Choose Iowa Program Input

1. Choose Iowa Survey

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship requests your input for a new program we’re calling Choose Iowa. You may have heard of the grant portion of this program already. With Choose Iowa, we are establishing an easily recognizable brand that can be used by farmers, producers, processors, farmers markets, grocery stores, restaurants and many others in the supply chain to connect directly with consumers. Your feedback will be kept anonymous and will help build the foundation of the Choose Iowa branded marketing program to identify local Iowa food items. Your insights are valued and appreciated. This may take about 15 minutes to complete. Thank you for answering the following questions.

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* 1. I am a member of the following Iowa organizations:

Agribusiness Association of Iowa

CommonGround Iowa

Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation

Iowa Beef Industry Council

Iowa Brewer’s Guild

Iowa Cattlemen’s Association

Iowa Club Lamb Association

Iowa Corn Promotion Board

Iowa Crop Improvement Association

Iowa Dairy Foods Association

Iowa Dairy Goat Association

Iowa Distillers Alliance

Iowa Egg Council

Iowa Elk Breeders Association

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Iowa Farm to School and Early Care Coalition

Iowa Farmers Market Association

Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association

Iowa Food System Coalition

Iowa Grocery Industry Association

Iowa Honey Producers Association

Iowa Meat Goat Association

Iowa Nut Growers Association

Iowa Organic Growers Association

Iowa Pork Producers Association

Iowa Poultry Association/North Central Poultry Association

Iowa Restaurant Association

Iowa Sheep Industry Association

Iowa Soybean Association

Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association

Iowa State Dairy Association

Iowa State Horticultural Association

Iowa Turkey Federation

Iowa Whitetail Deer Association

Iowa Wine Growers Association

Iowa Women in Agriculture

Practical Farmers of Iowa

Regional Food System Working Group

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 2. I am a (check all that apply)

Producer – farmer who produces a food commodity such as beef, dairy, eggs, fresh produce, honey, pork, etc.

Processor – entities that process food products, such as breweries, on-farm dairies, distilleries, meat lockers, etc.

Retailer – on-site sales including entities such as farmers markets, stores/grocery stores, restaurants, and farms with on-farm retail sales.

Wholesaler or distributor – includes farms selling wholesale food products and food hubs and can include processors who sell wholesale too.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you checked that you are a Producer, which commodities do you grow?

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* 4. If you checked that you are a Processor, which food items do you process that use at least one Iowa ingredient excluding water?

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* 5. If you checked that you are a Retailer, which of the following categories best apply to your business model?

Restaurant

Farmers market

Store

Farm

Other (please specify)