Areas of Interest:
- Sustainable food systems
- Agricultural and resource economics
- Environmental impacts of agricultural production
Dr. Shellye Suttles is an agricultural economist with a focus on local and regional food systems, municipal food policy, agricultural energy production, and climate change's impact on agricultural land use. Her research applies macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis to a variety of sustainable food system topics. Her areas of interest include energy consumption and opportunities for energy production in the food system, urban agriculture's impact on public health, and socially disadvantaged farmers.
Areas:
- Social Health
- Energy Policy
- Sustainability & Sustainable Development
- Policy Analysis
