His teaching and research interests include public economics, agricultural and resource economics, cost-benefit analysis and public policy. Ted is a Professional Agrologist, and has five years’ prior professional experience in government and the private sector. He served as co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (1995-98) and is a 1995 recipient of the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s Berg Fellowship in Conservation Policy. From 2004-2008, Ted served as one of two theme leaders in the research program on Economics, Policy and Risk funded by the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research.