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    NSF Invests in holistic project to help farmers adapt to climate change

    Oct 31, 2023

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1.6 million to a collaborative team of scientists to develop improved predictive models to help farmers and policymakers in Ohio, Georgia, and Iowa better prepare for changes in weather, markets, and policies. 

    “We’re trying to understand how the technical, socioeconomic and political landscapes in each state will evolve,” said Douglas Jackson-Smith, Kellogg Chair of Agroecosystem Management and a professor at The Ohio State University in the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources, “and how those factors interact with climate change to shape what and where different crops could be grown over the next 30 to 40 years in these three states.”  Learn more about this project and how it will engage farmers and agricultural experts >>

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    Medical economic vulnerability and farm resilience

    Jun 6, 2022

    The National Farm Medicine Center released "Majority of farm families worry about major medical expenses, and it could threaten their farm business," which discusses the findings of a published study in the peer reviewed journal, Agriculture and Human Values authored by SENR alum Dr. Florence Becot and faculty member Shoshanah Inwood

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    Farming and parenting—a tough juggling act

    Oct 27, 2020

    Raising children on a farm might sound idyllic, but in a national study, most farmers with children under 18 said childcare was a challenge.  Over two-thirds of first-generation farmers, people who had not grown up on farms, reported struggles with childcare, from finding affordable options nearby to finding providers whose childrearing philosophy matched theirs. Even multigenerational farmers, many who live near relatives, said childcare’s affordability, availability, or quality was a problem. Just over half of those farmers reported some type of childcare challenge.  “This is going to come as a surprise to a lot of people who don’t think childcare is an issue for farmers,” said Shoshanah Inwood, an assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) and the lead researcher of the study.