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Farmers Markets and Food-Borne Illness

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  • Marc F Bellemare
  • Ngoc (Jenny) Nguyen

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Using longitudinal administrative data on all U.S. states and the District of Columbia for the years 2004, 2006, and 2008–2013, we study the relationship between farmers markets and food-borne illness. We find a positive relationship between the number of farmers markets per million individuals and the number per million of reported (i) total outbreaks and cases of food-borne illness, (ii) outbreaks and cases of norovirus, and (iii) outbreaks of campylobacter in the average state-year. Our estimates indicate that doubling the number of farmers markets in the average state-year would be associated with 2.6 additional outbreaks of food-borne illness, 0.8 additional outbreaks of norovirus, and 0.3 additional outbreaks of campylobacter per million, as well as with 34.5 additional total cases of food-borne illness, 22.9 additional cases of norovirus, and 1.5 additional cases of campylobacter per million in the same state-year. Our core results are robust to different specifications as well as to deleting outliers and leverage points.

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  • Marc F Bellemare & Ngoc (Jenny) Nguyen, 2018. "Farmers Markets and Food-Borne Illness," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(3), pages 676-690.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:100:y:2018:i:3:p:676-690.
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    Keywords

    Food Safety; Food-Borne Illness; Farmers Markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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