Linkages Between Community-Focused Agriculture, Farm Sales, and Regional Growth

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-16

  Brown, Jason P ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^b   Ahearn, Mary C ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Kathleen)   (United States)

Author keywords

community focused agriculture; farm structure; regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894287974     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242413506610     Document Type: Article

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