Some helpful data found
Farmers Market Prices:
At the 2015 PFI Annual Conference, Kay Jensen collected farmers’ vegetable prices. Recent data shows price ranges for tomatoes, ranging from $2.50 to $4 per pound.
Expatistan:
Tells the price of 1 kg (2 lb.) of tomatoes in Des Moines IA can be used to find other prices located in IA.
AgMRC:
Provides a some detailed and helpful references for tomatoes.
Market Maker:
A potential source to find and locate local farmers that grow Heirloom Tomatoes.
Local Harvest:
A potential source to find and locate local farmers that grow Heirloom Tomatoes.
Practical farmers:
A potential source to find and locate local farmers that grow Heirloom Tomatoes.
Instacart:
A cite that could be of use to find Items.
NFMD:
Market on Central - Farmers Market in Historic Downtown Fort Dodge
National Retail Report - Specialty Crops ( USDA Fruits & Vegetables Market Report ):
Advertised Prices for Specialty Crops at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets it contains Heirloom Tomatoes but only specifies the Midwest U.S.
FRED Economic Data:
Contains the average Price of Tomatoes( Tomatoes, Field Grown (Cost per Pound/453.6 Grams) in U.S. City Average) All fresh field grown and vine ripened round red tomatoes. Includes organic and non-organic.
Farmers Market Nutrition Program:
Lists farmers markets in Iowa
Iowa Food Cooperative (Iowa Food Coop):
Contains some data that could be useful
NASS Eggs:
Contains tons of data that could be useful
List of Egg Farms in Iowa:
could be useful to source eggs
Heirloom Tomatoes
Places that might use Heirloom Tomatoes
Stores that sell Heirloom Tomatoes that we can collect data from
Investigated Stores
- Dogpatch: They have seeds but no tomatoes for sale
- Fairway: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Walmart: They have seeds but no tomatoes for sale
- Target: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Costco: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Whole Foods Market: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale in Iowa
- Aldi: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Trader Joe’s: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Campbell’s Nutrition: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Ramsey’s Market: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- GoPuff: They don’t have any heirloom tomatoes for sale
- Over 150+ Other Websites searched
EGG
Stores that sell Eggs that we can collect data from
Bacon
Stores that sell Bacon that we can collect data from