The Food & Agribusiness Fundamental Whitepapers
Learn how to leverage instrumental assets that make doing business worthwhile in the state of Ohio with our four informative whitepapers.
Executive Summary
Get a high-level overview of the competitive food industry and its three components: increasing and evolving demand, adding value through tech innovation, and introducing lucrative job opportunities.
State of the Industry
Find answers to this critical review of Ohio’s food and agribusiness industry. This report addresses questions like: Does Ohio have distinct niche strengths from which to build? Are there gaps in the supply chain or infrastructure necessary for the industry “cluster” to thrive?
Why the Food Industry Matters
Discover why and how Ohio maintains a powerful position in our nation’s food and agriculture sector and continues to be a key economic driver in the state.
Disruptive Technologies
With internal innovative forces like R&D and external forces like changing market preferences, the dynamics of business sectors are evolving rapidly. The food processing, manufacturing, and distribution sectors are no different. Learn more about the technologies transforming the food and agribusiness industry.
Numbers At A Glance
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$114MFood-related R&D expenditures
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$42.2BExport sales of food industry products
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125,000Current workforce in the food industry
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72.1%Rise in employment in Ohio breweries & distilleries from 2015-2020
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75%Of the food service could be automated
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#1Producer of Swiss cheese
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$13.9BValue of the plant-based protein market by 2023
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190+Food packaging patents filed from 2015-2020
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$9.7BValue of the global market for agricultural robotics by 2025
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JobsOhio brings business owners the latest intelligence in food and agribusiness to help existing and budding business owners make the most of our abundant resources.
Meet Tim Derickson
As an avid, experienced agriculture entrepreneur and previously the Asst. and Interim Director of the ODA, Tim Derickson brings his experience to the JobsOhio team as the Senior Director of Food and Agribusiness. To grow food and agribusiness jobs and investment in every corner of the state, Tim is excited to bring incredible opportunities to Ohio businesses and welcomes continuous collaboration.
About JobsOhio
JobsOhio has changed the way the state of Ohio presents itself to the world of business. Our mission is to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts.
With a vested interest in our state, we take a professional approach to economic development attraction and expansion; links workforce recruitment to economic investment; respond knowledgeably to attraction and expansion requests with industry-specific expertise; represents Ohio to the world of investors with coordinated and sophisticated data capabilities.
About CIFT
For over 25 years, the Center for Innovative Food Technology has focused on their mission to drive competitiveness for food processors, manufacturers, and agribusiness through a unique blend of business solutions, innovation and technical expertise.
Guided by their values of integrity, passion, and commitment, they seek to connect their clients to solutions and support innovation through direct services as well as vast resources of an extensive network, including the Ohio MEP, enabling valuable interactions and meaningful results.
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Whitepapers Today
JobsOhio brings business owners the latest intelligence in food and agribusiness to help existing and budding business owners make the most of our abundant resources.