Ontario Agricultural College Podcasts
Brady Deaton, Jr., the McCain Family Chair in Food Security in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph, hosts the FARETalk podcast. The podcast provides engaging and enduring conversations about contemporary topics relevant to food, agricultural, and resource economics. The podcast has been running since 2011.
OAC's The Why and How Podcast looks to answer big questions in agriculture, food, and the environment through casual conversations that are rooted in research. Host Josh Moran chats with graduate students, researchers and professors to learn more about the science behind today's hot topics and trends.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Food Prices - July 4th, 2011
The Economics of Food: How Feeding and Fueling the Planet Affects Food Prices.
Transcript
Brady Deaton: Today my guest is Dr. Patrick Westhoff, and we will be discussing his book, The Economics of Fo…
Standards: Recipes for Reality - July 15th, 2011
Dr. Busch argues that standards play a central role in constructing reality.
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Brady Deaton: My guest today is Dr. Laurence Bush. He and I will be discussing his forthcoming book titled Stan…
Understanding Rural Canada - Octoboer 19th, 2011
Ray Bollman discusses terms, trends, and policy issues relevant to understanding rural Canada.
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Brady Deaton: My guest today is Ray Bollman. He and I will be discussing issues related to ru…
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB): Assessing the future of wheat marketing in Canada. - October 20th, 2011
Dr. Murray Fulton and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
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Brady Deaton: Welcome to FARE Talk where we set out to provide enduring discussions on contemporary topics rel…
The Origins, Nature, and Content of the Right to Property: Five Economic Solitudes - February 15th, 2012
Dr. Glenn Fox and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss Glenn's longstanding interest in property rights and his recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.
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Dr. Brady Deaton: …
Farm Succession Planning: Reflections and Suggestions - May 11th, 2012
Jennifer Stevenson and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss farm succession planning. Jennifer is the Business Finance Program Lead with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).
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Does Dutch Disease Explain Canada's Manufacturing Woes? - June 14th, 2012
In this podcast Jeremy Leonard and I discuss a paper that he and his colleagues - Mohammad Shakeri and Richard S. Gray - recently published through the Institute for Research on Public Policy. The pa…
First Nations Lands and Economies - September 13th, 2012
In this podcast Chief Robert Louie and I discuss the management and control of First Nations Land. Chief Louie is the Chief of the Westbank First Nation. He is the chairman of the First Nations Lands…
Assessing agricultural policy in the twenty-first century: Who benefits from Agricultural Subsidies? What happened after tobacco quota ended in Kentucky? - October 25th, 2012
In this podcast Barrett Kirwan and I discuss his research on two issues crucial to understanding agricultural policy and rural economic development in the twenty-first century.
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Brady Deato…
"Beyond the Indian Act": Examining the Potential Role of Fee-Simple Ownership - December 17th, 2012
In this podcast Dr. Tom Flanagan, myself, and students from the University of Guelph discuss Tom's research examining First Nations and private property rights.
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Brady Deaton Jr.: Welcome t…
The U.S. Farm Bill: Past, Present and Future Issues - August 19, 2013
In this podcast David and I discuss the U.S. farm bill. He reviews the history of U.S. farm bills and the current political setting surrounding efforts to pass a farm bill in 2013.
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The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate - October 8, 2013
Tenants and Landlords: Who benefits from U.S. Agricultural Subsidies? - January 5, 2014
Barry Goodwin and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss Barry's research on the effect of U.S. subsidies on U.S. farmland values and rental rates. They focus their discussion on the effect of U.S. agricultural su…
Africa, Land and Economic Development - August 28th, 2014
Dr. Thom Jayne and Dr. Brady Deaton have a conversation focused on economic development strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa and contemporary issues regarding land use and land ownership in Africa.
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Wind Turbines and Property Values in Ontario: Public Perception and Empirical Evidence – November 18th, 2014
Dr. Richard Vyn and students at the University of Guelph in Dr. Brady Deaton's 4th year course in Land Economics, discuss Dr. Vyn's recent journal article, "The Effects of Wind Turbines on Property V…
GM Crops and Twenty-First Century Agriculture – March 11th, 2015
Dr. Rene Van Acker and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss GM crops. The podcast develops an understanding of contemporary and historic issues associated with the first "wave" of GM crops. They also discuss con…
What's The Buzz? A Discussion of Bees and Neonics - June 27th, 2016
Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss the science that informs understanding of the relationship between bees and neonics - a pesticide that has recently been made subject to new rest…
The Meaning and Measure of Household Food Insecurity - July 5th, 2016
Dr. Valerie Tarasuk and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss the meaning and measure of food insecurity in Canada and the United States.
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Brady Deaton: Welcome to FARE Talk where we set out to provide …
Examining the Relationship Between Land-Use Regulation and Affordable Housing - November 17th, 2016
Students from the University of Guelph and I discuss issues regarding land-use regulation and affordable housing with Emily Hamilton. Emily is a policy research manager at the Mercatus Center at Geor…
The Softwood Lumber War - April 9th, 2017
Dr. Daowei Zhang and Dr. Brady Deaton discuss his thoughts about the contemporary and historic trade dispute between Canada and the United States regarding softwood lumber: i.e., "The Softwood Lumber…