As food companies are among those grappling with the impacts of climate change, understanding the complex trends affecting the global agricultural supply chain is usually the domain of business analysts—but Cassandra Roberge, a graduate business student at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), already has deep insights on how food producers can adapt.
Roberge is a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student, where studying the links between global warming and crop prices is just one part of her practical education. Part of a group assignment for the Decision Analysis and Modelling course involved tracking crop production levels and prices in different regions over the last 30 years, conducting mathematical modelling to make market predictions and then synthesizing and presenting the findings into a five-minute TED Talk-style presentation geared to a food company executive. Those…
