Which little piggy goes to market? Characteristics of US farmers' market shoppers

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-257

  Zepeda, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Farmers' markets; Local food; Probit analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956475925     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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