- Royce Fellowship
Adam
Pelzer
Concentration
Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship
Award Year
2011
Inside Iowa Pork Production: Assessing Farmers' Policy Needs
Faculty Sponsor: Kathryn DeMaster
Adam conducted a social survey to identify pork farmers’ motivations and barriers to implement environmentally sustainable practices. His study communicated the reservations of farmers that prevent their participation in conservation programs, while cataloguing the often unheard of account of pork production to analyze the forces that drive the industry in hopes that better farm policies can be crafted.