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Local Food as Economic Recovery
1. Local Food as
Economic Recovery
Ken Meter
Crossroads
Resource Center
(Minneapolis)
CFSC Food Policy
Workshop
Des Moines, Iowa
October 10, 2009
2. Financial partners:
• Prairie Rivers RC&D
• Golden Hills RC&D
• Johnson County Local Food Alliance
• Grinnell Area Local Food Alliance
• Geode RC&D
• Limestone Bluffs RC&D
• Pathfinders RC&D
• Iowa Valley RC&D
• University of Wisconsin Extension
• Experiment in Rural Cooperation (SE Minnesota)
• Northwest & West Central Minnesota Regional Sustainable
Development Partnerships
• Food Systems Working Group (Value Chain Partnerships
project) — Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable
Agriculture at Iowa State University
• University of Minnesota
• Oregon Food Bank
• W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Michigan)
• FarmAid
• Northwest Area Foundation
3. “Finding Food in Farm Country” Studies
plus Maui & Hawai’i
45 regions in 20 states (8 states, 1 province)
4. Local Farm & Food Economies
The perspectives of the
communities where food is
produced and eaten...
…are often overlooked
11. Finding Food in Farm Country
Marshall
County
Partner: Prairie Rivers RC&D
12. Marshall County
• 39,000 residents
• Earn $1.3 billion income
each year
Source: Federal Census 2000, BEA
13. households
-
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
200
400
600
800
less than $10,000
$10,000 - $14,999
$15,000 - $19,999
$20,000 - $24,999
$25,000 - $29,999
$30,000 - $34,999
$35,000 - $39,999
$40,000 - $44,999
(26%) below
9,824 people
185% of poverty
$45,000 - $49,999
$50,000 - $59,999
Household income levels
in Marshall County, 1999
$60,000 - $74,999
$75,000 - $99,999
$100,000 - $124,999
$125,000 - $149,999
$150,000 - $199,999
$200,000 or more
14.
15. Farm Production Balance in
Marshall County, Iowa, 1969-2007
250
Cash Receipts
200
Production expenses
Balance
150
$ millions (current)
100
50
0
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
-50
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
16. Farm Production Balance in
Marshall County, Iowa, 1969-2007
450
400 Cash receipts
Production expenses
350
Balance
300
$ millions (2007 dollars)
250
200
150
100
50
0
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
-50
-100
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
17. Farm Production Balance in
Marshall County, Iowa, 1969-2007
450
400 Cash receipts
Production expenses
350
Balance
300
$ millions (2007 dollars)
250
200
150
100
$37 million less than 1969!
50
0
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
-50
-100
$4 million average surplus
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
18. Marshall County’s Food
& Farm Economy
• Region’s farmers sell $175
million of commodities per year
and…
• Spend $171 million to raise them
Gain $4 million in production costs
Averages for (1979-2007)
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
19. Marshall County’s Food
& Farm Economy
So…
• Farm families earn $11 million of
other farm-related income
• And receive $18 million in federal
supports each year
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
20. Crop and livestock sales in
Marshall County, Iowa, 1969-2007
300
250
$ millions (2007 dollars)
Livestock
200
Crops
150
100
50
0
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
21. Finding Food in Farm Country
All told, Marshall County...
• Gains $4 million in production
• Loses $80 million buying inputs
• Loses $90 million buying food
Potential wealth lost each year
22. Finding Food in Farm Country
Total loss is:
• $166 million each year!
• This is 87% of value of all food
commodities raised in region
23. Finding Food in Farm Country
If consumers bought only 15% of
their food directly from local farms:
$8 million of new farm income
earned each year
28. Consumption out of balance
• 50% of U.S. public school students
qualify for free / reduced
lunch
• 10% of households are “food
insecure”
Source: USDA Mural: The Food Project
29. Health suffers
Medical costs of obesity are
$134 billion per year —
1/3 of what U.S. farmers
gross
Source: Harvard Public Health/Colditz
30. Corn sweeteners consumed
Corn sweeteners consumed in U.S., 1966 - 2002
in U.S., 1966 - 2002
70
60
50
40
HFCS
30 Glucose
Dextrose
20
10
0
Source: USDA/ERS — chart by Ken Meter, 2006
31. U.S. Youth Who are Overweight
Percent by Age
Percent
16
14.0%
14
12 10.7% 13%
10
10.7%
8
6 4.6%
4
4.1%
2
0
1963-70 1971-74 1976-80 1988-94 1999
Ages 6-11 Ages 12-17
>95th percentile for BMI by age and sex, based on NHANES I reference data
Source: Troiano RP, Flegal KM. Pediatrics 1998;101(3):497-504. NHANES
1999, National Center for Health Statistics. Chart by Melinda Hemmelgarn
33. Value Chain
Food
Service
Producer Processor Distributor Retailer Consumer
34. Farmers' share of retail prices paid by
consumers, 1950-2004
900
800
700
600
500
400 marketing bill
farm value
300
200
100 41% 20%
0
Source ERS; chart by Ken Meter, 2007
35. Value Network
Policy
Council
Non Profits
Consumer:
Producer
“Coproducer”
Processor
Retailer
Educator
Distributor Food
Service
36. Pollo de Campo (Minnesota)
• Build 30 chicken barns this
winter
• 20 – 25 Latino families
• ¼ acre each
• Goal: 35,000 chickens in 2010
• Create a path to ownership
37. Vernon Economic Development
(Wisconsin)
• Crossroads’ study inspires
vision
• Purchase factory at low price
• Regional food processing center
38. Marshall County (Iowa)
• 100 people at community forum
• Chamber, Mayor’s office attend
• Des Moines Register covers
Latino farming project
• Local sponsors: RC&D,
Community College, Leopold
39. Pottawatamie County (Iowa)
• RC&D district sponsors study
• County board allocates 5 years’
funding for local food
coordination
• Part of Southwest Iowa Farm
and Food Initiative
40. Northeast Iowa Farm and Food
Coalition
• from 6 farmers to 150 active
citizens in 18 months!
• Ken presents 9 times
• Data helps unify effort and
attract investors
41. Northern Iowa region
If residents purchased locally grown
fruits and vegetables just 3
months out of the year:
• 475 new jobs
• $6.3 million in labor income
added to local economy
David Swenson, ISU Economist
42. Clark County (Washington)
• Data turns around local
discussion of agriculture
• Deepens work of food systems
council
43. Columbia Gorge (Washington/
Oregon)
• Data persuades county to
allocate land for local foods
• Community food assessment
brings low-income needs
forward
• Mobile farmers’ market
44. Flint (Michigan)
• Data makes strong case to mayor
and development officials
• Urban farms can use existing
infrastructure
• Youth involved in hoop house
45. Douglas County (Kansas)
• County chair launches food
planning effort
• Sustainability coordinator to be
hired