Black Hawk County area each year loses
(1999-2005 Average)
$62 million producing commodities
Receives $173 million in crop subsidies
And as farmers struggle, the region spends
$400 million buying food from outside
Dole sliced peaches
Peaches grown in Spain
Peaches shipped to Thailand
for processing
Peaches shipped to U.S.
for distribution
Peaches arrive in Iowa store
Total food miles:
14,700 (minimum)
Ann Arbor, MI
Retail Sales Dollars Spent on Food and Eating Out (2004)
Households
(000s)
Food & Bev
Stores ($)
Food Service &
Drinking
Establish.($)
Benton
10.3
32,740,000
5,626,000
Black Hawk
49.5
274,866,000
156,760,000
Bremer
8.9
29,827,000
11,068,000
Buchanan
7.9
14,561,000
9,756,000
Butler
6.1
10,677,000
2,959,000
Fayette
8.6
28,260,000
14,735,000
Grundy
5.1
10,360,000
2,670,000
TOTAL
103.3
426,609,000
210,365,000
Location
(county)
Jobs, Fruit & Veggies, and
Black Hawk County region
If residents of Black Hawk county area
purchased locally grown fruits and
vegetables just 3 months out of the year,
that would mean 475 new jobs and $6.3
million in labor income added to the local
economy.
David Swenson, ISU Economist
Carolyn Adolphs: (319) 478-8624
Romaine lettuce
Bib lettuce
Sweet onions
Red Onions
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Zucchini
Summer Squash
Cabbage
$1.00 per head
$1.00 per head
$.50 per lb
$.50 per lb
$.50 per lb
$.60 per lb
$.60 per lb
$.40 per lb
Don and Ruth Beck: (319) 988-3729
Sweet Corn
$2.50 per doz
(price negotiable for very large purchases)
Vern Hesse: (319) 266-2025
Sweet Corn
$3.00 per doz
(price negotiable for large purchases)
Loyd Johnson: (641) 435-2206
Green Bell Peppers(6-8oz) $.40-50 each
Parsley
(13-stem bundle)
$.75 per bundle
Cilantro
$.75 per bundle
Basil (green) 4 oz leaves $1.00
Chives (4-6in. stems/cut as desired)$.75 per oz
Chocolate Mint stems/leaves
$1.00 per oz
Lemon Balm stems/leaves $1.00 per oz
Coming Soon:
Available 7/24: Red Bell Peppers, Purple Ruffle Basil
Available 8/1: Orange, Yellow, Purple, and White Bell Peppers
2004 Local Food Expenditures
Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community
Dairy
Waverly, Iowa
Vegetables
Baked
Goods
Monthly
Total
$60.00
$3,511.92
Month
Meat
January
$3,341.92
$110.00
February
$484.66
$150.00
$634.66
March
$3,758.59
$570.00
April
$2,264.18
$460.00
$142.50
$2,866.68
May
$1,135.91
$709.20
$760.83
$2,605.94
June
$2,979.77
$1,075.00
$288.00
$4,343.37
July
$917.68
$753.30
$366.00
$2,036.98
$3,433.49
$1,327.40
$521.00
$5,281.89
$567.10
$977.40
$525.50
$78.00
$2,148.00
$5,309.55
$982.80
$402.00
$37.50
$6,731.85
November
$739.65
$1,035.80
$321.70
$354.50
$2,451.65
December
$3,428.44
$1,863.60
$93.90
$28,360.96
$9,755.10
$3,681.43
August
September
October
Year Total
$4,328.59
$5,385.94
$530.00
$42,327.47
Rudy’s Tacos, Waterloo, Iowa
Local Food Expenditures 2007
Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership
Benefits of a local food marketing campaign
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Tools for making local agriculture
more visible
More buyers interested
More farmers involved
More community visibility
More funders involved
Enriched our work
UNI Dining
Typical lunch at Price Lab School, April 2009
Preparing Lunch at Price Lab School, Fall 2009
Price Lab School Fall 2009
Local Food Expenditures
by the participating institutions in the
Black Hawk County Area, Iowa 1998-2008
Northern Iowa Food & Farm
Partnership
How can $1=$14.60 ?
• From 1998-2008, for every dollar we
raised to strengthen our local food
economy, we helped $14.60 be invested in
local food and farm businesses
UNI, Center for Energy & Environmental Education
Local Food & Local Government
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Pottawattamie County, IA: Local foods coordinator
Story County, IA: Planning for local foods
Linn County, IA: Land use plan, incubator farm
Dane County, WI: Food policy Council
Black Hawk County, IA: Local foods coordinator
Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership
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Publish Buy Fresh, Buy Local Directory
Make Farmers Markets more visible
Connect institutional food buyers to local food & farm businesses
Assist in the development of local foods infrastructure
Work with public schools food service staff
Raise awareness of the importance of knowing where our food
comes from
• Help new farms find local markets for their products
Every community needs an entity that does these things!
Kamyar Enshayan
[email protected]
319-273-7575