Break and Networking Lounge

Enjoy your lunch while making new connections, collaborations, and digging deeper into the issues with subject matter experts. Discussion tables will convene conference participants with government representatives, farmers, technical service providers, and researchers on specific social and economic needs and common ground issues. Participant can join one table, move around, or join an open table available for you to form your own group or have a one-on-one conversation.

Table One: Opportunities to support rural social and physical infrastructures through USDA Rural Development

Full Name
Jessica Crowe, Ph.D.
Job Title
Chief, Rural Economy Branch
Company
Economic Research Service, USDA
Jessica Crowe, Ph.D.
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Full Name
Amber Twitty
Job Title
Extension Educator, Community & Economic Development
Company
Central State University
Amber Twitty
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Full Name
Adam Alson
Job Title
President
Company
Alson Farms and Appleseed Childhood Education, Inc.
Adam Alson
Learn More About Appleseed Childhood Education, Inc.
Full Name
Jamie Davenport
Job Title
Deputy Administrator
Company
USDA RD Community Facilities Program
Jamie Davenport

Table 2: Incorporating caregiving (childcare and elder care) into farm research and techical assistance

Full Name
Shoshanah Inwood
Job Title
Associate Professor
Company
Ohio State University
Shoshanah Inwood
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Full Name
Barbara Fabre
Job Title
President
Company
All Nations Rise
Barbara Fabre
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Full Name
Cleofas Rodriguez Jr.
Job Title
Executive Director
Company
National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association
Cleofas Rodriguez Jr.
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Full Name
Mary Nugent
Job Title
Advisor
Company
Save the Children
Mary Nugent
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Full Name
Surabhi Dabir
Job Title
Senior Policy Advisor
Company
USDA RD Community Facilities Program
Surabhi Dabir

Table 3: Integrating health care and health insurance into farm research

Full Name
Florence Becot
Job Title
Associate Research Scientist
Company
National Farm Medicine Center
Florence Becot
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Full Name
Alexa McKinley, J.D.
Job Title
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Company
National Rural Health Association
Alexa McKinley, J.D.
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Full Name
Megan Schossow
Job Title
Outreach Director
Company
Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Megan Schossow
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Full Name
Tamara Telles
Job Title
ASPPH/USDA Rural Health Fellow
Company
USDA
Tamara Telles

Table 4: What social and economic needs are missing from the farm succession and retirement equation?

Full Name
Becca B.R. Jablonski
Job Title
Associate Professor
Company
Colorado State University
Becca B.R. Jablonski
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Full Name
Julia Valliant
Job Title
Research Scientist
Company
Indiana University
Julia Valliant
Learn More About Purdue Institute for Family Business
Full Name
Kara Woods
Job Title
Research Analyst
Company
SDFR Policy Research Center
Kara Woods
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Full Name
Erica Goodman
Job Title
Farms for a New Generation Director
Company
American Farmland Trust
Erica Goodman
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Full Name
Maria Marshall
Job Title
Professor, Jim and Lois Ackerman Chair in Agricultural Economics
Company
Purdue University
Maria Marshall
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Full Name
Bryn Bird
Company
Bird's Haven Farms
Bryn Bird
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Table 5: What is the data we have and what is the data we need to understand farm household social and economic needs?

Full Name
Katherine Lim
Job Title
Research Economist
Company
USDA, Economic Research Service
Katherine Lim
Full Name
Douglas Jackson-Smith
Job Title
Professor and Kellogg Chair
Company
The Ohio State University
Douglas Jackson-Smith
Full Name
Analena Bruce
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Food Systems
Company
University of New Hampshire
Analena Bruce
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Full Name
James Davis
Job Title
Economist
Company
USDA Economic Research Service
James Davis