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Are Consumer Health Concerns Influencing Direct-From-Producer Purchasing Decisions?

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dc.contributor.authorThapaliya, Sudhaen
dc.contributor.authorInteris, Matthew G.en
dc.contributor.authorCollart, Alba J.en
dc.contributor.authorWalters, Lurleen M.en
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Kimberly L.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-03T16:14:11Zen
dc.date.available2020-02-03T16:14:11Zen
dc.date.issued2017en
dc.description.abstractResearch has shown health concerns may motivate consumers to purchase foods sold at direct market outlets, yet connections between management of specific diseases and food purchase decisions remain unclear. We utilize a two-step decision framework to evaluate whether family incidences of six illnesses (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, back/joint pain, and Alzheimer’s disease/dementia) affect decisions to buy food at farmers’ markets and farm stands.We find that cancer, diabetes, obesity, and back/joint pain influence the decision to purchase from farm stands. Disease incidences have varying directional effects on frequency of purchase for both farmers’ markets and farm stands.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and administered by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent21 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2016.47en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96668en
dc.identifier.volume49en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJEL Classifications. D12, Q13en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectFarmers’ marketsen
dc.subjectfarm standsen
dc.subjectfood purchasesen
dc.subjecthealthen
dc.titleAre Consumer Health Concerns Influencing Direct-From-Producer Purchasing Decisions?en
dc.title.serialJournal of Agricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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