An Interview Guide for Assessing Change, Innovation, and Risk Management within the Food System in Response to COVID-19

David Outerbridge, Christa D. Court, Laura Birou, Catherine Campbell, Sebastian Galindo, Eyrika Orlando, Fritz Roka, and Kelly Wilson

Release Date: 8/12/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1144-2024

Agriculture

Abstract

Extension professionals were, and in many cases still are, heavily involved in assessing how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted agribusiness operations and the broader food system. This publication describes the process that a core project team of Extension professionals and researchers from the University of Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University followed to design and implement an interview guide to harmonize the collection of such information from food system businesses in Florida. We discuss benefits of this method, tools that improved efficiency during implementation, and considerations for others who might want to modify and use this interview guide in their own state or region.

About this Publication

This document is FE1144, a publication of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2024 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

About the Authors

David Outerbridge, county Extension director, UF/IFAS Lee County Extension; Christa D. Court, assistant professor, Food and Resource Economics Department; Laura Birou, Department of Management Studies, College of Business, University of Michigan Dearborn; Catherine Campbell, assistant professor, Family, Youth, and Community Sciences Department; Sebastian Galindo, research associate professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; Eyrika Orlando, former graduate research assistant, Food and Resource Economics Department; Fritz Roka, director, Center of Agribusiness, Lutgert College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University; and KellyWilson, former Food Systems Specialist, UF/IFAS Lee County Extension. UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, Florida 32611.

How to Cite

Outerbridge, D., Court, C. D., Birou, L., Campbell, C., Galindo, S., Orlando, E., Roka, F., & Wilson, K. (2024). An Interview Guide for Assessing Change, Innovation, and Risk Management within the Food System in Response to COVID-19. EDIS, 2024(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1144-2024

Authors

David Outerbridge

County agent

University of Florida

county Extension director and program county Extension agent II, M.S., agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Lee County, Fort Myers, FL

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Christa Court

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

director, Economic Impact Analysis Program and associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

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Laura Birou

lecturer, PhD, Department of Management Studies, College of Business, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

Catherine Campbell

Specialist

University of Florida

assistant professor, community food systems, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL

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Sebastian Galindo

Specialist

University of Florida

research associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

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Eyrika Orlando

former graduate research assistant, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville, FL

Fritz Roka

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Florida Gulf Coast University

director, Center of Agribusiness, Lutgert College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL

former associate professor of agricultural economics, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

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Kelly Wilson

former food systems specialist, UF/IFAS Extension Lee County, Ft. Myers, FL

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