Jayson Lusk, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, will present the 2019 Filley-Garey lecture, “Consumer Trends and Impacts on Agricultural Productivity and the Future Food System,” on April 5.

The presentation will be at 3 p.m. in the Arbor Suite of the Nebraska East Union.

Lusk is the author of “Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving up Super Foods to Save the World” and “The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate.” He is a frequent commentator on food and food policy and has been called one of the most prolific food and agricultural economists of the past two decades.

Lusk has a doctorate in agricultural economics and a Bachelor of Science in food technology from Kansas State University. He is a fellow and past president of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. His more than 200 journal articles are among the most cited agricultural economics research. He blogs about food and agricultural policy at his website.

A reception will follow the lecture. The Filley-Garey lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Maddie Griep at 402-472-1913 or maddy.griep@unl.edu.

The Filley-Garey Lecture is an annual event, funded by the family of H. Clyde Filley and Bud Garey.