Research Design for Local Food Case Studies

King, Robert P.; Hand, Michael S.; DiGiacomo, Gigi

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“…Direct-to-consumer markets are defined as channels where the farmer makes direct contact with the customer such as farmers' markets, internet sales, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), at-farm sales, and festivals. Intermediate markets include sales to local and regional distributors and independent grocery stores, restaurants, and other local retailers [29]. As the demand for local foods increased, the participation of farmers in local food systems adjusted accordingly.…”

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Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations

Lancaster

Torres

2019

Sustainability

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Diversification of an agricultural operation’s crop mix is considered an environmental and financial management strategy. Environmentally, crop diversification can stabilize the ecosystem via the introduction of biodiversity, allowing for more rapid response to physical and social changes. Economically, crop mix diversification can mitigate risk. Though there are environmental and economic benefits of crop diversification, little economic work has been conducted on crop diversification outside of the row crop industry. This study estimated how internal and external factors affect crop diversification among fruit and vegetable (FV) operations. External factors included access to markets and land; internal factors included farmer beliefs and access to information from extension and network sources. An OLS regression was conducted using data from 1532 farmers across 16 states in the United States. Endogeneity was addressed using an instrumental variable approach and a score endogeneity test indicated that endogeneity was not an issue. OLS results indicate that selling locally increases diversification, while reliance on other farmers for information decreases diversification. A conditional quantile analysis was conducted to reveal factors’ effects across different degrees of diversification. Quantile results indicate that selling locally, season extension technologies, and use of organic practices positively influence crop diversification across all levels of diversification. Receiving information from farmers negatively influences diversification for specialized farms, but positively influences diversification for highly diversified operations.

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Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations

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Torres

2019

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“…Two articles in a recent issue of Choices magazine, a publication of the American Agricultural Economics Association, address this issue. King et al 7 outline the challenges of ‘re-localizing’ foods in mainstream supermarkets. While significant hurdles exist, the authors see growth potential for the local food sector, similar to that already seen in the organic sector.…”

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Mapping potential foodsheds in New York State by food group: An approach for prioritizing which foods to grow locally

Peters

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Lembo

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Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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Public interest in local food continues to grow, but few analyses have examined the capacity for the US population to be supplied through local and regional food systems. This paper extends earlier work that demonstrated a method for mapping potential foodsheds and estimating the potential for New York to meet the food needs of the state's population centers. It provides a methodology for addressing the question, 'If land is limited, which foods should be grown locally?' A spatial model was developed to allocate the available agricultural land of New York State (NYS) to meet in-state food needs for six distinct food groups (grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat and eggs) across the eight largest population centers. An optimization routine was used to allocate land to maximize economic land use value (LUV). Eleven scenarios were examined, ranging from a baseline level of consumption of New York produced foods to a 100% local diet. Across the 11 scenarios, the amount of food supplied, the LUV attained, and the area of land allocated increased as the 'willingness' to consume local products increased. This approach dictated that land was preferentially devoted to higher-value food groups relative to lower-value groups, and no scenario used all available land. Under the 100% local scenario, 69% of total food needs (on a fresh weight basis) were supplied in-state with an average food distance of 238 km. This scenario provided food from only four of the six groups, namely, dairy, eggs, fruit and vegetables. These results suggest that a much larger proportion of total food needs (on a weight basis) might be provided from in-state production than was found in previous work. LUV serves as a compelling optimization function, and future work should investigate the degree to which maximizing returns to land complements or conflicts with social and environmental goals of local and regional food systems.

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Research Design for Local Food Case Studies

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Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations

Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations

Mapping potential foodsheds in New York State by food group: An approach for prioritizing which foods to grow locally

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