Research Results

Market Research and Feasibility Studies

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 Organic agriculture viability study One-page brief Full summary M2007-13
NEW Northeast Iowa local food survey summary report One-page brief Full summary RWG2007-01
NEW A study of the factors that influence consumer attitudes towards beef products using the conjoint market analysis tool

One-page brief Full summary

 M2005-27
NEW Southwest Iowa institutional foods survey and producer training program One-page brief Full summary M2005-12
Potential to operate greenhouses and aquaculture in conjunction with Iowa’s ethanol plants   M2007-08
Case studies and benchmark transaction costs for select food products   M02-2006
Taste of Place Project, Phase II: Outreach   M13-2006
New food entrepreneurs: Value added enterprises for farm profitability, facilitating understanding between producers, processors and policymakers   M2006-23
Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints to production in the Midwestern United States   M2005-30
Market Maker for Iowa   M29-2005
Assessing the market potential for goat meat among recent immigrants to Siouxland   M33-2005
Economic viability of local food marketing for Iowa restaurants, growers/producers   M17-2005
Small/midsize Iowa farmer marketing, entrepreneurship, business planning training   M06-2005
Using contracts to expand produce market opportunities   M18-2005
Bridging the gap: What does it take to bring small- and medium-sized producers and retail and foodservice distributors together?   M2006-05
Taste of Place: Place-based foods in Iowa   M02-2005
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage   M07-2005
Developing an integrated research and outreach program for niche pork   M28-2005
Southwest Iowa Entrepreneurial Center: An achievable product-to-market business model for niche ag producers   M13-2005
Naming and graphing entrepreneurial and community based agriculture linkages   M04-2004
Planning grant for expansion of Food Alliance ecolabel program in Iowa   2004-M14
Consumer perceptions of place-based foods   MSP05-2004
Assessing the market potential of specialty forest products in local food systems   2004-M08
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage   2004-M05
Market analysis of alternative crop production in Iowa   2004-M09
Co-location of industries with small livestock slaughter facilities   2003-M4
Grinnell Area Local Food System Initiative   M01-2003
Identification of plant residue with commercial potential as natural dyestuffs   2003-M06
Local food connections: From farms to restaurants   2002-29
Sustaining agricultural producers through direct marketing of processed foods   2002-16
Developing a local food system in association with business and industry   2002-67
Our rural supermarket: Locally grown foods project   2002-LF
Establishment of a local food system in eastern Iowa   2000-26
Making the connection—linking farms to HRIs   2000-67
Local ecotype prairie seed   1999-45
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy   1998-13
Rural regeneration through direct marketing of Audubon County meats   1998-12

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