Economic Impacts
- Investigating the Potential Economic Impacts of Local Foods for Southeast Iowa, Analysis conducted by Dave Swenson, Iowa State University Department of Economics, for increased local food production, processing and consumption in Davis, Jefferson Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren and Wapello counties in Iowa, September 2009. The work was funded by a competitive grant from the Leopold Center Marketing and Food Systems Initiative.
- Estimating the Production and Market Value-Based
Impacts of Nutritional Goals in NE Iowa
[PDF
], Research conducted by Dave Swenson, ISU
Department of Economics, on the additional sales
($90.8 million) and jobs (more than 400) that
would be added to the northeast Iowa economy
from increased production and consumption of
fresh fruit and vegetables. Counties included in
his analysis were Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette,
Howard and Winneshiek. The work was funded by
the Regional Food Systems Working Group of the
Value Chain Partnerships project coordinated by
the Leopold Center. February 2008
- The Case for
Local and
Regional Food
Marketing [PDF],One in a series
of Issue Briefs
of the
Farm & Food
Policy Project
(FFPP),
written to
support new
initiatives
introduced to
the 2007 Farm
Bill. FFPP is a
diverse alliance
of family farm,
sustainable
agriculture,
rural, public
health,
anti-hunger,
environmental,
faith-based, and
other groups
with a
commitment to
address the full
spectrum of
public needs
addressed by
this critical
piece of
legislation. May
2007
- Determining the
methods for
measuring the
economic and
fiscal impacts
associated with
organic crop
conversion in
Iowa
Study funded by
the Leopold
Center Marketing
and Food Systems
Initiative shows
the potential
regional
economic impact
of organic crop
production,
March 2007.
- Eat Fresh and
Grow Jobs,
Michigan
[PDF], Report
from the
Michigan Land
Use Institute at
the University
of Michigan
shows that
Determined
efforts to
increase sales
of fresh, local
foods in the
state could
significantly
boost employment
and personal
income,
September 2006
- Local Produce = Local Profits A display at the 2006 Farm Progress Show in Iowa highlighted the economic impacts of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprises as well as sales of Iowa-grown produce to restaurants and institutions. See more of the Leopold Center display
- The economic impacts of increased fruit and vegetable production and consumption in Iowa: Phase II [PDF], Dave Swenson, Iowa State University, looks at the amount of sales and additional jobs related to four scenarios for increased fruit and vegetable production in Iowa, May 2006
- Evaluating economic impacts of local food
purchasing in several market channels in Black
Hawk and surrounding counties [PDF], Farmers from
Black Hawk County and surrounding areas received
$465,000 for meat, dairy, vegetables and baked
goods that were served or sold locally by 23
restaurants, food services, grocery stores and
retailers in 2004. Report from a project funded
by the Regional Food Systems Working Group,
April 2005
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Consumers, vendors and the economic importance of Iowa farmers' markets: An economic impact survey analysis [PDF], Final report of a study conducted for the Regional Food Systems Working Group. Report looks at the economic impact of 161 markets on the Iowa economy, March 2005