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<p>David Ortega, professor and Noel W. Stuckman Chair in Food Economics and Policy in Michigan State University’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, speaks ahead of former U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow during the Stuckman Lecture Series at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.</p>

David Ortega, professor and Noel W. Stuckman Chair in Food Economics and Policy in Michigan State University’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, speaks ahead of former U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow during the Stuckman Lecture Series at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.