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Ken Meter

Crossroads Resource Center (Minneapolis)

Finding Food in Sarasota County

Photo: Team Santa Rosa


• Sarasota County• Team Santa Rosa• University of Minnesota• Experiment in Rural Cooperation (SE Minnesota)• NW MN Regional Sustainable Development Partnership• West Central MN Regional Sustainable Development

Partnership• Community Design Center• Regional Food Systems Working Group (Value Chain

Partnerships project) — Aldo Leopold Center • Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Iowa State University• ALCES Foundation (Boston)• Community Alliance with Family Farms (California)• Cole Family Foundation• Sunnyfields Farm Institute• Maui Land & Pine• University of Hawaii — Manoa• Roots of Change Council (San Francisco)• Ecotrust (Portland, OR)• W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Financial partners:


Sarasota County Population, 1969-2004

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400,0001969

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Sarasota County

• 355,722 residents

• $15.3 billion personal income each year

Source: Federal Census 2000, BLS


Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

Sarasota County Personal Income (adjusted), 1969 -2004

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Sarasota County, Florida, Earnings by Sector, 1969-2000 (adjusted)

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Total transfer payments toSarasota County, Florida, 1969 - 2004

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Food stamps to Sarasota County, Florida, 1969 - 2004

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Average farm production surplus


Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Sarasota County residents lost

$835 million of net assets in 2004


Mural: The Food Project


Sarasota CountyFood & Farm Economy

• 371 farms

Source: USDA Agriculture Census 2002 Photo: Team Sarasota



• 23 (6%) of farms are over 1,000 acres

• 255 (69%) are less than 50 acres

Source: USDA Agriculture Census 2002


Sarasota County Food & Farm Economy

• 92 farms (25%) irrigate• 5,002 acres

Source: Ag Census


• Average value of land and buildings $841,623 per farm

• 126% of state average



Farm Production Balance in Sarasota County, Florida, 1969-2004

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Cash ReceiptsProduction expensesBalance


Farm Production Balance in Sarasota County, Florida, 1969-2004

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Cash receiptsProduction expensesBalance

$3 million (27%) less than 1969



• Region’s farmers produce $34 million of crops & livestock

per year


And…

$10 million surplus per year

• Spend $24 million to raise it

29-year average (1976-2004)




• Farm families earn $823,000 of other farm-related income

• Receive little federal support

Also…



Source: Ag Census

63% of county farms lost money in 2002



Source: Environmental Working Group, BEA

Sarasota County, Florida

Farm Subsidy Profile, 1994-2005

Number of farms (BEA) 371

Number of farms receiving subsidies (EWG) 44

Percent of subsidies received 53%by top 5 recipients (EWG)

Percent of subsidies received 26%by 1 recipient (EWG)

Total subsidies received (EWG) $479,589


Source: Environmental Working Group

Sarasota County, Florida

Farm Subsidy Profile, 1994-2005

Type No. farms Subsidies Received

Disaster Relief 35 $259,958

Commod. Payments 8 $170,491

Conservation 6 $49,140

Total 44 $479,589

Ave. commodity payments/year $14,207



Farm production expenses in Sarasota County, Florida, 1969-2004

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8.01969

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Feed purchased Livestock purchased Seed purchased Fertlizer and Lime Petroleum products Hired farm labor


$7 million of these farm inputs are sourced outside the region

Source: Ken Meter using data from Agriculture Census 2002



Crop and livestock salesin Sarasota County, Florida, 1969-2004

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301969

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Sarasota County, Florida, farm income by type, 1969-2004

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Government PaymentsOther Farm-Related IncomeFarm Production Balance



Food-related personal income in Sarasota County, Florida, 1969-2000

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Farm earningsFood manufacturingFood retailEating & Drinking


Also a region of food consumers...


• Consumers buy $797 million

of food each year

• Most from outside region

Source: Ken Meter using Bureau of Labor Statistics



• The average food item in the U.S. travels 1,500 miles from farmer to consumer

• Food prices will rise as energy costs

increase

In fact…

Source: Aldo Leopold Center

Source: ERS



Markets for food eaten at home

millionsMeats, poultry, fish, and eggs $ 127Fruits & vegetables 75Cereals and bakery products 49Dairy products 64“Other,” incl. sweets, fats, & oils 152

Source: Census & BLS


Sarasota County

Consumer markets for energy

millionsHousehold Electricity $ 193Household Natural Gas 38Household Fuel Oil 10

Gasoline & Motor Oil 240Motor vehicle purchases 479

All transportation 1,084Source: Census & BLS


Energy in the Food System

U.S. spends about $139 billion each year...

...paying for the energy used to bring food to our tables

Source: BLS; Department of Energy (estimates based on 1976 studies)


All told, Sarasota County...

Potential wealth lost each year

• Gains $ 10 million producing food

• Buys $ 500 million of outside food

• Buys $ 7 million of outside inputs


Finding Food in Farm Country

•$500 million each year

•Equals 15 times entire value of all crops & livestock raised in the

region

Total loss is:


Finding Food in Sarasota County

$40 million of new farm income earned each year

more than what is now sold!

If region consumers bought only 5% of their food directly from

farmers:


State of Florida

Photo: Team Santa Rosa


Farm Production Balance in Florida, 1969-2004

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Cash receiptsProduction expensesBalance

Source: BEA


Crop and livestock salesin Florida, 1969-2004

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