Farmers' market research 1940–2000: An inventory and review

By Allison Brown. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 2002

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The number of retail farmers' markets in the USA increased dramatically in the twentieth century, with a burst of growth experienced after the passage of Public Law 94–463 (PL 94–463), the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976. This article inventories the literature since the Second World War on retail farmers' markets and direct marketing in North America. The inventory includes some lesser known studies from 1970 to 1985. The reports are grouped into four categories by topical area: consumers and vendors, economic impact, social impact and farmers' markets as research sites. Overall, the literature on farmers' markets is found to be scant, leaving ample room for new and exciting explorations of this venerable institution.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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Citations in the corpus

• Farmers' markets: the small business counter‐revolution in food production and retailing (2006, background): “The resurgence started in the 1970s in the USA, which now has over 3,700 farmers’ markets (Brown, 2002).”
• Evaluating the Economic Impact of Farmers' Markets Using an Opportunity Cost Framework (2008, background): “In fact, a paper reviewing research of farmers’ markets from 1940 through 2000 (Brown, 2002) erroneously claims that there is no method for evaluating such impacts.”