Using a Market Basket to Explore Regional Food Systems

Clancy, Kate; Bonanno, Alessandro; Canning, Patrick; Cleary, Rebecca; Conrad, Zach; Fleisher, David H.; Gómez, Miguel I.; Griffin, Timothy S.; Lee, Ryan; Kane, Daniel A.; Palmer, Anne; Park, Kristen; Peters, Christian J.; Tichenor, Nicole E.

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2017.074.018

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“…Additionally, while some of the posited attributes-e.g., capacity to supply a larger proportion of demand while fostering natural resource sustainability, economic development, and diversity-of regional food system frameworks have been explored, further research to provide concrete evidence of its impacts is merited (Clancy et al, 2017).…”

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“…If so, what information on product origin would influence consumer purchasing decisions? We know that regionally produced food is already present in regional supply chains (Clancy et al, 2017); is there any value in differentiating it from other food currently available, including "local" food? How can our knowledge about consumer expectations regarding local food inform our understanding of regional food attributes and governance (Mount, 2012)?…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Limiting the conversation to fresh foods negates the role of processing foods grown in the region, which can be a viable means of supporting a larger regional food economy (Clancy et al, 2017). In addition, the EFSNE project found that many businesses involved in food processing and storage are in periurban centers.…”

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“…In fact, regional sourcing of both fresh and processed foods is already happening throughout the Northeast (Clancy et al, 2017) but not marketed in any uniform or well-recognized fashion to shoppers, especially compared to the emphasis on GI food products in Europe. While there may not be a need to devote significant resources to developing a regional food campaign identity, there may be many opportunities to increase consumer awareness of specific foods produced in northeastern regions, similar to the way that the rapid expansion of farmers markets has made local food suppliers visible (Gillespie, Hilchey, Hinrichs, & Feenstra, 2007).…”

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Between Global and Local: Exploring Regional Food Systems from the Perspectives of Four Communities in the U.S. Northeast

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Santo

Berlin

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Emphasis on local foods and local food systems has often meant that the importance of other scales goes unrecognized or underappreciated. While each scale has limitations, some food system experts now assert the benefits of the regional scale for its ability to foster a more sufficient, diverse, affordable, and resilient food system. This paper contributes to this debate by exploring people's perceptions of regionally produced foods. Seven focus groups were conducted with a total of 51 participants across four locations in the U.S. Northeast. Topics discussed included the importance of knowing where food is sourced, how people described their region, personal connections to the region, globalization of food, importance of food origin, perceived benefits and drawbacks of regional foods, and the sense of efficacy and engagement involving food. While many participants were familiar with the concept of the local food system, their perceptions of the regional scale were weaker, less formed, and more divergent. These focus groups provide foundational insights into emerging consumer definitions and values related to regional food systems, which may help develop appropriately targeted messages to reinforce regional benefits.

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Between Global and Local: Exploring Regional Food Systems from the Perspectives of Four Communities in the U.S. Northeast

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Berlin

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…In the first paper, Clancy et al (2017) synthesize lessons learned about the Northeast food system through the market basket of foods examined in the EFSNE project. Analyses of the eight market basket items serve as a window into food access, availability, and affordability and into regional production, processing, and distribution.…”

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Introduction to the EFSNE Project Collection of Papers

Peters

Clancy²,

Hinrichs

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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The Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast (EFSNE) project started in 2011 to explore the potential for regional food systems to improve food security in the Northeastern U.S. Building on the nationwide interest in local food systems, EFSNE researchers have been motivated by a desire to understand whether regional food systems, which have a larger geographic scope, might have some of the perceived sustainability benefits attributed to local food while providing food accessible to all consumers. To this end, an interdisciplinary team drawn from academic institutions, federal government research organizations, and nonprofits has spent seven years trying to understand food consumption, distribution, processing, and production in the Northeast. Through studying the actual supply chains in nine locations around the Northeast region and doing extensive modeling and analysis of secondary data on food systems, we have attempted to understand the extent to which the region can rely on its own food production and can meet the needs of low-income a *

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If You Build Them… Will it Matter? Food Stores' Presence and Perceived Barriers to Purchasing Healthy Foods in the Northeastern U.S.

Chenarides¹,

Bonanno²,

Palmer³

2020

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Policies incentivizing store entry or store improvements are aimed at increasing access to healthy foods; however, findings about their effectiveness to improve diets are mixed. Similarly, little is known about whether food stores' presence affects consumers' perceived barriers to purchasing healthy foods, which reflect the subjective hardships experienced by shoppers to purchase and consume healthier foods. In this study, we assess the relationship between the two most widely studied perceived barriers to purchasing healthy foods (price and availability) and the local retail food environment using individual‐level survey data collected across the northeastern US and census data on the numbers of grocery stores and warehouse clubs and supercenters. Our results indicate that unobserved heterogeneity plays an important role in determining the sign and magnitude of the relationship between store presence and perceptions. The likelihood that an individual cites price or availability as a perceived barrier depends upon the barrier considered, whether respondents live in the zip code where they shop, and the method of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. Thus, policies focusing on improving access to a given store type may only mitigate some of the negative perceptions associated with one's food environment.

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Using a Market Basket to Explore Regional Food Systems

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

Between Global and Local: Exploring Regional Food Systems from the Perspectives of Four Communities in the U.S. Northeast

Between Global and Local: Exploring Regional Food Systems from the Perspectives of Four Communities in the U.S. Northeast

Introduction to the EFSNE Project Collection of Papers

If You Build Them… Will it Matter? Food Stores' Presence and Perceived Barriers to Purchasing Healthy Foods in the Northeastern U.S.

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