His research topics include the interactions between regulations and private standards in the context of food production practices and food product attributes, with particular attention to food safety, animal welfare, and labeling of food made using genetic engineering; analysis of voting on regulations that affect agriculture; the economics of food waste; and economic and environmental implications of expanded production of food in the Northeast to serve local markets. Dr. Bovay completed his dissertation at the University of California, Davis and won the Richardson-Applebaum Award for Best Ph.D. dissertation from the Food Distribution Research Society. From 2014 to 2016, Dr. Bovay worked in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.