Completed Competitive Grant

Sustainability and community food systems in four Iowa counties

Project ID: 2000-69

Abstract

Four Iowa counties (Benton, Marshall, Audubon and Johnson) were studied to determine how local food systems had developed, prospered, or struggled in the face of challenges from globalization and industrialization.

Key Question: What lessons can Iowa learn from individual county experiences with the changing structure of agriculture?

Findings: There don't seem to be any "one-size-fits-all" answers and the needs and capacities of rural counties may differ significantly.

Lead investigator: Clare Hinrichs, ISU Sociology

Year of grant completion: 2004

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Community-based food systems, Food miles, food pathways, food system assessments

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