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Brian Williams

Columbus Ohio USA
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Biographical Info

Brian is an agriculture and food-system consultant doing business as Local Nexus since 2017. He has worked nearly 15 years on food, agriculture, and farmland preservation issues, mostly as Ohio director of American Farmland Trust (2005-2008) and with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission from May 2009 to September 2020. Before that, he had a 25-year newspaper career in five Ohio cities, two other states, and Thailand, focusing on local food, land use, planning, farmland preservation, urban revitalization, transportation and regional cooperation.

Categories: NRS Support, Ohio Smart Agriculture Steering Committee

Staff

Brian Williams

Columbus Ohio USA
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Biographical Info

Brian is an agriculture and food-system consultant doing business as Local Nexus since 2017. He has worked nearly 15 years on food, agriculture, and farmland preservation issues, mostly as Ohio director of American Farmland Trust (2005-2008) and with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission from May 2009 to September 2020. Before that, he had a 25-year newspaper career in five Ohio cities, two other states, and Thailand, focusing on local food, land use, planning, farmland preservation, urban revitalization, transportation and regional cooperation.

Categories: NRS Support, Ohio Smart Agriculture Steering Committee

Project Support

Brian Williams

Columbus Ohio USA
Photo of Brian Williams

Biographical Info

Brian is an agriculture and food-system consultant doing business as Local Nexus since 2017. He has worked nearly 15 years on food, agriculture, and farmland preservation issues, mostly as Ohio director of American Farmland Trust (2005-2008) and with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission from May 2009 to September 2020. Before that, he had a 25-year newspaper career in five Ohio cities, two other states, and Thailand, focusing on local food, land use, planning, farmland preservation, urban revitalization, transportation and regional cooperation.

Categories: NRS Support, Ohio Smart Agriculture Steering Committee