Entrepreneurial outcomes and enterprise size in US retail farmers' markets

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-55

  Feenstra, Gail W ^a   Lewis, Christopher C ^a   Hinrichs, C Clare ^b   Gillespie Jr, Gilbert W ^c   Hilchey, Duncan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct marketing; Entrepreneurship; Family farms; Locally grown food; Rural development; Small farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; RETAILING; RURAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037354049     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/AJAA2003046     Document Type: Article

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