ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo
ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo
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outside Erie County. This behavior fails to develop and locally reap the<br />
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are useful not just because of economic linkage, but because of spillover<br />
effects.<br />
Of all the produce sold by “vegetable and melon farmers,” local<br />
consumption accounts for only 15.53 percent of sales. Put another way,<br />
Erie County residents and businesses only purchase 15.53 percent of<br />
their vegetables and melons from local producers. Consumers buy only<br />
7.53 percent of fruits from local farmers. Local purchases among food<br />
processors are low as well. Consumers buy 19.35 percent of commodities<br />
for ‘bread and bakery product manufacturing’ locally and 24.36 percent of<br />
commodities for ‘cookie, cracker, and pasta manufacturers’ are purchased<br />
locally (See Table 8.3). Interestingly, the one product, fruit, th<strong>at</strong> would have<br />
the largest economic impact for Erie County, if purchased locally, suffers<br />
from a rel<strong>at</strong>ively low local purchase r<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
B. Policy Scenarios and Findings<br />
Although Erie County’s current food system has a positive impact<br />
on its economy, the food system and agriculture can play an even gre<strong>at</strong>er<br />
role in gener<strong>at</strong>ing wealth in the county with str<strong>at</strong>egic policy and planning.<br />
To determine the scenarios under which the food system and agriculture<br />
can best support economic development in Erie County, we describe below<br />
the results from two different scenarios conducted using an Input Output<br />
analysis (see Appendix A for additional inform<strong>at</strong>ion). First, we estim<strong>at</strong>e the<br />
economic impact of an increased demand for fruits and vegetables in Erie<br />
County. Second, we estim<strong>at</strong>e the economic impact of increased demand<br />
in locallygrown fruits and vegetables. Finally, we estim<strong>at</strong>e the economic<br />
impact of increased demand for food processing in Erie County. Key<br />
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Table 8.3 – Local Purchase Percentage by<br />
Selected Food Industry<br />
Local Purchase (%)<br />
Vegetable and melon farming 15.53%<br />
Fruit farming 7.53%<br />
Bread and bakery product manufacturing 19.35%<br />
Cookie, cracker, and pasta manufacturing 24.36%<br />
(Source: IMPLAN, Erie County 2009)
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