Bridging the gap: Do farmers' markets help alleviate impacts of food deserts?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1273-1279

  Sage, Jeremy L ^a   McCracken, Vicki A ^a   Sage, Rayna A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AMENITY; CAR OWNERSHIP; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA;

EID: 84890451318     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat031     Document Type: Article

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