Jodee Smith
Environmental Resilience Institute
Expert Bio
Jodee Smith, the Resilient Food Systems manager at the Environmental Resilience Institute, has more than 12 years of experience providing impactful results in food systems work for Indiana. She is a statewide leader and works with partners across agencies and universities, as well as those in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, to address food issues at the systems level.
As a pracademic, Smith bridges the gap between research and implementation and provides valuable services for the state of Indiana. Leveraging funding, technical expertise and partnerships, she works to build capacity for food systems change using an asset-based and servant leadership approach. Working with local leaders and regional food system stewards, Smith supports with research and evidence-based models customized for community need.
Areas of Expertise
Regional food value chains, food is medicine, farm to school, farm to institution, values-based food procurement, good food, climate-smart food, food charter, Indiana Food Vision, food system assessment and inventories.
Other Information
Book chapter (2022): Innovating with People Power: Bolstering Regional Food Economies through Value Chain Coordination Efforts
Indiana Food Vision: A food charter guiding policy and decision-making for Indiana food system
Research report: What’s for Lunch? Local food purchasing by Indiana institutions
Network coordinator: Indiana Value Chain Network
Research project: Fischer Farms Ultimate Beef
Circle chair: CARAT Community and Agriculture Resilience Audit Tool
Research report: Meat processing in Indiana for small to mid-sized producers
Research report: Food Comida Rawl 317: Nourishing and Sustaining our Indianapolis Communities (2022)
Research report: Voice of the Farmer: A Survey of Indiana Meat Farmers and their Processing Needs (2021)
Research report: Sustainability Action Plan for the City of Bloomington, Indiana: Following up on policy and action for local food and agriculture (2021)
Toolkit: Preparing for Cooking Matters (2021)
Field notes: Best Practices for Community Food Systems Projects (2020)
Field report: Indiana Uplands: Local Food, Local Good Report (2020)
Podcast: On Topic with IU - Discussing the many elements of the food supply chain