Regional Economic Development Institute at CSU - exploring economic issues facing urban and rural areas in Colorado and beyond.

Fort Collins, CO
Joined January 2019
Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. ET, USDA will hold the 3rd webinar in the Local and Regional Foods Webinar Series featuring regional findings from the national Consumer Food Insights survey highlighting post-COVID-19 food spending habits. Register at: zoomgov.com/meeting/register…
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Join our USDA Center's food entrepreneurship team and me at the 2024 Shared Kitchen Summit where 200+ shared kitchens will be connected with the tools for success, including: November 13-15 in New Orleans More info at: SharedKitchenSummit.com @TheFoodCorridor @csuextension
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Wrapping up a great DriveLeadSucceed conference with the EDCC. Topped off by a well deserved lifetime award to the retiring State Demographer Elizabeth Garner …..a longtime partner of ours. Excited by all the interest from community and state partners to work with @RediCsu
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A busy week for the NWRM USDA Food Business Center. CO hosted its Food Pitch competition & over 20 great vendors at SPUR's 2nd Saturday. Today, Portland is hosting a Shared Kitchen workshop with 30 key entrepreneurs in Oregon's food system landscape. @CSUSpur @RediCsu
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It has been a busy month celebrating food and agriculture in Colorado. Next up: The Colorado Collision and Food Showcase this weekend at SPUR in Denver. @CSUAgSci @RediCsu @Nat_Boulder csuspur.org/2nd-saturdays-at…
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Assessing Factors Contributing to a Healthy Work Ecosystem in the Applied Economics Profession Interested in submitting a paper? Learn more at a Sept 11 Webinar at 9am PT (recording will be posted at the Website: academic.oup.com/qopen/pages… Webinar/Zoom link asu.zoom.us/j/88329862384
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More news from our USDA Food Business Center. Excited to see over 100 partners are connected in some way .... Connecting, Strengthening and Scaling Food Supply Chains in the NW and Rocky Mountain Region. Read more at: nwrockymountainregionalfoodb…
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Our NWRM USDA Regional Food Business Center's June newsletter is posted! Learn a bit about our programs, events and upcoming opportunities..... nwrockymountainregionalfoodb…
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Come work with Colorado's food policy leaders.... The Dept of Ag & Resource Econ at CSU seeks aDirector for the Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council. Apply by 05/28/24 at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/…. CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer & conducts background checks on final candidates.
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CSU Extension representing at the Pueblo Food Project Sun Soil Water Summit. @CSU_foodsystems @csuextension
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REDI_CSU retweeted
Calling all taste buds — here are some opportunities to participate at the #CSUSpur Sensory Lab this month! All studies pay $20 and take roughly 10-20 minutes to complete!
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Grocery prices remain elevated due to a mixture of labor shortages tied to the pandemic, ongoing supply chain disruptions, droughts, avian flu & factors far beyond the administration’s control. Robust consumer demand has also fueled a shift to more expensive groceries..@RediCsu
Americans are finally getting a break from inflation, with prices for gasoline, used cars and health insurance all falling over the past year. But prices painfully remain high for one particularly frequent purchase: groceries. wapo.st/49l83hS
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Timely work from one of our @RediCsu and @CSUAgSci alums. County commissioners find leadership programs improve the effectiveness of leaders with competencies such as strategic planning, communication, economic trends, conflict resolution, and critical thinking.
Curious about the attitudes among local elected officials towards Extension programs that seek to improve local government? Check out @MatthewSowcik and I's latest article in @agdevresearch! agdevresearch.org/index.php/…
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This USDA-sponsored exploration of shared kitchen was one of our team's interesting collaborations over the past year....and features the Pig and the Plow, one of our local food start up success stories
Communities across the US are seeing shared kitchens as a way to support the food entrepreneurs in their region. These USDA-sponsored case studies and reports share some great insights on successful projects across the country ams.usda.gov/services/local-…
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REDI_CSU retweeted
REDI's December Report, "The Ownership of Enterprise in Colorado: Agricultural and Community-Based Cooperatives", details how doing business as a cooperative and summarizes agricultural and community-based cooperatives in Colorado.
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When I began my career as a professor, I would never have imagined I would have the opportunities that this profession has given me .....to learn, to lead and to be connected to amazing colleagues. @CSUAgSci @AAEA_Economics @cwae_aaea @CRENET_AAEA @USDA_ERS @USDA_NIFA @USDA_AMS
Bellemare, Fuglie, Irwin, Pannell, Thilmany, and Wang Named Class of 2023 AAEA Fellows aaea.org/about-aaea/media--p… #AAEAPressRelease story.cd/AAUmmk
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Selected Weekly Fresh-Market Vegetable Movement and Price — changes in shipment volume, farm prices, and retail prices of select vegetables for December 4 – Decmber 10, 2022. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/v….
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An amazing CO food summit with 500 of my favorite partners and friends. Starting the morning with a panel on federal ag & food policy. @CSU_foodsystems #cofoodsummit
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