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Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:

Saylor, Kirsten N.

Abstract:

The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...

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Masters Thesis

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970s, farmers' markets in the United States rose 79% from 1994 to 2002, when there were over 3,100
Civic agriculture : the successes, trials, and future of the local food movement in the Willamette Valley

Creator:

Klingensmith, Thomas S.

Abstract:

This study investigated the local and sustainable food movements in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The aim of the research was to better understand the current condition of the phenomenon, what it means to the communities studied and the future role it will play in the state. Other research objectives...

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Masters Thesis

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, pesticides, and fertilizers) rose with the price of oil. Subsequently, a people began to question the energy