Leopold Center
Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop
March 11, 2008

Abstracts and Presentation Materials

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Concurrent Session I    

Value Chain Partnerships project

• Niche Pork
  • Pork Niche Market Working Group - Niche Pork Herd Health - Production Cost Management project  – Gary Huber, Practical Farmers of Iowa Presentation materials
     
  • Effects of Ambient Temperature and Transportation Distance on the Resulting Pork Quality – Ray Hansen, ISU Extension Presentation materials

• Small Meat Processors Working Group and Fruit and Vegetable Working Group
  • Small Meat Processors Working Group – Arion Thiboumery North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
     

  • Fruit and Vegetable Working Group – Jim Clark, Practical Farmers of Iowa; Margaret Smith, ISU Extension; and Malcolm Robertson, Leopold Center Presentation materials

• Regional Food Systems Working Group

  • Regional Food Systems Working Group - Rich Pirog, Leopold Center Presentation materials

  • Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition  - Brenda Ranum Presentation materials

  • Growing the Local Food System in Southeast Iowa - Detra Dettman Presentation materials

  • Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative - Keith Booth  Presentation materials

  • Northwest Iowa Regional Local Foods System - Pat Garrity

Concurrent Session II  10:15-11:45 a.m.

Dairy options for Iowa farmers

Financial assistance for food businesses

Investigation of the Economic Feasibility of Pasture-based Dairy Operations in Northwest Iowa

Chris Mondak,Tom Olsen
ISU Extension
Presentation

Mapping Biomass Fuels in Iowa

Randy Boeckenstedt
ISU Center for Transportation Research and Education
Presentation

Cash Flow and Product Profitability Analysis and Improvement for Small Meat Processors

Verl Anders
ISU Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)

Expanding Grass-based Organic Dairy Enterprises among Southeastern Iowa Farmers

Christine Taliga
Iowa Valley RC&D
Presentation

Researching and Evaluating an Effective Web-based Local Food Sales Template

David Reisner
Agrestic Software
Michael Nash
GROWN Locally
Presentation

Financing of Niche Agricultural Producers

Howard Van Auken
ISU Finance
Presentation

Sustainable Economic Development through Organic and Grazing Dairy Farm Establishment and Transition
 
Larry Tranel
ISU Extension

Assessing Needs and Fostering Agricultural Entrepreneurship Among Immigrants in Several Iowa Communities

Rick Tafoya
M&M Divide RC&D
Hannah Lewis
ISU Sociology
Presentation

Establishing an Iowa Microloan Foundation

Ron Prescott
Iowa Community Vitality Center
Presentation

Farm to college and food safety issues

Strengthening the Regional and Local Food Systems in the Iowa Valley: Enhancing the Sustainability of the University of Iowa Food System

Leah Wilson
Johnson County Local Food Alliance
Presentation

Is the Meat Goat Enterprise Profitable and Sustainable?

Dennis DeWitt
ISU Extension
Presentation

New Champions Expanded Scope: For Strengthening a Multi-county Food System

Kamyar Enshayan
University of Northern Iowa
Robin Gaines
Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community
Presentation

Farm to ISU, The First Year

Sue DeBlieck
ISU Dining and ISU Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture
Presentation

Functional Quality Management Systems for Livestock Producers

Terry D. Faidley
Iowa Pork Industry Center - ISU
Presentation

Strengthening the Local and Regional Food System in the Iowa Valley: Iowa Valley Regional Food Initiative

Christine Taliga
Iowa Valley RC&D

Safe Food Handling on the Farm: Meeting the Needs of Foodservice Operations

Cathy Strohbehn
ISU Department of Apparel, Education Studies and Hospitality Management
Neric Smith
ISU Extension
Presentation

Potential to Operate Greenhouses and Aquaculture in Conjunction with Iowa's Ethanol Plants

Connie Hardy
ISU Extension
Presentation

Strategies to Stabilize Locally Grown Produce for Year-round Sales: A Feasibility Study

Sam Beattie
ISU Food Science and Human Nutrition
Presentation

Concurrent Session IV  3 - 4:30 p.m.

Building a Direct-to-Consumer Food Distribution System in Iowa – Iowa Food Cooperative

Gary Huber and Jim Clark
Practical Farmers of Iowa
Presentation

What state and local policies help advance Iowa's local food systems?

Moderator: Mary Adams
Discussant: Matt Russell
 

New marketing and food systems projects funded in 2008 will share project goals and expected outcomes

• Producer Machinery and Labor Sharing Arrangements Workshops

• Measuring the Economic Impacts of Local Food Initiatives at the Regional Level

• Pottawattamie County Farm to Fork

• Expanding Business Skills for Specialty Growers in Iowa
  Presentation

• Grinnell Area Petroleum Replacement Initiative Phase 2

• New Farmer Jump-Start Project

• Adding a New Generation to Iowa’s Sustainable Farms

• Strategies to Effectively Promote and Market On-Farm Retail Enterprises

• Strengthening the Local and Regional Food System in the Iowa Valley

• Researching and Evaluating an Effective Web-Based Local Food Sales Template: Phase II

• Latino Farmers and Local Multicultural Food and Marketing Systems

Tunnels to Tables

Ray Hansen
ISU Extension
Presentation

Organic Agriculture Program Viability Study

Awoke Dalisso
Western Iowa Tech College

Investigating the Feasibility of Establishing Food Processing and Distribution Centers for Western Iowa

Pat Garrity
Floyd Boulevard Local Foods Market
Presentation