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Food Systems from the Farmer View Local Food Demand - Now What? Te Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Conference Fe February, 2018 Georgetown, Texas Pr Presentation by: y: Sue Beckw kwith, Ava va Cameron, Dr. Rebekka kka Dudensing

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Food Systems from the Farmer View

Local Food Demand - Now What?

Te Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Conference Fe February, 2018 Georgetown, Texas Pr Presentation by: y: Sue Beckw kwith, Ava va Cameron, Dr. Rebekka kka Dudensing

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Texas Center for Local Food

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Vision: Sustainable Texas fo food sy syst stems s that are healthy for pe peopl ple, animals, and d the pl planet.

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Purpose: Increase farmer net in income and create qualit lity ru rura ral jobs in Texas

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Farmer-di directed

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Economics

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Resource and Re Referral

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Texas Center for Local Food - Projects

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USDA DA FoodLINC NC - le leveragin ging g valu lue chain ins for for in increased whole

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Local Food Price Stud udy

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Food hub fe feasibility

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Farm and food business resources directory an and event cal alendar ar

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Local Food Le Leader r tra raining statewide

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Fresh: F : Farmer G Guide t to V Value-Ad Added Processing

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ELF - El Elgin Local Food Center

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Farmers Marke ket Metrics

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Elgin ISD After School local food and agriculture

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Hurricane Ha Harvey Emergency Relief

Tex Texas as Cen enter er for

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as 2 st staf aff peop eople

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Collaborators

Au Austi tin Community ty College Pr Prairie View A&M University GR GROW Local South Texas US USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Te Texas Org rganic Farm rmers rs & Gard rdeners rs Fa Farm & Ranch Fr Freedom Allia lliance St Stel ellar Gourmet et Be Bern rnhard rdt’ t’s Farm rm Gr Green Ga Gate Farm Me Meth thodist t Mi Ministri tries Te Texas Farm rmers rs Ma Marke rkets Na National Farmers Market Coalition Cen Central TX Young Farmer ers Co Coalition Au Austi tin/Tra Travis Cty ty Food Policy Bo Board rd Te Texas State Univers rsity Ba Bastro trop County ty To Touri rism Na National Center for Appropriate Technology Au Austi tin Foodshed Investo tors rs Su Sustainable e Food Cen Center er Ci City of Elgin El Elgin Ec Economic Development Corp Te Texas A& A&M M Ag Agri riLi Life fe Extension Serv rvice Ci City of Austin Of Office ce of Su Sustainability Ad Advocacy Outre treach of f Elgin El Elgin ISD Ok Oklahoma St State e Univer ersity Gr Growers Alliance of Central Texas US USDA Rural Developme ment Io Iowa State University Ca Capital Area ea Co Counci cil of Gover ernmen ents Wa Wallace Center

And And YOU OU !

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USDA FoodLINC

Connecting rural suppliers with urban buyers

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USDA FoodLINC

Leveraging value chains Ca Cataly lyzin zing Co Colla llaboratio ion and Equit ity

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How Does Value Chain Thinking Impact My Farm?

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It Worked! Farmers markets, sustainable an and or

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ganic far arms of

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Markets ts are changing

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Farm-to to-Sc School in 42,587 schools

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42% of U.S. school districts

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Farmers Markets 8,144

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Demand is increasing - Au Austin area est. $50M for local Fo Food budget of Austin in ISD + UT + Conventio ion Center about $25M/year

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People and institutions (schools, hospitals, gro rocers rs, etc.) are re changing wh where they spend their money.

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Local + Clean That’s YOU!

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Can farmers get a fair price selling to institutions? How does this demand lead to more rural jobs? How do we meet this demand? How do we find resources to help us?

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Vegetable Price Study

Vegetable $ Diff Vegetable $ Diff Summer squash

  • $ 0.04

Eggplant + $ 0.65 Okra + $ 0.45 Lettuce (1 lb

bag)

  • Cucumbers
  • $ 0.22

Cabbage

  • $ 0.25

Carrots

  • $ 0.53

Broccoli + $ 0.49 Bell peppers

  • $ 0.16

Potatoes (red)

  • $ 0.91

Tomatoes

  • $0.51

Sweet Potatoes

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Funde ded d by by St

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ducted d by by TCLF, F, Te Texas State, TX TX A&M Agr griLife Ext.

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Broccoli

Farm 1-50 lb Farm 51-100 lb Farm 101+ lb Wholesale Buyer Ref Price Median Upper 3.00 1.98 2.14 0.95 Maximum 4.00 3.00 4.00 0.95 Minimum 1.00 0.75 0.89 0.95 Median Lower 2.43 1.65 1.70 0.95 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50

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Findings and Next Steps

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Discussion

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Farmers are willing to serve more wholesale demand.

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Price is imp mportant to buyers, but so is preparation (e.g., di diced d be bell pe peppe ppers, ba baby by carrots), espe pecially in in schools ls.

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Value-ad added opportunity for far armers?

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Texas Center for Local Food Resource Directory

ht http://texas aslocal alfood.org Av Ava Cameron Ask AskMe@TexasL sLocalFood.orgh

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Actions

Network with other farmers and ranchers

  • Participate. Share your voice.

Meet your local school board If you’re interested in wholesale, let us know Help us build the resource directory Hold farm tours Join your agriculture, civic & community organizations Know your price and claim it “Go Go o

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and do do yo your work. Do it well.” ” - Ur Ursula la K. Le Quin in

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THANK YOU! Questions?

Food Systems from the Farmer View

Local Food Demand - Now What? Su Sue Beckwith Su SueB@TexasLocalFood.org Av Ava Cameron As AskMe@TexasLocalFood.org Dr

  • Dr. Rebekka

a Du Dudensing RM RMDudensin ing@tamu.edu