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In this talk, political economist Jennifer Clapp explores growing corporate concentration that has become a dominant trend in food systems, with a special focus on the farm inputs sector. The talk highlights the complex drivers of concentration as it has unfolded over the past century, as well as the types of power that concentration confers to the dominant firms in the agrifood sector. The social and ecological impacts of corporate power, and the kinds of policy responses that are required to address them, are also considered.
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Net worth poverty and food insecurity
Lisa A. Kiester, Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Lisa Gennetian, Noah Gibson. Net worth poverty and food insecurity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2025:1-25. DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12537
Food waste, date labels, and risk preferences: An experimental exploration
Norbert Lance Weston Wilson, Ruiqing Miao. Food waste, date labels, and risk preferences: An experimental exploration. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2025;1-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13507
Front-of-pack labels and young consumers: An experimental investigation of nutrition and sustainability claims in Chile
Gabriela Fretes, Norbert L.W. Wilson, Camila Corvalan, Christina D. Economos, Sean Cash. Front-of-pack labels and young consumers: An experimental investigation of nutrition and sustainability claims in Chile. Food Quality and Preference Volume 127, June 2025, 105432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105432
Variations on the Thrift Food Plan: Model diets that satisfy cost and nutrition constraints
Yiwen Zhao, Linlin Fan, Norbert L.W. Wilson, Angelica Valdes Valderrama, Parke Wilde. Variations on the Thrift Food Plan: Model diets that satisfy cost and nutrition constraints. Food Policy 130 (2025) 102781
Whither convergence? Co-designing convergent research and wrestling with its emergent tensions
Ashton, W. S., A. Sungu, L. Davis, V. Agarwalla, M. Burke, E. Duhart Benavides, S. Espat, K. Harper, A. Knight, N. Labruto, M. Shea, S. Verba, and N. L. W. Wilson. 2024. Whither convergence? Co-designing convergent research and wrestling with its emergent tensions. Ecology and Society 29(4):26. [online] URL: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss4/art26
Have agricultural and applied economists lost sight of the land-grant mission? A textual analysis of Presidential Addresses and Invited Papers from 1919–2022
Norbert L.W. Wilson, Natalie Hochhaus. Have agricultural and applied economists lost sight of the land-grant mission? A textual analysis of the Presidential Addresses and Invited Papers from 1919-2022. Appl Econ Perspect Policy. 2024; 1-20. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aepp.13456
Food System Researchers Across Duke
Food systems research is deeply intersectional, and faculty across Duke's schools and departments are tackling critical issues through their work. We highlight some of that work here.
