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Food economists say changing consumer habits and potential coronavirus outbreaks in processing plants may affect food supplies. Here are the foods you might see less of in grocery stores.
Associate Professor Miguel Gomez comments on COVID-19’s impact on the food supply chain and what products will be most effected on the store shelves.

Wishes and wisdom: Messages from faculty and staff for Dyson’s Class of 2020
Congratulations, Class of 2020 graduates! Here are some words of praise and well wishes from faculty and staff at the Dyson School.

How fostering empathy for the people who feed us could change our food system
Associate Professor Miguel Gomez comments on COVID-19’s impact on the food supply chain and how it can affect how we see food workers.

Measuring the economic and environmental consequences of COVID-19
Professor Shanjun Li has been awarded a Cornell Atkinson Rapid Response Fund grant to examine the economic and environmental consequences of COVID-19.

Parents and child care providers are falling apart. It could get much worse
Preliminary survey data from Assistant Professor Sarah Wolfolds shows that many families continue to pay for their child’s spot in daycare, even while closed.

The U.S. might revoke Hong Kong’s ‘Special Status.’ Here’s what that means for business in the global financial hub
Professor Eswar Prasad says the revocation of Hong Kong’s special status will have a negative impact on trade and financial flows between the U.S. and Hong Kong.

Just awarded grant for COVID-19 food security research
Professor David Just has been awarded a Rapid Response Fund grant from Cornell’s Atkinson Center to examine food bank interest and use in the age of COVID-19.

Explainer: How ending Hong Kong’s ‘special status’ could affect U.S. companies
Professor Eswar Prasad says that Hong Kong is a ‘hot-button’ economic and political issue for China, and could lead to further strained relations with the U.S.

COVID-19 causes supply chain headaches for coffee growers
Associate Professor Miguel Gomez says any added production costs on commodity coffee will lead to a small increase in store price.