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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.

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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...

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Masters Thesis

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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...

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Masters Thesis

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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.

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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'...

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Masters Thesis

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Assistance Program (SNAP) Use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets