The impacts of local markets: A review of research on farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSA)

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1296-1302

  Brown, Cheryl ^a   Miller, Stacy ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION;

EID: 56049119135     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01220.x     Document Type: Review

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