Marketing locally produced organic foods in three metropolitan arkansas farmers' markets: Consumer opinions and food safety concerns

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-153

  Rainey, Ron ^a   Crandall, Philip G ^b   O'Bryan, Corliss A ^b   Ricke, Steven C ^b   Pendleton, Sean ^b   Seideman, Steve ^b  

^a and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

All natural foods; Arkansas; Consumer demand; Farmers' markets; Food safety; Local foods; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957479634     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2011.563223     Document Type: Article

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