Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Survey and analysis of issues in rural to urban water transfers in Colorado Water Divisions 1 and 2
Historically, the dominant use of water in Colorado has been irrigation. However, new demand is being driven by urban needs. The amount of unappropriated water available for cities to claim is decreasing. Good dam and ... -
Exploring local food purchasing patterns during COVID-19: insights from a nationwide consumer survey
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shocked many aspects of life, and food was no exception. One very large shift that occurred, and was likely influenced by both economic and public health shocks, was in the ways that ... -
Three essays on water, pollution, and energy economics
This dissertation contains three chapters related to the economics of Water, Pollution, and Energy. In Chapter one we investigate how the demand for water responds to conservation efforts based on social comparisons, ... -
Burn scars and burnt s'mores: the impact of wildfire on camping demand in the years after a fire occurs
While the impacts of wildfire are widely felt and expected to increase in the coming years, less is known about the long-term impacts on recreation sites, specifically campgrounds. Wildfires inhibit the ability of individuals ... -
Drought & conservation: exploring the relationship between drought and grazing land conservation program enrollment
Financial loss from drought can have devastating impacts on the livelihoods of land and livestock managers. Conservation practices are one of the drought adaptation strategies for mitigating the damage of drought and are ... -
Unconventional oil and gas development and student performance on standardized tests
This paper evaluates the impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction on academic achievement. The preparation, drilling, and fracturing of oil and gas wells has been found to create air and noise pollution—which can ... -
Determinants of effective beginning farmer programming and implications for future programs
This research explores the determinants of effective beginning farmer programming and implications for emerging and established programs. We use responses from 100 interviews with participants in the Building Farmers in ... -
Federal policy, administration, and local good coming of age
This article reviews the federal legislative and administrative maturation of local food. By focusing on the Farm Bill and the Know Your Farmer Know Your Food program—one way in which the USDA carries out its legislative ... -
Community-supported agriculture marketing performance: results from pilot market channel assessments in Colorado
Due in large part to rising consumer interest, the number of farmers and ranchers selling through local food markets is growing. Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a unique local food channel adopted by producers ... -
What is a 'multiplier' anyway? Assessing the economics of local foods systems toolkit
This special issue examines the effectiveness of organizing and conducting formal impact assessments in measuring the economic impacts and opportunity costs associated with local food system policies, programming, and ... -
Financial performance implications of differential marketing strategies, The: exploring farms that pursue local markets as a core competitive advantage
This study explores how participation in direct and intermediated marketing channels and key operational factors influence agricultural producers’ financial performance. Accordingly, we divide the sample of local and ... -
One place doesn't fit all: improving the effectiveness of sustainability standards by accounting for place
The growing interest in incentivizing sustainable agricultural practices is supported by a large network of voluntary production standards, which aim to offer farmers and ranchers increased value for their product in support ... -
Connecting urban food plans to the countryside: leveraging Denver's food vision to explore meaningful rural-urban linkages
Cities are increasingly turning to food policy plans to support goals related to food access, food security, the environment, and economic development. This paper investigates ways that rural farmers, communities, and ... -
Farm to school activities and student outcomes: a systematic review
Farm to school programs (F2SPs) operate in 42% of school districts and are supported in part through federal and state policies as well as philanthropic funding. Although research evaluating the effects of farm to ... -
Assessing the economic impacts of food hubs on regional economies: a framework that includes opportunity cost
The number of food hubs—businesses that aggregate and distribute local food—in the United States is growing, fueled in part by increasing public support. However, there have been few data-driven assessments of the economic ... -
Food value chain development in Central New York: CNY bounty
In the past 10 years, demand for locally grown food has increased dramatically. Concomitantly, small, commercial farms have declined disproportionately to small and large farms. The decline may be due to the lack of ... -
Economics of local food systems, The: a toolkit to guide community discussions, assessments and choices
As consumers across the Nation express a growing interest in a closer connection to their food producers—whether through access to more localized markets and/or shorter supply chains— cities and regions have begun to regard ... -
Contemporary concept of the value(s)-added food and agriculture sector and rural development, A
The changing structure of agriculture strains the historically close relationship between commodity agriculture and rural development. Meanwhile, growth in consumer interest for differentiated, value-added products has the ... -
Three essays on weather shocks, nutrition and forests
Climate-related shocks, such as droughts and floods, can have particularly harmful effects for poor rural households in developing countries. In this dissertation, I determine how forests affect a household's ability to ... -
Revisiting the "hot potatoes" of agri-supply chains: exploring interactions and tradeoffs in Colorado potato markets and farm-to-school procurement
Agricultural and food systems generate externalities, some of which have been linked to achieving economic development goals in rural areas. Historically, agriculture has occupied an important role in rural development ...
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