Scholars
Parke E Wilde
Tufts University
Based in
United States
North America
Parke Wilde (PhD, Cornell) is a food economist and professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Previously, he worked for USDA’s Economic Research Service. He studies food security and hunger measurement, the economics of food assistance programs, and federal dietary guidance policy. With USDA support, he directs the RIDGE extramural research grants program and directed a 2021-2022 grants program on household food security measurement. He is co-organizer of a university climate initiative (flyingless.org). He received the AAEA Distinguished Quality of Communication award for the textbook, Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction, second edition (Routledge/Earthscan, 2018).
Country(ies) of Specialty
United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Behavioral action Agriculture Social movementsPublications
Articles
Yates, Joe, et al. “Can virtual events achieve co-benefits for climate, participation, and satisfaction? Comparative evidence from five international Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week conferences.” The Lancet Planetary Health 6.2 (2022): e164-e170.
Wilde, Parke. “Frequently Asked Questions.” Flying Less: Reducing Academia’s Carbon Footprint (2021). https://sites.tufts.edu/flyingless/frequently-asked-questions/ (accessed Aug, 2024).
Wilde, Parke. “Multi-site conference hosting initiative (MULCH): Enhancing the human aspect of low-carbon long-distance conferencing.” 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2020.
Boehm, Rebecca, et al. “Greenhouse gas emissions, total food spending and diet quality by share of household food spending on red meat: results from a nationally representative sample of US households.” Public health nutrition 22.10 (2019): 1794-1806.
Boehm, Rebecca, et al. “A comprehensive life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from US household food choices.” Food Policy 79 (2018): 67-76.
Wilde, Parke. Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction, Second Edition. Routledge, 2018.