Dan Anderson , Senior Vice President, Iowa Area Development Group - a handout summarizing the items presented was provided. Colin Scanes , Dean of the ISU College of Agriculture and Interim Director of the Plant Science Center - Colin provided a packet of information about the Plant Science Center. Provide more funding to help young people start farming, including help with business plans. Use our natural resource base in different ways, perhaps by highlighting the availability of private natural space where people will want to live. A turnaround in the declining share of profit farmers derive out of the food system.
Research institutions support building profit for farmers.
Iowa positioned as the source of unique, high-value food products. Young people supported through training and seed capital to start farming. Iowa portrayed as a place where individuals can have access to a quality environment. The Iowa tax code is not complimentary to capital growth in the state. The state has a poor telecommunications infrastructure.