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Brittney Goodrich, PhD

Brittney Goodrich is an Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension at the University of California, Davis. She grew up in a rural farming community in Iowa where uncertainty in agricultural production and marketing influenced family and friends on a daily basis. Consequently, she has always been intrigued by the choices farmers make to address risk and uncertainty in their operations, and focuses her research and extension programs in this area. Dr. Goodrich has published in leading academic journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Ecological Economics, Food Policy, and the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice. She holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis.