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Food Marketing Policy Center at the University of Massachusetts
Food Marketing Policy Center at the
University of Massachusetts
Center Overview
Food Safety Research at the University of Massachusetts
Contact
Center Overview
The Food Marketing Policy
Center
conducts research on food and agricultural marketing and related policy
questions. It provides information that contributes to improved performance
of the food production and marketing system. The Policy Center is primarily
an economic research organization but also conducts interdisciplinary
research. Key users of its research include farmer and consumer
organizations, agribusiness firms, public agencies, state legislatures, and
the U.S. Congress.
The Food Marketing Policy Center’s main office is located at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Ronald Cotterill directs the Center. The faculty associates of the Center at the University of Massachusetts are Drs. Julie Caswell, Richard Rogers, and Nathalie Lavoie, all in the Department of Resource Economics.
Food Safety Research at the University of
Massachusetts
The Center’s food safety research program focuses on
understanding the operation of domestic and international food systems, with
particular interest in the economics of food quality (especially safety and
nutrition), international trade, and food labeling. Current research
projects focus on the economic evaluation of risk management options for
improving food safety; the economics of traceability and certification for
food quality attributes such as safety and the use of biotechnology; the
effectiveness of labeling in influencing consumer behavior; and the impact
of higher safety standards in developed countries on trade between them and
on exports from and food safety within developing countries.
Contact:
Dr. Julie A. Caswell (caswell@resecon.umass.edu)
http://www.umass.edu/resec/faculty/caswell/index.html
Dept. of Resource Economics
215 Stockbridge Hall
University of Massachusetts
80 Campus Center Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9246
(413) 545-5735 Phone
(413) 545-5853 Fax
