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Local Food Economics Retweeted · REDI_CSU
@RediCsu
Important work from some of our research associates on credit access and use for US beginning farmers and ranchers, an important source of innovation and long term viability in the ag sector @CSU_foodsystems @USDA_ERS @jeifft https://t.co/gnJOVawOdG
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Jenny Ifft@jeifft
From @DawnTM Bauman @JoleenHadrich @rebeccabr Sullins: Beginning farmers commonly use nontraditional financing strategies to grow sales with little collateral. USDA Farm Service Agency is a lender of preference, but suppliers & credit cards are also common, particularly among
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Local Food Economics · April 28, 2022
@localfoodecon
2020 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey results were released today. $9 billion in direct and regional local sales from over 140,000 farms in 2020.
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Local Food Economics Retweeted · Dr. Dawn Thilmany (McFadden)
@DawnTM
I will be co-leading this search and would love a great pool of professionals! And, many will collaborate strongly with our @RediCsu and @CSU_foodsystems initiatives! https://t.co/LUElxdNQZt
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CSU Food Systems@CSU_foodsystems
CSU Extension is hiring >16 new positions for its Expanded Rural Engagement Initiative, many focused in food systems, community economic development, agriculture, and health. Please consider applying and/or sharing this throughout your networks.
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Local Food Economics Retweeted · Dr. Dawn Thilmany (McFadden)
@DawnTM
A very big honor, partly because I earned it working with clever teams and was nominated by some of my favorite colleagues @RediCsu @USDA_ERS @USDA_NIFA @USDA_AMS https://t.co/ggpNUBVY9R
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CSU College of Agricultural Sciences@CSUAgSci
Congratulations to Dawn Thilmany, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, who received the Bruce Gardner Visiting Economist Award from the USDA Economists Group.
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Local Food Economics · March 11, 2022
@localfoodecon
Always great to see the diversity of partners and ideas shared on these local and regional food systems webinars. Today's was on the role of data and metrics to assess our markets, initiatives and programs. 145 strong for this morning's discussion

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Local Food Economics · December 27, 2021
@localfoodecon
An upcoming book co-edited by one of our Directors https://t.co/rdLTlEAscI
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Dr. Dawn Thilmany (McFadden)@DawnTM
A bit surreal when you first see your name as an option at Target, but excited for this book to finally come up. Simply helped Chris Peters to recruit and guide a "dream team" of food systems modellers, and get credit as a co-editor! One of my highlights from the last 2 years https://t.co/kPasH1fGNh
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