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

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

Han, Y., Goetz, S. J., & Schmidt, C. (2021). Visualizing Spatial Economic Supply Chains to Enhance Sustainability and Resilience. Sustainability, 13(3).

Schmidt, C., Goetz, S. J., Rocker, S., & Tian, Z. (2020). Google Searches Reveal Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Commentary. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(3), 9-16.

Goetz, S. J., Schmidt, C., Chase, L., & Kolodinsky, J. (2020). Americans' Food Spending Patterns Explain Devastating Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Agriculture. Commentary. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(3), 31-33.

Dobis, E., Reid, N., Schmidt, C., & Goetz, S. J. (2019). The Role of Craft Breweries in Expanding Local Hops Production. Journal of Wine Economics, 14(4).

King, A. W., Donaldson, B., Rezaei, S., Schmidt, C., Revay, T., Villagomez, D.A.F, & Kuschke, K. (2019). Chromosomal Abnormalities in Swine and their Impact on Production and Profitability. In Moo-Young, M. (Eds.), Comprehensive Biotechnology (pp. 10). Elsevier.