Ashley MacDonald

She/her
PhD scholar with ADHD, studying Agricultural Business at Dalhousie University
Qualitative Research
Views are my own

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

The Food Pantry on campus is run entirely by student volunteers and is facilitated by the Dal AC Rotaract club. https://t.co/yRNrUS1MZt

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

The 2024 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚: Youth in Agriculture Conference will bring together youth (aged 18-40) from farms, agri-businesses, and industry from across the province. Register Now! https://t.co/nakYAUr86p

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

Just 1 week left until the diploma students leave the #DalAC for an exciting trip to the Netherlands. Help them meet their fundraising goal to support their travel! #AgTwitter #cndDairy #fundraising #lelydairy #CanadianAgriculture

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Please help our students with this exciting travel abroad opportunity this month! https://t.co/VsUWjr9C5Z

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Please help our students with this exciting travel abroad opportunity this month! https://t.co/VsUWjr9C5Z

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

This November, 11 Agriculture and Dairy Business Management program students will be travelling to Aeres University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Help support their travel! https://t.co/VsUWjr9C5Z

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

This November, 11 Agriculture and Dairy Business Management program students will be travelling to the Aeres University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Help support their travel!

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

The Faculties of Agriculture and Sociology and Social Anthropology are hosting a collaborative two-day workshop, ‘Enabling Interdisciplinary Food Research’ in Truro on October 20th, 2023 and in Halifax on November 6, 2023. https://t.co/DgfPACyQ2K

[Extended Learning @ExL_DalAC]

We are doing some research for a potential continuing education program in Digital Agriculture. We are looking for feedback from employers. The survey will take 15-20 minutes. We appreciate your feedback. #extendedlearningdalac #aglearning
https://t.co/n5bJpBxL0j

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

Hidden production costs and poverty are closer to the root issue than higher grocery prices.
More in this new article from researchers @dalagriculture and @researchTMU

https://t.co/FSTOy6IzKX

#groceryrebate #AgTwitter #poverty #foodprices

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

Check out this new article! Many thanks to Monika, our lead author, for inviting me to join her on this piece.

[The Conversation Canada @ConversationCA]

The true cost of food: High grocery prices are not the root issue https://t.co/Gu88WjXXIq

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Graduation Co-Chairs Rachel Sheffield and Gabby Schenkels attended the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference and are hitting their stride in their chosen fields. https://t.co/CiuHPLS7gk #DalGrad

[James L. Sutter (THE GHOST OF US out now!) @jameslsutter]

*gestures to my unmown yard*

"I'm choosing to let my yard grow wild, to help the pollinators."

*waves at a stack of dirty dishes*

"This, too, is for the pollinators."

*trips over a pile of dirty laundry"

"Pollinators."

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Spend a four-week funded internship in beautiful Saint Lucia! Dal AC International has two opportunities open to Dal students who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a Dal undergraduate program. https://t.co/8bTCMuw2PP

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Does Ottawa’s grocery rebate signal a shift to a broader guaranteed basic income? An article authored by Dr. Phoebe Stephens for The Conversation. https://t.co/0R6OWJkiKO

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

And now we face the inevitable, a grocery retail industry that has strayed far from the ever-elusive 'perfect competition' to an oligopoly. Policymakers saw this coming. If they didn't, they weren't paying attention or need to review some intro to econ & management books.

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

Compared to pre-pandemic, sales volume is ⬇️, yet profit margins are ⬆️. In early pandemic days, margins jumped from panic buying & they are maintaining those inflated margins by passing the ⬆️ production cost to consumers.

[Ashley MacDonald @AshToTheMac]

And why wouldn't they? It's the classic profit maximization economic strategy. We made food into a commodity & watched as the grocers grew, benefiting from the efficiencies and economies of scale that came with that growth. We knew consolidation was next, per industry lifecycle.

[Annie? Rauwerda? @anniierau]

i just found out that tumblr went to town on this venn diagram i made

[Dal Ag Campus @dalagriculture]

Sustain by Cultiv8 Summer 2023 Student Intern Positions now available. See you in the Garden! https://t.co/vffawNDGlR