SRI Topical Report Series

Reports (organized by topic)

Agricultural Economic Development
 
Clark, Jill K., Shoshannah M. Inwood, and Jeff Sharp. 2011. "Scaling-Up Connections between Regional Ohio Specialty Crop Producers and Local Markets: Distribution as the Missing Link." OSU Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH.

Planting the Seeds of Sustainable Economic Development: Knox County's Local Food System. Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report 09-04, August 2009. Prepared by Jeff S. Sharp, Michael D. Webb, and Molly Bean Smith.

Animal Welfare

Rauch, Andrew and Jeff S. Sharp. 2005. "Ohioans' Attitudes about Animal Welfare." A Topical Report from the 2004 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 4 pages.

Energy

Adua, Lazarus and Jeff S. Sharp. 2007. Energy Costs and Ohio Household Adaptations: 2006 Survey of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Issues. Topical report from the 2006 Survey of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 8 pages.

Food

Bean Smith, Molly, and Jeff S. Sharp. 2008. A Current and Retrospective Look at Local Food Consumption and Support Among Ohioans. Topical Report from the 2008 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 5 pages.

Bean Smith, Molly, and Jeff S. Sharp, and Melanie Miller. 2006. A Comparison of Attitudes about Local and Organic Foods, Health and Farming. Topical Report from the 2005 Motivated food Consumer Study. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 8 pages.

"Home Gardening in Ohio." Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report 09-01, March 2009. Prepared by Justin Schupp, Molly Bean Smith, Jeff S. Sharp, and Sarah Lenkay

Rauch, Andrew, Molly Bean Smith, and Jeff S. Sharp. 2005. "Ohioans' Attitudes about Local and Organic Foods." Topical Report from the 2004 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 8 pages.

Sharp, Jeff S. 2003. "Ohioans' Attitudes about Local and Organic Foods." Topical Report from the 2002 Ohio Survey of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 2 pages.

Land-Use

Davis, Greg, Molly Bean Smith and Mark Tucker. 2003. "Ohioans' Perceptions of Agricultural Land Use and the Environment." Topical Report from the 2002 Ohio Survey of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 8 pages.

Large Scale Livestock Production

Sharp, Jeff S. 2004. "Ohioan's Attitudes about Large Scale Livestock and Poultry." Topical Report from the 2002 Ohio Survey of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Issues. Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 4 pages.

Rural-Urban Interface

"Succession and Enterprise Adaptation at the Rural Urban Interface." Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report 09-03, June 2009. Prepared by Shoshanah Inwood and Jeff S. Sharp.

"The Persistence of Agriculture at the Rural-Urban Interface: Does the Cost of Health Insurance Make a Difference?" Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report 09-05.  Prepared by Shoshanah Inwood, Jeff S. Sharp, Douglas Jackson-Smith, and Jill Clark.

Summary Reports of Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Issues

Adua, Lazarus and Jeff S. Sharp. 2006. "Summary Report: 2006 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Issues. Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report #3." Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 4 pages.

Sharp, Jeff S. 2006. "Summary Report: 2006 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Issues. Social Responsibility Initiative Topical Report #2." Columbus, OH: Department of Human and Community Resource Development. 4 pages.