Growth in Local Food Economies

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1 Growth in Local Food Economies Ken Meter Crossroads Resource Center (Minneapolis) Rep. Collin Peterson Forum Home Grown Economy Crookston, Minnesota March 31, 2008

2 Financial partners: University of Minnesota 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 Wisconsin Extension Northern Arizona University Ctr Environmental Studies W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Michigan) Community Alliance with Family Farms (California) Roots of Change Council (California) Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Program (NC) University of Hawaii Manoa FarmAid Northwest Area Foundation ALCES Foundation (Massachusetts) Team Santa Rosa (Florida & Alabama) Cole Family Foundation & Sunnyfields Farm Institute (VA) Maui Land & Pine (Hawaii) Manitoba Food Charter (Winnipeg)

3 Finding Food in Farm Country Studies plus Maui & Hawai i 29 regions 15 states

4 Local Farm & Food Economies The perspectives of the communities where commodities are produced and used... are often overlooked

5 Vision for local food economies Build: Health Wealth Connection Capacity

6 Cash receipts and production costs for U.S. farms, Source: ERS Chart by Ken Meter, Cash Receipts Production Expenses 100 Receipts less Expenses Ken Meter, $billions (2000 dollars) 250

7 Cumulative flow of money away from farm communities, (100) (200) $ billions (2007 $) (300) (400) (500) (600) $600 billion more paid by farmer interest payments than all subsidies (700) Ken Meter,

8 Corn sweeteners consumed in U.S., Corn sweeteners consumed in U.S., HFCS Pounds per capita HFCS Glucose Dextrose 10 0 Source: USDA/ERS chart by Ken Meter, 2006

9 Percent U.S. Youth Who are Overweight Percent by Age 14.0% % 10.7% 13% % 4.1% Ages 6-11 Ages >95th percentile for BMI by age and sex, based on NHANES I reference data Source: Troiano RP, Flegal KM. Pediatrics 1998;101(3): NHANES 1999, National Center for Health Statistics. Chart by Melinda Hemmelgarn

10 Value Chain Food Service Producer Processor Distributor Retailer Consumer

11 900 Farmers' share of retail prices paid by consumers, $ billions (2004) marketing bill farm value 41% 20% 0 Source ERS; chart by Ken Meter, 2007

12 Value Network Non Profits Policy Council Producer Consumer: Coproducer Processor Retailer Educator Distributor Food Service

13 What are people doing about this?

14 Innovative farm operations Winter CSA Milan, Minnesota Fresh fresh organic greens November to April Sells only within 30 miles

15 Winter CSA Milan, Minnesota

16 Winter CSA Milan, Minnesota

17 Innovative farm operations Student farm at St. Olaf college Raises food for campus food service $40,000 sales/acre Ken Meter,

18 Innovative farm operations Commercial farm in Georgia Raises produce for farmers market, members and restaurants $320,000 sales/4.5 acres Ken Meter,

19 Innovative farm operations Bushel Boy Tomatoes Most of Twin Cities market for high-end tomatoes (after 20 years) Year-round hydroponic production 20 acres of greenhouse 80 full-time employees Ken Meter,

20 Innovative restaurants Common Roots Cafe Minneapolis Features organic & sustainable local foods 59% local!

21 Common Roots Producers

22 Innovative food initiatives Grinnell College (Iowa) Trying to source local foods, discovers need for warehouse Community making same plans Explore joint campus-community facility

23 Innovative food initiatives Emory University (Atlanta) Goal: 75% of all food sustainable and local by 2015 Local means Georgia Then surrounding states

24 Black Hawk region, Iowa Ken Meter,

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26 UNI Local Food Project institutions buy $111,000 of local foods stores & institutions Ken Meter, 2008 buy $1.8 million 26

27 Local Food sales in North Central Iowa, $2,000,000 $1,800,000 $1,600,000 $1,400,000 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 $0 Ken Meter,

28 Rudy s Tacos Waterloo, Iowa 72% local food! Photo by Arion Thiboumery

29 Northeast Iowa Farm & Food Coalition

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31 NE Iowa Farm and Food Coalition Farmers Lenders Extension Agents Main Street Businesses Technical experts Consumers Schools and Hospitals

32 Northeast Iowa Five commodity groups meet together! Then meet with lenders & chamber Strategy: form local brokerage & value-added processing

33 Northeast Iowa Oneota Food Coop is core firm Second-largest employer on Main Street (after bank) Growth: 22% $400,000 local food sales (20%)

34 Northeast Iowa Successes Farm groups broaden vision Strategic plan for local foods Respectful collaboration Mobilize local expertise

35 Northeast Iowa Challenges This is difficult work! Food systems are complex May require outside investment

36 NE Iowa Food & Fitness Working together to eat well and exercise better

37 Woodbury County, Iowa

38 Woodbury County, Iowa 1. County commits to buying local, organic food when available at comparable prices

39 Woodbury County, Iowa 2. County offers property tax break for farmers converting to organic production

40 Woodbury County, Iowa 3. County assists growers cooperative to form and to sell organic food

41 Woodbury County, Iowa 4. County opens commercial food kitchen

42 Woodbury County, Iowa 5. County sponsors salsa competition Winning recipe now produced under Sioux City Sue label

43 Woodbury County, Iowa

44 Woodbury County, Iowa 6. County frames homestead policy town of Danbury donates land for new organic farms

45 Source: Leopold Center

46 Regional Food System Planning Guide Source: Leopold Center

47 Missouri Farmers Union Farmers buy supermarket in St. Louis Sappington Farmers Market Form cooperative brokerage selling members produce Source: Randy Wook, Missouri Farmers Union

48 Will Allen, Growing Power, Milwaukee

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50 Growing Power, Milwaukee

51 New York City $1 billion produce warehouse planned in Bronx

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53 Direct Food Sales

54 Federation of Southern Coops 35 years of coop organizing 12,000 members dozens of coops & credit unions millions in personal savings

55 Organic Sales

56 Organic Valley 20 years of coop organizing 1,183 farmer members $480 million sales (2007) milk/soy milk, cheese, orange juice, produce, meats, eggs Source: Organic Valley

57 Organic Valley

58 Organic Valley Sales, $ millions Source: Organic Valley

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60 We are building local food systems for the first time In past we built infrastructure for exports Never planned for sustainable regional foods

61 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Flexibility makes it work in Twin Cities Large brokers carry shipments for small

62 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Flexibility makes it work in Minnesota Producers share truck space

63 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Flexibility makes it work in Minnesota Scott Pampuch, Corner Table Get away from salesman mentality. Know your producer

64 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Flexibility makes it work in Minneapolis Coastal Seafoods It s all about relationships

65 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Disconnect in Market Pepin Heights Orchards We sell quality. Buyers care about price.

66 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems From: All the same and predictable To: We know producer s quality, and we cope with uncertainty

67 Elements of Success for Local Food Systems Small firms & coops lead the way Medium make larger impact Large firms follow (or buy)

68 Local foods may be your strongest path toward community economic development Ken Meter,

69 Vision for local food economies Build: Health Wealth Connection Capacity Ken Meter,

70 Food (& Land) Bill Not just a Farm Bill

71 Invest in communities rather than cash for commodities

72 Finding Food in Farm Country (612)