Public Market Trade Areas: Local Goods, Farmers, and Community in the U.S. Southwest Region, 1996-2016
Description:
The number of public markets in the United States increased from more than 300 in the 1970s to more than 8,600 by 2016. This increase in markets is related to changes in food production, localism and the local food systems movement, socioeconomic changes, cultural changes, and perceptions of embeddedness. Research on the underlying conditions for the success of public markets is scant in the United States, and especially in the USDA Southwest Region. This study provides analysis of public marke…
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Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Oppenheim, Vicki Ann
Partner:
UNT Libraries