'I'm getting desperate': What we know about farmers' markets that fail

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-199

  Stephenson, Garry ^a   Lev, Larry ^a   Brewer, Linda ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' market failure; Farmers' market management; Farmers' markets; Local food systems; Small farms; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARM SIZE; FOOD PRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249089137     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507002153     Document Type: Article

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