Lydia Zepeda

Lydia Zepeda is Professor Emerita of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She holds a PhD and MS in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis. She has published scholarly articles on consumer food choices, food production, food waste, food access, food policy, and immigration policy. She has been employed as an economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...See more

Lydia Zepeda is Professor Emerita of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She holds a PhD and MS in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis. She has published scholarly articles on consumer food choices, food production, food waste, food access, food policy, and immigration policy. She has been employed as an economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome and as an economic forecaster in private industry, and has been a Fulbright Researcher in Costa Rica and a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Spain. She is a volunteer and board member for a number of nonprofits. See less