Claudia Schmidt

Claudia Schmidt is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Local/Regional Food Systems at Pennsylvania State University with a research and extension appointment. Her research focuses on diversification options for small-scale agricultural producers and processors. 

Penn State Extension Education

Recent Publications 

Schmidt C., Duan D., Gao Z., Rosskopf E., Di Gioia F. Grower Perceptions and Barriers to Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Adoption in US Specialty Crops. HortTechnology. 2026 October; 36(5):848-850.

Schmidt, C., Moghadam, A., & Reid, N. (2025). Opportunities for locally produced ingredients in Pennsylvania’s craft brewing industry. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 15(1), 1-17.

Windon, S., Henzi, C., & Schmidt, C. (2025). Farmers' motivation for learning and developing new skills. Advancements in Agricultural Development, 6(2), 56-72.

Hollas, C., Schmidt, C., Goetz, S. J., Tian, Z., & Chase, L. (2024). Insights and oversights: Behind the data on agritourism and direct sales in the United States. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 13(4), 187-197. 

Schmidt, C., Han, L., Moghadam, A. K., & Goetz, S. J. (2024). Broadband access and agritourism operations in the United States. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 3(3), 491-504. 

Schmidt, C., Deller, S., & Goetz, S. J. (2024). Women Farmers and Community Well-Being Under Modeling Uncertainty. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy 46(1), 275-299.

Rossi, J., Vassalos, M., Schmidt, C., Lamie, D. and Wade, A. (2023) Consumer Perceptions of Craft Breweries in the American South. Journal of Food Distribution Research 

Schmidt, C., Tian, Z., Chase, L., & Hollas, C. (2023). Agritourism and Direct Sales Clusters in the United States. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Quella, L., Chase, L., Connor, D., Reynolds, T., & Schmidt, C. (2023) Perceived Success in Agritourism: Results from a Study of US Agritourism Operators. Journal of Rural and Community Development

Schmidt, C., Chase, L., Barbieri, C., Laherty-Rilla, E., Singh-Knights, D., Thilmany, D., Tomas, S., Dickes, L., Cornelisse, S., Lamie, D., Callahan, R., George, H., & Leff, P.(2022). Linking Research and Practice: The Role of Extension on Agritourism Development in the US. Applied Economics Teaching Resources

Vecchi, M., Jaenicke, E. C., & Schmidt, C. (2022). Local food in times of crisis: the impact of COVID-19 and two reinforcing primes. Agribusiness

Goetz, S. J., Heaton, C., Imran, M., Pan, Y., Tian, Z., Schmidt, C., Qazi, U., Ofli, F., & Mitra, P. (2022). Food Insufficiency and Twitter Emotions During a Pandemic. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.

Tian, Z., Schmidt, C., & Goetz, S. J.  The Role of Community Food Services in Reducing U.S. Food Insufficiency in the COVID-19 Pandemic. (2021). Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Hollas, C., Chase, L., Connor, D., Dickes, L., Lamie, D., Schmidt, C., Singh-Knights, D., & Quella, L. (2021). Factors related to profitability of agritourism in the United States: Results from a national survey of operators. Sustainability.

Lamie, D., Chase, L., Chiodo, E., Dickes, L., Flanigan, S., Schmidt, C., & Streifeneder, T. (2021). Agritourism around the globe: Definitions, authenticity, and potential controversy. Commentary. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(2), 573–577.

Schmidt, C., Goetz, S. J., & Tian, Z. (2021). Female Farmers in the United States: Research Needs and Policy Questions. Food Policy. 10