Price Differences across Farmers’ Markets, Roadside Stands, and Supermarkets in North Carolina

Valpiani, Natalie; Wilde, Parke; Rogers, Beatrice Lorge; Stewart, Hayden

doi:10.1093/aepp/ppv018

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“…This study has found evidence that traditional markets have significantly lower FV prices than supermarkets. Valpiani et al . (2015), however, found that FV prices in supermarkets and direct farmer-to-consumer retail outlets were not significantly different.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fruit and vegetable expenditure disparities: evidence from Chile

Carreño

Silva

2019

BFJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore fruit and vegetable (FV) procurement disparity across income groups. Design/methodology/approach This study uses mean comparison and quintile regression to explain FVs variations. Findings Households from the highest income quantile spend more than two times on FVs than households from the lowest quantile; however, this expenditure disparity is largely mitigated in terms of purchase quantity. This paper presents evidence that, rather than quantity discounts or income neighborhood, the type of store (traditional markets vs supermarkets) plays a relevant role in explaining the smaller gap in terms of purchase quantity. Research limitations/implications Traditional markets help low-income households access low-cost FVs. Social implications The authors generate evidence to show that traditional markets play a relevant role to supply affordable FV to low-income households. Originality/value The paper used a high-quality and uncommon data set. It is a topic of high social impact.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fruit and vegetable expenditure disparities: evidence from Chile

Carreño

Silva

2019

BFJ

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“…We include per capita personal income (PCPI) (USDOC BEA, 2016) in log form to account for the effect of income on DTC sales. While there is some debate in the local foods literature regarding the effect of income on farmers markets sales, income does play a role in food purchases by households (Gregory & Coleman-Jensen, 2013;Low & Vogel, 2011;Valpiani et al, 2016). Next, we include a proxy for food access by using the share of people in a county who commute to work using public transportation (USCB, 2016).…”

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Healthy Food Incentive Impacts on Direct-to-Consumer Sales: A Michigan Example

Mann

Miller

O’Hara

et al. 2018

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Numerous interventions have been implemented at farmers markets across the United States in recent years in order to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) redemptions. These initiatives include ensuring that farmers markets have the technological capability of accepting SNAP and implementing financial incentive programs that provide matching benefits for the redemption of SNAP benefits. While a main objective behind these initiatives is to increase revenue to direct marketing farmers, it is challenging to distinguish between the impacts of distinct interventions. This shortcoming is a significant deterrent in understanding how to effectively implement policies that enhance such objectives. We examine the impact of Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), a prominent farmers market financial incentive program, on county-level direct-to-consumer (DTC) agricultural sales in Michigan. In our models, we distinguish between counties with farmers markets

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“…The literature suggests that freshness and quality are principle reasons for purchasing local food; however, an overarching generalization that consumers will pay more for local foods cannot be drawn from studies that estimated price premiums (Martinez et al 2010. Prices at DTC outlets generally are comparable to prices at traditional retail outlets (e.g., Valpiani et al 2015).…”

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The Influence of Metropolitan Statistical Areas on Direct-to-consumer Agricultural Sales of Local Food in the Northeast

O’Hara¹,

Low²

2016

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) agricultural sales doubled in the United States between 1992 and 2007 and then plateaued between 2007 and 2012. It is not clear whether the plateau in sales was attributable to the recession, market saturation, an aging population, or other factors. We estimate the influence of socioeconomic factors in metropolitan areas on DTC agricultural sales between 1992 and 2012 in thirteen Northeast states using county-level panel data. We find that the income elasticity of DTC agricultural purchases ranged from 2.2 to 2.7 and that counties in metropolitan areas did not have higher DTC agricultural sales than other counties, ceteris paribus.

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Price Differences across Farmers’ Markets, Roadside Stands, and Supermarkets in North Carolina

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

Fruit and vegetable expenditure disparities: evidence from Chile

Fruit and vegetable expenditure disparities: evidence from Chile

Healthy Food Incentive Impacts on Direct-to-Consumer Sales: A Michigan Example

The Influence of Metropolitan Statistical Areas on Direct-to-consumer Agricultural Sales of Local Food in the Northeast

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