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Lusk discussed his book The Food Police on agricultural-based television show Horizons.[1]

Jayson Lusk (born 1974) is an economist, Regents Professor and Willard Sparks Endowed Chair in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University.[2] He authors books and articles related to contemporary food policy issues.[3]

Career

Over his career, he has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, including the Economic Journal, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.[4] Lusk's popular press book The Food Police: A Well-fed Manifesto about the Politics of Your Plate[5] criticized modern food policies as being intrusive.[6] He frequently appears on Fox News to discuss research related to food.[7] His recent book Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World was released in March, 2016.[8]

Awards

He is a Fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association[9] and serves as the Association's President-Elect.[10] He also serves as the Samuel Roberts Noble Distinguished Fellow at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.[11]

Books

  • Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World. (Forthcoming). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1250074300.
  • The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate. 2013. Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0307987037.
  • Compassion, by the Pound: The Economics of Farm Animal Welfare, with F. Bailey Norwood. 2013. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199551163.
  • Experimental Auctions: Methods and Applications in Economic and Marketing Research (Quantitative Methods for Applied Economics and Business Research), with Jason Shogren. 2008. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521671248.
  • Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis, with F. Bailey Norwood. 2007. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0132211215.

References

  1. ^ Jayson Lusk - The Food Police. Oklahoma Horizon TV
  2. ^ Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics http://agecon.okstate.edu/faculty/profile.asp?id=jayson.lusk&type=faculty
  3. ^ Lusk, Jayson and Henry Miller. "We Need G.M.O. Wheat." The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/opinion/we-need-gmo-wheat.html?_r=0 Feb. 2, 2014. Retrieved, Nov. 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Jayson Lusk CV
  5. ^ Miller, Henry. "Exposing the Tyranny Of The Food Fascists." http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2013/05/08/exposing-the-tyranny-of-the-food-fascists/ May 8, 2013. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2015.
  6. ^ Lusk, Jayson. "Viewpoint: The New Food Police Are Out of Touch." http://ideas.time.com/2013/05/06/viewpoint-the-new-food-police-are-out-of-touch/ May 6, 2013. Time Magazine. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2015.
  7. ^ Lusk, Jayson. "Is Meat Really Ruining the Environment?" http://video.foxnews.com/v/4076705472001/is-meat-really-ruining-the-environment/ Feb. 23, 2015. Retrieved, Nov. 21, 2015.
  8. ^ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Unnaturally-Delicious-Science-Technology-Serving/dp/1250074304
  9. ^ AAEA Fellows: Jayson Lusk https://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/awards-and-honors/aaea-fellows/previous-aaea-fellows/jayson-l-lusk
  10. ^ AAEA Executive Board https://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/aaea-executive-board
  11. ^ Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: Fellows http://www.ocpathink.org/author/jayson-lusk