Dr. Zoë T. Plakias

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Assistant Professor

Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics

(The) Ohio State University

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Faculty Affiliate 

InFACT Discovery Theme

Sustainability Institute

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Professional Leadership

Executive Leadership Board member, STEAM Factory

Co-Lead, Racial Justice Pathways Project

VP of Communications, Food Distribution Research Society

Chair, S-1088 Multi-State Research Project

Evaluating Food System Investments + Innovations

Some of the questions I'm interested in:

• How can we build a food system of the future that's better for all people and the environment?

• What scales of food system activities (local, regional, national, global) are optimal and in what situations?

• Are food system innovations and investments always meeting their intended goals? If not, how can we improve?

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Evaluating Food + Agricultural Policy

Some of the questions I'm interested in: ​

• Are food and agricultural policies having their intended effects? 

• What are the unintended consequences of food and agricultural policies?

• What kinds of policies will increase food system resilience to shocks?

• How can food and agricultural polices better support marginalized people?

Exploring the role of Democracy in Food Systems

Some of the questions I'm interested in:

• What is the role of democratic organizations (e.g., cooperatives) in food systems?

• Can democratic organizations in food systems help address food system stakeholder concerns?

• What are the opportunities and challenges for democratic organizations and participation in food systems?

Reflecting on the Work of Higher Education

Some of the questions I'm interested in:

• What pedagogical techniques are most effective for teaching about food and agricultural economics?

• How do we alleviate disparities in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and institutional type in how we do our work as applied economists?

• What are the most effective models for interdisciplinary research and outreach to address wicked problems?

Working paper (Invited chapter for the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 6, edited by Chris Barrett and David Just, in review)

Interdisciplinary System and network Perspectives in Food and Agricultural Economics [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) Liang and Zoë Plakias

Most recent version: 2021

Working paper (Invited chapter for the Handbook of Cooperatives and Mutuals, edited by Matthew Elliott and Mike Boland, in review)

Consumer CooperativeS: Purpose and Possibilities [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Zoë Plakias and Jason Scott Entsminger

Most recent version: 2021

Working paper

Local Ice Cream Makes Life Sweeter: A Structural Model of Consumer Preference for Local Processed Foods [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Xiao Dong, H. Allen Klaiber, and Zoë T. Plakias

Most recent version: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Past, Present, and Future: Status of Women and Minority Faculty in Agricultural and Applied Economics [view Article]

Journal: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Authors: Jana Hilsenroth, Anna Josephson, Kelly Grogan, Lurleen Walters, Zoë Plakias, Leah Palm-Forster, Simanti Banerjee, and Tara Wade

Publication year: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

ON THE Money: Characterizing Banking and Lending in the California Cannabis Industry [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Agricultural Finance Review

Authors: Zoë Plakias, Margaret Jodlowski, Taylor Giamo, Parisa Kavousi, and Keith Taylor

Publication year: 2021

Working paper (R&R at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems)

Which Schools Receive State-Level Support for Local Food Purchases?

[REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Jeff O'Hara, Becca Jablonski, and Zoë Plakias

Most recent version: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Measuring the Welfare Impacts of Local Food Sourcing by Institutions: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Authors: Zoë Plakias

Publication year: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Short Value Chain Models of Healthy Food Access: A Qualitative Study of Two Approaches [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Nutrients

Authors: Kathleen Krzyzanowski Guerra, Drew Hanks, Zoë T. Plakias, Susie Huser, Tom Redfern, and Jennifer Garner

Publication year: 2021

Working paper

Healthy Food, Healthy Farms? Implications of Healthy Food Policies for Agricultural Value Chains [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Zoë T. Plakias, Seung-hun Chung, and Lei Xu

Most recent version: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Increasing Student Engagement with Agriculture in a Changing Academic Environment [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Applied Economics Teaching Resources

Authors: Kristin Kiesel, Na Zuo, Zoë Plakias, Luis Moises Peña-Lévano, Andrew Barkley, Katherine Lacy, Erik Hanson, and Julianne Treme

Publication year: 2020

Peer-reviewed journal article

Lean on your Land Grant: One University's approach to address Food Supply Chain Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agromedicine

Authors: Dee S. Jepsen, Lisa Pfeifer, Lyda Garcia, Zoë Plakias, Shoshanah Inwood, Joy Rumble, Mary Rodriguez, Judit Puskas, and Sam Custer

Publication year: 2020

Peer-reviewed journal article

Tradeoffs in Farm to School Implementation: Larger Foodsheds Drive GREATER Local Food Expenditures [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Authors: Zoë Plakias, H. Allen Klaiber and Brian E. Roe

Publication year: 2020

Working paper

The Mexican PROCAMPO Farmland Subsidy and Its Effectiveness as a Rural Anti-Poverty Program [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Ariadna Martínez González, Zoë Plakias and Mark Partridge

Most recent version: 2019

Peer-reviewed journal article

Terminated marketing order provided resources to California Peach and Nectarine Growers [View article]

Journal: California Agriculture

Authors: Zoë Plakias, Rachael E. Goodhue and Jeffrey Williams

Publication year: 2020