Consumer interactions and influences on farmers' market vendors

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-66

  Hunt, Alan R ^a  

^a Northeast Midwest Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Embeddedness; Farm viability; Farmers' markets; Local; Marketing; Open space

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MARKETING;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547118144     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001597     Document Type: Article

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