Presentations from 2012 AFRI Meeting

Presentations from The AFRI-Small and Medium Sized Farms & Rural Development FY 2012 Projector Director (PD) Meeting. Welcome and Meeting Overview by S. Sureshwaran the National Program Leader for NIFA

Panel 1: Rural Development - Labor Issues

Where Rural Pa Youth Want to Live as Adults and Why: Findings from the Rural Youth Education Project (RYE)

PDF document, 494.9 KB

Anastasia Snyder, Ohio State University
Marketing Rural Communities to Attract and Retain Workers in a Changing Economy

PDF document, 1.7 MB

Randolph Cantrell, University of Nebraska
Entrepreneurial Development Targeting Rural Hispanic Immigrants: A Collaborative Research and Extension Effort

PDF document, 380.9 KB

Frank L. Farmer and Wayne Miller, University of Arkansas

Panel 2: Small Farm Production and Marketing-High Value Crops

Promoting Value-Added Enterprises Among Small and Medium-Sized Farms in Alabama

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James O. Bukenya, Alabama A&M University
Marketing Opportunities and Alternative Production Methods to Enhance Prosperity for Small to Medium Sized South-East Blueberry Farms

PDF document, 600.5 KB

Lisa House, University of Florida
Toward Year-Round Produce Markets: Combining Low-Cost International Technologies for Year Round Production in High Tunnels in the Gulf States

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William Bruce Evans, Mississippi State University
Revitalizing Nursery Production and Small Farms in the Northeast: An Integrated Study

PDF document, 1.4 MB

Daniel A. Lass, University of Massachusetts

Panel 3: Agriculture and the Environment (Ecosystem Services)

Using Mountain Ecosystem Services to Provide Sustainable Economic Growth and Job Development in Rural Communities

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Catherine Keske, Colorado State University
New Bio-based Paths to Prosperity for Small and Medium Agricultural and Forest Landowners: A Pilot Study in Louisiana and Mississippi

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Richard Paul Vlosky, Louisiana State University
Developing Ecosystem Services Businesses as New Revenues for Farms in Communities Facing Exurban Development

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Stephen K Swallow, University of Connecticut

Panel 4: Rural Communities-Public Services

Determining the Relationship Between Development Pattern and the Costs of Public Services in the Mountain West

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Donald M. McLeod and Scott N. Lieske, University of Wyoming
Community Resiliency Role of the Retail Sector in Easing Sudden and Slow Motion Economic Shocks

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Linda S. Niehm, Iowa State University; Barbara J. Frazier, Western Michigan University and Leslie Stoel, Ohio State University
Bridging The Digital Divide: Telecommunications and Rural Development

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Theodore Alter, Penn State University

Panel 5: Small Farm Production and Marketing-Livestock

An Integrated Approach to Expand Marketing Opportunities for Small and Medium Sized Beef Producers from Value Added Heifers and Steers

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David J. Patterson, University of Missouri
Whole-farm Economic Biological Stochastic Simulation Model of Small to Medium Cow-calf Firms with Research, Teaching and Extension Modules

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Matthew C. Stockton, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Will Small and Medium Sized Farmers Benefit from the Cellulosic Energy Industrial Complex?

PDF document, 3.7 MB

Burton C. English, University of Tennessee

Panel 6: Small Farm Production and Marketing-Food Distribution

Using Local Food Banks to Promote Sustainability of Small and Limited Resource Farms

PDF document, 258.9 KB

Kenneth L. Robinson, Clemson University
Engines of the New Farm Economy: Assessing and Enhancing the Benefits of Farmers Markets for Small and Mid-Sized Farms and Communities

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Ruth Ostrom, Washington State University
Developing Values-Based Distribution Networks to Enhance the Prosperity of Small- and Medium-Sized Producers

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Shermain Hardesty and Gail Feenstra, University of California, Davis
Farm to Institution: Guiding Market and Pricing Decisions for Small and Medium Scale Farms

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Colleen Matts, Michigan State University and David Conner, University of Vermont

Panel 7: Rural Development-Entrepreneurship

Creating Entrepreneurial Communities: Effectiveness of Coaching

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Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University
Intergenerational Transfers for Strong and Sustainable Small and Medium-Sized Farm Family Businesses

PDF document, 502.2 KB

Maria I Marshall, Purdue University