AARES SA Branch Seminar with Richard Volpe and Beeronomics Panel

Richard (Ricky) Volpe

Ricky received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis in 2010. He then spent four years working as an economist at the USDA Economic Research Service in Washington DC where he conducted research on food price formation and market structure. Now at Cal Poly, Ricky teaches courses on food retail and supply chain management, transportation and logistics, and data analysis. He also maintains an active research agenda using a variety of large data sets to study issues related to market structure, firm performance, food prices, consumers’ food choices, and health outcomes. His research has been published in the top agricultural and applied journals, including American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Annual Review of Resource Economics, Nature Communications, and American Journal of Public Health. He also works closely with industry leaders in food retailing, wholesaling, and distribution to facilitate collaboration on public-private partnerships, student internships, and scholarships.