Tim Woods, Ph.D.

Extension Professor

Dr. Woods specializes in agribusiness management and marketing with special emphasis on horticulture, food business development, consumer and direct markets, and farm entrepreneurship. He leads MarketReady: a nationally recognized training program designed to educate specialty crop, dairy and other producers on best business practices associated with selling to grocery, restaurant, wholesale, and other institutional markets. He is also a member of the UK Food Systems Innovation Center, and is currently working on projects related to produce and health, CSA innovations, sustainable food systems, wholesale marketing innovations for local food systems, and controlled environment agriculture. You can find his full professional profile here.

Dr. Woods loves travel and food culture, having had sabbatical experiences in Ukraine, France and Switzerland, and most recently England.