Purchase drivers of Canadian consumers of local and organic produce

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1480-1488

  Campbell, Benjamin L ^a   Lesschaeve, Isabelle ^a   Bowen, Amy J ^a   Onufrey, Stephen R ^b   Moskowitz, Howard ^c  

^a VINELAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Onufrey Group   (United States)

^c MOSKOWITZ JACOBS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Consumer preference; Market segmentation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958489827     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.10.1480     Document Type: Article

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