March 27, 2017

Sustainable Agriculture Research in the Next Farm Bill

Agriculture and related industries contributed $985 billion to the US GDP in 2014. How will research keep up with demand, particularly in sustainable agriculture, one of the fastest-growing parts of the farm economy?

Leading up to BFI’s Farm Bill Symposium, scholars from four diverse universities discussed federally-funded agriculture research:

Carolyn Dimitri, Department of Food & Nutrition Program, New York University

Casey Hoy, Agroecosystems Management Program, The Ohio State University

Sabine O’Hara, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences, University of the District of Columbia

L. Ann Thrupp, Berkeley Food Institute, UC Berkeley