Economist at @USDA_ERS, opinions my own | PhD from @Cornell | MS from @ColoradoStateU | Economics of Food Access | econtwitter.net/@EconAnne
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
1 Nov 2024
ERS’s Updated SNAP Policy Database Facilitates Research on Program Participation and Outcomes
Learn more: ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/202…
#FarmBillFirstFridays
ALT A banner graphic showing the words Farm Bill-Related Research in blue and green text with six photos along the bottom showing various ag and rural-related scenes.
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
31 Oct 2024
The Eating and Health Module provides data to analyze the relationships among time-use patterns and eating patterns, nutrition, and obesity; food and nutrition assistance programs; and grocery shopping and meal preparation.
2023 Data Now Available: ers.usda.gov/data-products/e…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Earlier this week, Ph.D. candidate @yifanpeng_econ presented his practice job talk to a group of faculty and peers in ACE. His presentation was titled "Food Bank Responses to Major Disasters."
Great job, Yifan!👏
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
28 Oct 2024
Last-minute opening! A presenter had to back out of the agriculture-productivity session I organized for #SEA(Monday before Thanksgiving). If you're attending and have any research on agriculture related topics, please DM me if you’re interested in stepping in! #econtwitter
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Southern Economic Association Meeting are just over three weeks away and it is time to give you a heads up about all the cool CSWEP events happening at the conference. Mark your calendars and join us!
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
27 Oct 2024
Join our USDA Center's food entrepreneurship team and me at the 2024 Shared Kitchen Summit where 200 shared kitchens will be connected with the tools for success, including: November 13-15 in New Orleans More info at: SharedKitchenSummit.com @TheFoodCorridor @csuextension
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
26 Oct 2024
Hivemind! #EconTwitter 📊
I'm on the hunt for real-world demand curve examples—ideally with experimental variation. Where should I look?
Bonus for papers with estimated price and cross-price elasticities! Already have great examples from Uber and Pandora Radio—what else is out there?
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
24 Oct 2024
🚨Extra-exciting paper alert🚨from me, Cindy Chan, and @barbarakahn: Our paper on #FOMO is finally, finally, finally, finally OUT in #JPSP @APA_Journals!
This baby took T E N years (that's right, 10!) to see the light of day.
What's it about? Don't get FOMO; click through! (🧵)
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Hey! @ACEatIL is hiring! We want a strong researcher who can support our undergrad programs in agribusiness. We have great young faculty (and senior colleagues!) I'm chairing this search, so reach out to me if you have questions. buff.ly/3BPZrEB
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
23 Oct 2024
My latest interview on @Airtalk with Larry Mantle is on #SoundCloud⬇️ We discuss the challenges facing the chocolate industry and how it's affecting consumers in the U.S. as they gear up for candy's biggest holiday 🎃🍫#Halloween #Chocolate #Cacao
on.soundcloud.com/AaTnWa1bUU…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
21 Oct 2024
I highly encourage folks to register for the joint @AereOrg / @AAEA_Economics Fall workshop on "Actionable Economic Research for Policy Making" later this week (Oct 24-25).
Come and join us!
Info about program and registration here: aere.memberclicks.net/index.…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
30 Sep 2024
The National School Lunch Program served about 236 billion lunches to children and adolescents nationwide from Federal fiscal years 1969 through 2022.
Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/pu….
ALT Report cover for The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues, 2024 Edition by Saied Toossi, Jessica E. Todd, Joanne Guthrie, and Michael Ollinger
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
9 Sep 2024
Excited that 2nd chpt of my PhD dissertation is published in JARE! We find #FoodSafety #risks measured by prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in delis is significantly higher in stores located in lower-income tracts in the U.S.
jareonline.org/articles/are-…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
6 Sep 2024
Review paper out today in @ScienceMagazine: a big group of us explain how climate change aggravates agriculture’s environmental impacts and what researchers and public/private leaders can/must do in response. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
29 Aug 2024
Despite improvements relative to 2023, food insecurity in 2024 remains elevated in 83 low & middle-income countries. Food insecurity is persistently high in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 29.3 percent of the population estimated to be food insecure. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/pu…
ALT A report cover for the International Food Security Assessment, 2024-34
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
31 Jul 2024
SNAP benefit spending varied from FY 2020 to FY 2023 with changes to maximum benefit amounts and emergency allotments.
Learn more ers.usda.gov/data-products/c…
ALT Chart of Note with a line graph depicting monthly SNAP spending on regular benefits and disaster supplements, FY2020 - 23.
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
30 Jul 2024
Happening Now at #AAEA2024: ERS Agricultural Economist Laura Hales presents on SNAP Eligibility Expansions, Program Participation, and Food Insecurity.
ALT ERS Economist Laura Hales presents at AAEA 2024
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
30 Jul 2024
Check out these upcoming #AAEA2024 presentations — today at 10 a.m. CT!
Learn more: ers.usda.gov/newsroom/trendi…
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
29 Jul 2024
Starting now at #AAEA2024: ERS Research Economist Katherine Lacy shares and demonstrates some USDA and ERS data products that can be used in the classroom.
Follow this thread 🧵to learn more!
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Anne T. Byrne retweeted
29 Jul 2024
Thank you to all the @AAEA_Economics annual meeting attendees who joined bright and early this morning for our first ever yoga class!
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