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Recent Farm & Food Economy Writings

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Recent Writings
To download Ken Meter's recent writings about farm and food issues, follow the links below.

  • "Evaluating Food and Farm Systems in the U.S." (written for the American Evaluation Association anthology, Systems Concepts in Evaluation: An Expert Anthology (November, 2006). See page 141. Click here.

  • How the U.S. can build stronger global partnerships Community Food Security News (October, 2006) Click here.

  • Essential Steps for the 2007 Farm Bill (March, 2006) Click here.

  • U.S. is about to become net food importer (February, 2006) Click here.

  • Where will Minneapolis-St. Paul's Food Come From? (March, 2006) Click here.


    Food Market Facts
    To download a detailed fact sheet covering current food markets Click here.

    To download a fact sheet covering natural and organic food markets Click here.


    Recent Presentations
    To download a list of Ken Meter's recent presentations (nationwide) Click here.


    Local Economic Analysis
    To download Ken's short paper, "Use Local Economic Analysis to Strengthen 'Buy Fresh Buy Local' foods campaigns," (Published in cooperation with FoodRoutes), Click here.


    Evaluation
    To download Ken's short paper, "Evaluating your 'Buy Fresh, Buy Local' foods campaign," (Published in cooperation with FoodRoutes), Click here.


    "Finding Food" Studies
    To download results from several "Finding Food in Farm Country" studies performed in Minnesota, Iowa, California, and Hawaii from 2001-2005, Click here.

    To download results from specific "Finding Food in Farm Country" regional studies Click here.


    Older writings
    See also older writings on farm economies and food policy Click here. and head to bottom of page.




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