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Challenges to re-embedding food systems : tracing the decline and revival of a farmers’ market on the edge

Creator:: Murray, Mary K.
Abstract:: A number of researchers view farmers’ markets as an appropriate vehicle for re-embedding food markets into communities (O’Hara & Stagl, 2001, Feenstra, 2002, Lyson, 2005). Amidst astounding growth in the number of farmers’ markets in the United States in recent decades, many markets struggle and fail. Recent research suggests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Revival of a Farmers’ Market on the Edge Abstract approved: Garry O. Stephenson A

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2001 Pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. Abstract Approved: The Senior Farmers

Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

Creator:: Finneran, Kathleen B.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets and its role in food access for SNAP participants. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach combining a farmers' market survey and household interviews, the study investigated who uses SNAP at the farmers'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Assistance Program (SNAP) Use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets

An analysis of farmer-sportsmen relationships as a guide to upland game management in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Danielson, Ephraim Alfred
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: An analysis of farmer-sportsmen relationships as a guide

Farmer perspectives on the transition to organic agriculture : an Oregon study of farmer motivations and barriers

Creator:: Lloyd, Deanna M.
Abstract:: In the midst of double-digit growth in market demand for organic products, there is a lag in the growth of certified organic production in the United States. This thesis investigated the motivations and barriers farmers face when making the transition to organic agriculture. Three distinct organic farmer typologies were identified:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Farmer Perspectives on the Transition to Organic Agriculture: An Oregon Study of Farmer

The effect of diversification on income variability of Oregon farmers

Creator:: Mo, Yu Hsuen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A program of school land use for the Woodburn Vocational Agriculture Department

Creator:: Ward, Darrell Lin
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

Creator:: Stoff, Mary Cora
Abstract:: A study was conducted using data collected from a sample of mint and vegetable farmers in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The study identifies the influence of demographic differences, economic factors and irrigator attitudes on irrigation efficiency. Only two of the 19 characteristics theorized to influence irrigation efficiency proved to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (3) where P is the price received by the farmer for her output, and r1, r2 and r3 are the market

The effect of various management and policy options on the financial stress situation of Oregon grain and cattle producers

Creator:: Hewlett, John P.
Abstract:: Agricultural economists have devoted considerable attention to the financial stress situation of agricultural producers. Many studies have been conducted in various regions of the U.S. in an attempt to better understand the causes of the problem. The costs associated with farm financial stress imply corresponding benefits to be realized by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Various Management and Policy Options on the Financial Stress Situation of Oregon Grain and

Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

Creator:: Hepperly, Jody R.
Abstract:: In recent years, several interrelated forces—prolonged drought, growing populations, height-ened environmental protections, sustained agricultural use, and hydrologic alterations due to climate change—have increased pressure on water users in the Western United States, where the agricultural sector accounts for up to 90% of total water withdrawals. Technology im-provements developed since the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Standing in the Way of Control: Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Challenges to re-embedding food systems : tracing the decline and revival of a farmers’ market on the edge

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

Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

An analysis of farmer-sportsmen relationships as a guide to upland game management in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Farmer perspectives on the transition to organic agriculture : an Oregon study of farmer motivations and barriers

The effect of diversification on income variability of Oregon farmers

A program of school land use for the Woodburn Vocational Agriculture Department

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

The effect of various management and policy options on the financial stress situation of Oregon grain and cattle producers

Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

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