Estimating the Production and Market Value-Based Impacts of Nutritional Goals in NE Iowa

February 2008

Dave Swenson, ISU Department of Economics

This research describes the potential economic impacts of a nutritionist-suggested level of fresh fruits and vegetable consumption, coupled with increased levels of local production.

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