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Concurrent Session I |
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Tools for farmers, farmer-led businesses, and sustainable agriculture organizations
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Market Maker for Iowa
Ray Hansen, ISU Value-Added Agriculture Extension |
Iowa Produce Market Potential Calculator: Economic impacts of increased fruit and vegetable production in Iowa
Randy Boeckenstedt, ISU Center for Transportation Research and Education; Rich Pirog, Leopold Center; and Dave Swenson, ISU Department of Economics
Economic analysis
Produce Market Calculator Website
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The Total Wine Package
Craig Tordsen, ISU Value-Added Agriculture Extension
The Total Wine Package Website
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Development of resources for organic food processors in the State of Iowa
Sam Beattie, ISU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Organic Food Processors |
Concurrent Session II |
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Consumer Market Research
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Educational Business Planning Programs
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Assisting Local and Regional Food Enterprises
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Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage: Consumer and retailer-level effects
Tom DeCarlo and Mike Barone, ISU Dept. of Marketing
Competitive Advantage |
The Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program at Marshalltown Community College: Degree programs and noncredit courses
Linda Barnes, Marshalltown Community College
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Southwest Iowa Entrepreneurial Center - An achievable product-to-market business model for small/niche ag producers
Lynn Adams, ISU Extension
Entrepreneurial Center |
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Using the conjoint market analysis tool to examine factors that influence consumer attitudes toward beef products
Brian Mennecke, ISU Dept. of Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems
Conjoint Market Analysis |
Land-based business and entrepreneurship program at Indian Hills Community College
Brydon Kaster, Indian Hills Community College – Centerville
Business & Entrepreneurship Program |
Using contracts to expand produce market opportunities
Jason Ellis, ISU Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management
Expanding Market Opportunities |
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Connecting producers and consumers of goat meat in Siouxland
Betty Wells and Hannah Lewis, ISU Department of Sociology
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GYSMF: Growing your small market farm business planning program
Penny Brown-Huber
Farm Business Planning |
Pilot project to identify and measure the relevant costs of production for sustainable agricultural products
Sue Ravenscroft and Mike Doran, ISU Dept. of Accounting
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Small and midsize Iowa farmer training program: Marketing entrepreneurship and business planning skills
Maureen Collins-Williams, University of Northern Iowa
Small & Midsize Farmer Training
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Concurrent Session III |
Natural and Organic Meat
Production and Marketing |
Place-based Foods |
Community Supported
Food Enterprises |
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Developing an integrated research and outreach program for niche pork
Gary Huber, Practical Farmers of Iowa
Integrated Research & Outreach program |
Taste of place: Place-based foods in Iowa
Riki Saltzman, Iowa Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs
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Buying and eating (W)right in North Central Iowa: The untold growing story of local food in Wright County
Jan Libbey, Wright County Here’s to our Health Program and Mark Schutt, Prairie Winds area RC&D
Eating and Buying Wright |
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Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints
Nicolas Acevedo, ISU Dept. of Economics, and Margaret Smith, ISU Value-Added Agriculture Extension
Organic, Natural, & Grass-fed Beef |
Development of regional wine culture in Iowa
Warren Johnson, Limestone Bluffs area RC&D
Regional Wine Culture in Iowa |
Food system maps, gaps, and linkages
Carol Smith, National Catholic Rural Life Conference and Iowa Network for Community Agriculture
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Business Organization and Coordination in Marketing Specialty Hogs: A comparative analysis of two firms in Iowa
Brent Hueth, ISU Dept. of Economics
Business Organization and Coordination |
A study of place-based food tourism in northeast Iowa communities
Sam Lankford and Ariana Cela, University of Northern Iowa
Place-based Food Tourism |
The role of collaborative community supported agriculture: Lessons from Iowa
Corry Bregendahl, ISU Department of Sociology
Collaborative Community Supported Agriculture |
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Concurrent Session IV |
| Economic Impacts and Implications of Local/Regional Food Enterprises |
Institutional Food Markets |
Students providing service learning to businesses and communities |
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Community economic impact assessment for a multi-county local food system in northeast Iowa
Kamyar Enshayan, University of Northern Iowa
Economic Impact Assessment |
The Southwest Iowa institutional food survey
Steve Adams, ISU Extension
Institutional Food Survey |
Building and utilizing cross-disciplinary experiential learning communities for solving food production marketing problems
Kay Palan and John Wong, ISU Dept. of Marketing
Cross-disciplinary Learning Communities |
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Local farm and economy analysis for Northeast Iowa and other Iowa counties
Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN
Local Farm & Economy Analysis |
Economic viability of local food marketing for restaurant operations and growers/producers in Iowa
Amit Sharma, ISU Department of Apparel, Education Studies, and Hospitality Management
Economic Viability of Local Food Marketing |
MBA with minor sustainable agriculture program
Rich Pirog, Leopold Center; Kory Beidler, Scott Kincaid, and Andrea Spiker, ISU MBA students
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Sustaining agriculture producers through direct marketing of fresh and processed foods
Craig Chase, ISU Extension
Sustaining Agriculture Producers |
Characterizing optimal business conditions for commerce between farmers and SYSCO: Phase II
Jim Ennis, Food Alliance Midwest, St. Paul, MN
Characterizing Optimal Business Conditions |
Life in Iowa’s Homecoming Institute
Kristen Garret Corey and Ann Holste, ISU students
Life in Iowa's Homecoming Institute
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