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“There’s No Place Like Home”: Inquiry into Preferences for Local Foods

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  • Bir, Courtney
  • Lai, John
  • Widmar, Nicole Olynk
  • Thompson, Nathanael
  • Ellett, Jodee
  • Crosslin, Caroline

Abstract

Using a nationally representative survey of U.S. consumers, we analyze demographics, food shopping behaviors, and stated preferences and use logistic regressions to further explore local food preferences and perceptions of farmers’ markets. When asked the definition of “local,” the largest percentage of respondents (28%) selected that local meant “in their county of residence.” Respondents assigned various qualities to farmers’ markets, including freshness, healthiness, tastiness, and locally produced. Having higher income, the presence of a child in the household, reading packaging information, shopping for local food at the supermarket, and closer definitions of local all increased the probability of shopping at the farmers’ market.

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  • Bir, Courtney & Lai, John & Widmar, Nicole Olynk & Thompson, Nathanael & Ellett, Jodee & Crosslin, Caroline, 2019. "“There’s No Place Like Home”: Inquiry into Preferences for Local Foods," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 50(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlofdr:292181
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292181
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    1. Nicole Didero & Marco Costanigro & Becca B. R. Jablonski, 2021. "Promoting farmers market via information nudges and coupons: A randomized control trial," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(3), pages 531-549, July.
    2. Alessandro Bonadonna & Stefano Duglio & Luigi Bollani & Giovanni Peira, 2022. "Mountain Food Products: A Cluster Analysis Based on Young Consumers’ Perceptions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Azucena Gracia & Miguel I. Gómez, 2020. "Food Sustainability and Waste Reduction in Spain: Consumer Preferences for Local, Suboptimal, And/Or Unwashed Fresh Food Products," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-15, May.
    4. Jorge Arenas-Gaitán & Begoña Peral-Peral & Jesús Reina-Arroyo, 2020. "Local Fresh Food Products and Plant-Based Diets: An Analysis of the Relation Between Them," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-17, June.

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