2023 SALES SURVEY FOR NI PRODUCERS

Every few years Healthy Harvest of North Iowa asks local food producers to provide gross sales and jobs data. The data will be reported in aggregate for the whole region with no one farm identified. This data is important as we continue to tell the story of local food and measure changes in local food development across this region. Thank you, in advance, for providing this valuable information.

Data you provide is CONFIDENTIAL meaning that your data will NOT be traceable to you or your business. Note that all data provided by you and other cooperating farmers in our region will be combined to track total regional local food sales.

For questions or concerns please contact: Healthy Harvest of North Iowa, info@healthyharvestni.com, 515-337-2445.

1. What were your total local food sales between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022? (Your IRS Schedule F may have this information.) Provide your answer in dollars.*

Report in round dollars.

2. Is the sales figure above:

an estimateactual numbers

3. Please provide a breakdown of what market(s) you use for the above mentioned sales (should total 100%)

	% of Sales
Farmers Market
On-Farm
Community Supported Agriculture
Wholesale direct to buyer
Wholesale through a broker
Auction House
Roadside Stand
Other

Calculation

Please ensure that the total of the percentages above equal 100%.

Within what geographic radius from your farm do you sell the majority of your food?

Estimated radius in miles (for example, 100 miles, 35 miles)

Please think of all of the different job positions needed to support your farm business last year as a result of producing local foods. This might include production‐related positions, farm labor distribution, marketing, coordination, etc.

	# Positions or Employees/Contractors
How many different positions did you have on your farm in 2022:
How many of the positions were new in 2022:
How many employees/contractors did you have on your farm on 2022:
How many of the employees/contractors were new hires in 2022:

Farm Name (optional):

Your farm name is optional, but requested for tracking purposes only. Your farm name will be assigned a code and then separated from the data you provide so it cannot be connected to your farm. Your data will be added to others generating a total regional local food sales.

Please use this space to share any suggestions of how Healthy Harvest of North Iowa can help you meet your farm business needs in the coming years:

2023 LOCAL FOOD SALES SURVEY FOR NORTH IOWA LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS