Determining marketing costs and returns in alternative marketing channels

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-34

  Hardesty, Shermain D ^a   Leff, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Supported Agriculture; Farmers' markets; Financial management; Small farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MARKETING; ORGANIC FARMING; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952421914     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170509990196     Document Type: Article

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