Al Mussell serves as the Research Lead, and founder, of Agri-Food Economic Systems, Inc. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI).
Prior to establishing Agri-Food Economic Systems, Al was Senior Research Associate at the George Morris Centre in Guelph, Ontario for fifteen years. His areas of research expertise are farm management and agricultural systems, agricultural marketing, and agri-food trade and domestic policies
Al holds bachelors and masters degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Guelph, and a doctorate in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He is also an alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Program of the US State Department.
Al is a past President of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society and a Past Chair of the Ontario Pork Industry Council, and has served on the board of the Progressive Dairy Operators. He currently serves as a member of the Canadian Dairy Commission Committee of Experts, advising on innovation programs, and on the Emerging Issues Committee of the Livestock Research Innovation Corporation.