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Understanding the link between farmer's market size and management organization

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Stephenson, Garry Owen, Lev, Larry, Brewer, Linda J., and Oregon State University. Extension Service

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"Farmers' markets are valuable market channels for small farmers and important venues for the economic, nutritional, and social lives of communities. Efforts to make farmers' markets sustainable should focus on two influences on markets: external (related to public policy) and internal (related to market management). Well-crafted public policy is needed...

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Organization Garry Stephenson, Larry Lev, and Linda Brewer Special Report Number 1082-E December 2007
When things don't work : some insights into why farmers' markets close

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Stephenson, Garry Owen, Lev, Larry, Brewer, Linda J., and Oregon State University. Extension Service

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"The topic of market failure is rarely addressed in the literature. This report represents a starting point. It describes the dynamics of farmers' market startups, closures, and manager turnover. It focuses on two important resources--administrative revenue and labor--used by farmers' markets. Data for a sample of markets that failed are...

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Science Larry Lev Professor Extension marketing specialist Department of Agricultural & Resource