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Drake University Agricultural Law Center
Deconstructing Iowa Agriculture and Reframing for
a Brighter FutureMatt Russell
Resilient Agriculture CoordinatorDrake University Agricultural Law Center
Feeding the World: Challenges for Water Quality and QuantityPublic Policy Center, in partnership with the UI Water Sustainability
InitiativeApril 9, 2015, Iowa City, IA
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Drake University Agricultural Law Center
Drake Ag Law Center• Opportunities to study food and agriculture
law
• Outreach to the food and agriculture community: www.drakeaglaw.org
• My role: improving opportunities in Iowa's agricultural and rural economy
www.law.drake.edu/aglaw
Direct Marketer's Guide
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Coyote Run FarmLacona, Iowa - Marion Co
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Founded in 2005, we’re restoring a 110 acre farm into a profit center through relational marketing and sustainable agriculture.
• Fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, plants
• Pasture poultry• Specialty beef• Hay, horses, mules
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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• Highly industrialized
• Global supply chains
• Specialization• Growing own food
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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Vertically integrated
Pork Production
Farrow to finish with crop ground
Specialty production: hoop house, organic,“Niman Ranch”
Multi-livestock with crops
Retail agriculture
Grow your own
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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Good
Bad
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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Good
Bad
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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Polarized
This shapes the dialogue about Iowa agriculture
DefensivePassionate
Self interested
Self confident
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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• Air quality• Nutrient loss• Disease• Soil erosion• Pesticide drift• Weed issues• Water Quality
Better and worse is farm specific: externalized cost
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Diversity Tends to Improve Outcomes
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Management Units
Year round production
Multi-purpose
Structures: fences ponds, waterways, buffers, trees
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Solutions have costs
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Internalizing the costs
Reducing the externalized costsWho pays?
Private—land owners and farmers and consumers?Public—USDA and IDALS and taxpayers?
Non-profits—INHF, Trees Forever, SILT
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Huge Needs
• More practices• Greater diversity• More structures• More dialogue• Awesome individual success stories all
along the continuum• Iowa agriculture not such a great
success story
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Statewide, across all of agriculture
• We are not doing a good job of integrating:
• Soil health• Nutrient cycling• Carbon cycling• Air quality• Pesticide use• Water quality
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The Food and Agricultural Continuum
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• Highly industrialized• Global supply chains• Specialization
• Growing own food
Good news: room for more Iowans to be involved• Monitoring • Market development• Product development• Policy development• Innovation
Bad news:• Defensive• Polarized• Passionate• Self interested• Self confident
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Thank You!
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Matt RussellDrake University Agricultural Law Center(515) [email protected] www.law.drake.edu/aglaw