Economic Sense

If you build a new supermarket in a food desert, will low income households go there to buy healthier food? Are Dollar Stores cornering the ...

I have written before that many people  are confused 'big ag' and 'industrial agriculture.'  These terms typically are devoi...

This is an older article (from the Guardian) but has some good points by former Cargill CEO Greg page, that are consistent with other posts ...

There was recently a really good article from Real Clear Politics requiring the fad/trend of buying local, 'Buying Local' is Really ...

“Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now” - Thomas Jeffers...

I am very excited to see that on September 11,2013 the WKU  BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism is hosting Pierre Desrochers (also a...

“I was really shocked when I bought my first ever whole chicken tonight. Five bucks? For a whole chicken? KFC charges five bucks for one br...

Whatever the true intentions of this humorous scene from the IFC series Portlandia , one thing it illustrates (with a little embellishment...

Are food choices something that should be determined by democratic decision making?  To understand this, it is important to understand the f...

Comparing the Structure, Size, and Performance of Local and Mainstream Food Supply Chains USDA Economic Research Report Number 99 Jun...

There is nothing wrong with wanting to grow or eat your own food, or get it from your neighbor, if that's your choice. We all should hav...

Do we need local governments to subsidize the development of farmers’ markets? Farmers in fact already have developed markets for their prod...