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. Before joining Penn State, she worked in the Canadian private agricultural research sector for over 10 years and conducted applied economic research for producer associations, non-profit organizations, and all levels of government on economic issues covering a wide range of agricultural commodities.

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.