #Introduction post.

I am a #FoodEconomist and a #Dietitian. #AgEcon and #NutritionScience trained.

I try to get #Nutritionists and #Economists to understand each other's fields better.

#Malnutriton and #DietQuality are two of the biggest determinants of #WellBeing and econ is all about improving well-being.

I teach #GlobalHealth, #FoodEcon, and #Nutrition. My research focuses on #NutritionData and the uses (and sometimes misuses) of #Data for nutrition improvement.