Research Results

Community-based Food Systems

These projects have been supported by the Leopold Center. Click on a project name to read a printable summary of the key findings and other details. Full final reports are available from the Leopold Center by request.

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Project Name [PDF] Project ID
NEW Safe food handling practices on the farm: Meeting the needs of foodservice operations One-page brief Full summary M2007-36
NEW Researching and evaluating an effective web-based local food sales template One-page brief Full summary M2007-31
NEW Northeast Iowa local food survey summary report One-page brief Full summary RWG2007-01
NEW Plan demonstration farm to include farm business incubators and educational use One-page brief Full summary M2006-24
NEW Southwest Iowa institutional foods survey and producer training program One-page brief Full summary M2005-12
NEW Community economic impact assessment for multi-county local food system One-page brief Full summary M2005-08
Growing Farm to ISU: The first five months   MSP2007-01
Strengthening the local and regional food system in the Iowa Valley   M2007-17
Local food, local policy: a case study on engaging policy makers in the development of their foodshed   PSP2007-03
The role of collaborative community supported agriculture: Lessons from Iowa   M01-2005
Sustainable agriculture, marketing, entrepreneurship, and business planning skills  
M03-2005
Using contracts to expand produce market opportunities   M18-2005
Developing an integrated research and outreach program for niche pork   M28-2005
Economic viability of local food marketing for Iowa restaurants, growers/producers   M17-2005
Economic analysis of current and potential Muscatine melon market   MSP09-2004
Documenting the costs and benefits of whole animal local meat purchases by three northeast Iowa institutions   2004-M06
Naming and graphing entrepreneurial and community based agriculture linkages   M04-2004
Evaluating on-farm food handling practices and microbiological quality of locally grown produce and eggs   2004-MSP01
Local food capacity in north central Iowa: Nutritional need, economic strategy   2004-M21
Grinnell Area Local Food System Initiative   M01-2003
Co-location of industries with small livestock slaughter facilities   2003-M4
Johnson County Food Education Program   M05-2003
Let the vineyards be fruitful   M03-2003
Life in Iowa Homecoming Institute   M02-2003
Sustaining agricultural producers through direct marketing of processed foods   2002-16
Our rural supermarket: Locally grown foods project   2002-LF
Local food connections: From farms to restaurants   2002-29
Developing a local food system in association with business and industry   2002-67
An internship program to help institutional food buyers develop links to local farms in northeast Iowa   2001-13
Institutional and commercial food service buyers' perceptions of benefits and obstacles to purchase locally grown and processed foods   2001-38
Sustainability and community food systems in four Iowa counties   2000-69
Establishment of a local food system in eastern Iowa   2000-26
Making the connection—linking farms to HRIs   2000-67
Alternative and horticulture crop education and marketing pilot project   1999-56
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy   1998-13
Rural regeneration through direct marketing of Audubon County meats   1998-12
Field to Family Community Food Project   1998-75
Determining the benefits of environmental improvements in pork production and their sustainability: a community-based study of Iowa's pork industry   1997-52

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