Small town poll to focus on rural Iowa’s growing diversity
The latest Iowa State poll that surveys rural Iowans about quality-of-life issues will focus on a rapidly growing segment of Iowa’s small towns.
The latest Iowa State poll that surveys rural Iowans about quality-of-life issues will focus on a rapidly growing segment of Iowa’s small towns.
Professor David Peters is a co-principal investigator for a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture as part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The grant, “Beyond the Farm Gate: Building a Leadership Development System to Support Rural Community Wellbeing and Prosperity,” is developing new evidence-based leadership curricula … Continue reading David Peters is co-principal investigator of grant from USDA
Professor David Peters received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture as part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The grant, “Understanding Rural Quality of Life in an Era of Demographic Transition and COVID-19 Recovery: 2024 Wave of the Iowa Small Towns Project,” surveys over 30,000 households … Continue reading David Peters receives USDA grant to study the rural quality of life during demographic transition and pandemic recovery
Professor David Peters and graduate student Sonja Lindberg recently published a paper titled, “Gene Edited Food Adoption Intentions and Institutional Trust in the United States: Benefits, Acceptance, and Labeling,” in the journal Rural Sociology. Following is a brief description of the study. We find that adoption hinges on public trust in institutions overseeing gene edited … Continue reading Sonja Lindberg and David Peters have study published in Rural Sociology
Professor of Sociology David Peters says inflation hit rural households harder earlier in 2022, but its effects were similar in rural and urban areas by year’s end.
David Peters and Ilona Matysiak are studying how some Iowa towns support their aging residents, offering them a high quality of life.
Senior Natalia Rios Martinez is breaking new ground in the study of rural legal deserts.