Episode 82: Richard Sexton (https://are.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/richard-sexton/) is a distinguished professor (and two-time chair) in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis. Sexton was raised on a small dairy farm in East Central Minnesota. He joined the Davis faculty in 1984 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Sexton’s initial research focus was on the economics of agricultural cooperatives (to which he continues to contribute), but quickly broadened to the industrial organization of agricultural markets—the field that focuses upon the structure of markets, product differentiation, competition, and coordination within the supply chain. Professor Sexton is widely regarded as the world’s leading scholar in this field. He is also an award-winning teacher and advisor. Sexton’s Ph.D. students occupy positions of prominence throughout academia and government. His outreach and professional service have also been exemplary. He has worked directly with many California agricultural industries to address critical economic issues. Sexton is also only the second Davis faculty member to be elected by his peers as president of the AAEA.

Motto: "You can't get an egg back into its shell very easily."

Rich's paper on corona and food supply:

https://giannini.ucop.edu/publications/are-update/issues/2020/23/4/the-coronavirus-and-the-food-supply-chain/

Dumping flowers in NL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZesOc_-JKR4