Choices Magazine
Encyclopedia
Choices is an online peer-reviewed magazine published by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
(AAEA) for readers interested in the policy
and management of agriculture
, the food industry
, natural resources
, rural communities
, and the environment
. Choices is published quarterly and is available free online. It is currently one of three outreach products offered by AAEA, along with the more timely Policy Issues
and the forthcoming Shared Materials section of the AAEA Web site.
Each issue typically contains eight articles divided among two overarching themes. A guest editor is selected for each theme, who helps organize and edit the articles for that issue. Articles may also be submitted directly, independent of any theme. These articles were previously published under the heading of Grab Bag and are now called Submitted Articles.
, President Emeritus. The Submitted Articles Editor is Clement Ward, Oklahoma State University. The Technical Editor is Patricia Keough-Wilson, Plains Harvest Communications.
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association is a professional association for those interested in the field of agricultural and applied economics. AAEA members work for academic departments, government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, and in the private sector, and focus on a combination of...
(AAEA) for readers interested in the policy
Agricultural policy
Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products. Governments usually implement agricultural policies with the goal of achieving a specific outcome in the domestic agricultural product markets...
and management of agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, the food industry
Food industry
The food production is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population...
, natural resources
Natural resource economics
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, rural communities
Rural development
Rural development in general denotes economic development and community development actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-urban neighbourhoods, remote villages and the countryside...
, and the environment
Environmental economics
Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues. Quoting from the National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics program:...
. Choices is published quarterly and is available free online. It is currently one of three outreach products offered by AAEA, along with the more timely Policy Issues
Policy Issues
Policy Issues is a series of online peer-reviewed articles published by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association . Each article presents a short analysis and discussion focusing on timely policy issues targeted for those in public and private sector decision-making roles that have a stake...
and the forthcoming Shared Materials section of the AAEA Web site.
Format
Choices was originally founded in 1986 as a print magazine. In 2002, the print version was discontinued and it was published solely online thereafter.Each issue typically contains eight articles divided among two overarching themes. A guest editor is selected for each theme, who helps organize and edit the articles for that issue. Articles may also be submitted directly, independent of any theme. These articles were previously published under the heading of Grab Bag and are now called Submitted Articles.
Editors
The current Editor of Choices is Walt Armbruster, Farm FoundationFarm Foundation
Farm Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan policy research and forums relating to agribusiness. Its headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois....
, President Emeritus. The Submitted Articles Editor is Clement Ward, Oklahoma State University. The Technical Editor is Patricia Keough-Wilson, Plains Harvest Communications.