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Shoshanah Inwood, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University – inwood.2@osu.edu

Shoshanah Inwood is an Associate Professor and rural sociologist in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. Her integrated research and extension program focuses on community and economic development through food and agriculture, and how farm household dynamics affect the trajectories, priorities, and functioning of agricultural production and food systems. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods to understand how health insurance and childcare affect economic development and quality of life in the farm sector.

Nicole Wright, Extension Educator and Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant, Ohio State University - wright.1128@osu.edu Nicole Wright is an Extension Educator with Ohio Sea Grant at the Ohio State University. Nicole manages the daily needs of the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN), a regional research consortium working together to promote collaborative research, education and

networking to address the challenges and opportunities facing Ohio’s freshwater resources. Nicole is focused on sustainable, stakeholder-informed, science-based solutions that build resilience in food, agricultural, and environmental systems.

We stand ready to support you as you begin or expand your efforts to build resilience using community engagement forums.

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