Annelise Ivy Straw is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky. Annelise's work focuses on food and agriculture and its various intersections with social and environmental justice. Annelise was previously the Research Assistant on The Local and Regional Food System Recovery and Resilience Project 2.0, an initiative led by the USDA-AMS with cooperating researchers and community partners focusing on translating lessons learned from local and regional food systems stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneous social crisis into collaborative strategies for fostering recovery and equitable approaches to food systems resilience. Annelise is now working with the Local and Regional Foods Division within USDA Agricultural Marketing Service where she is working to promote equitable market access by exploring common challenges faced by local and regional food system stakeholders through research and technical assistance.