Project Team

Lessons from COVID-19: Positioning Regional Food Supply Chains for Future Pandemics, Natural Disasters and Human-made Crises is a multi-state, multi-institution project. Principle Investigators in each state are listed below.

California

Dr. Gustavo Oliveira, Department of Global and International Studies, University of California-Irvine

Dr. Li Zhang, Department of Global and International Studies, University of California-Irvine

Florida

Dr. Lauri Baker, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication and UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education, University of Florida

Dr. Christa Court, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Dr. Angie Lindsay, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences and UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education, University of Florida

Kansas

Dr. Cheryl Boyer, Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University

Minnesota

Dr. Hikaru Peterson, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Gigi DiGiacomo, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 

Wisconsin

Michelle Miller, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr.Andrew Stevens, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lindsey Day Farnsworth, Division of Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison