Farmers‘ market research 1940–2000: An inventory and review

What is local and for what foods does it matter?

“…Some concluded that when referring to local foods, consumers usually associate them with qualities such as safer, healthier, tastier, and more ripe (Brown 2002). Other qualities may also be related to animal welfare; supporting community belonging and small farms; local economic development and job opportunities (Brown and Miller 2008); and reduced impact to the environment through lowered carbon emission following shorter food miles (Tranter et al 2009).…”

“…The community supported agriculture (CSA) is another form of organization that promotes and heavily relies on local food consumption (Tropp 2008). Brown (2002) provides a historical view of the development of farmers' markets. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the USDA (AMS 2008) reports that as of August 2008 the number of farmer's markets in the US is 4,685, a nearly 160% increase since 1994 when AMS started to collect such data.…”

Metropolitan farmers markets in Minneapolis and Vienna: a values-based comparison

“…These include studies of FM consumer motivations and attitudes (Brown 2002;Rimal et al 2010;Betz and Farmer 2016) including personal values and value systems to consumption motivation (Byker et al 2012). Significantly fewer FM studies examine more than one FM participant group.…”

“…All markets seek to comply with consumer wishes. Most include in their purposes the economic support of small farmers, and consumer education on food and farming issues (Holloway and Kneafsey 2000;Brown 2002). Consumer values are constantly gauged and applied to the markets.…”

Hybrid simulation modeling for regional food systems

“…Locally-grown and organic food is not only in high demand at the farmers' market and natural food retailers but also in conventional markets (Farnsworth, McCown, Miller, & Pfeiffer, 2009). Consumers' reasons for preferring regionally-produced food vary widely, including: ensuring the nutrition, quality, freshness, and safety of their food, saving money, health concerns, environmental consequences of globalized and industrialized agriculture, farm animal welfare, fair trade, food security, concerns over the environment and the treatment of farm workers, a desire to support the local economy and build a connection with the person who produced their food (Brown A. , 2002;Brown C. , 2003;Wolf, Spittler, & Ahern, 2005).…”