a final report prepared for the leopold center sustainable agriculture date of december 15th 2005 project title study place based food tourism in northeast iowa communities grant no msp01 principal investigator sam lankford professor and director step uni phone 319 273 6840 co ariana çela doctoral student 6819 duration january signatures 2 table contents page list tables 3 charts 4 non technical summary 5 introduction 6 design methodology 7 data discussion 9 1 trip characteristics spending patterns 13 festivals economic impact 16 travel motivations satisfaction 20 visitors demographic profile 25 scientific conclusions 29 30 31 32 recommendations implications 33 results 34 outreach information transfer 35 publications education cooperative efforts support bibliography appendix 36 8 sources
