Muscatine Melon: A Case Study of a Place-based Food in Iowa

October 2004

Susan Futrell, One Backyard Consulting, and Craig Chase, ISU Extension Farm Management

This special project of the Leopold Center's Marketing and Food Systems Initiative (2004-MSP09) looks at the 120-year history of melon production in southeast Iowa and potential for promotion.

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