Alex Melton

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United States International Trade Commission
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Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
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Working papers

1. Low, Sarah A. & Adalja, Aaron & Beaulieu, Elizabeth & Key, Nigel & Martinez, Stephen & Melton, Alex & Perez, Agnes & Ralston, Katherine & Stewart, Hayden & Suttles, Shellye & Vogel, Stephen & Jablonsk, 2015. "Trends in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems: Report to Congress," Administrative Publications 292107, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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   1. Ostrom, Marcia & Goldberger, Jessica R. & Smith, Katherine Selting, 2020. "Market Makers; Exploring Gender Dynamics in Farmers Markets from Field to Booth," Western Economics Forum, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 18(2), December.
   2. G. K. Healy & J. C. Dawson, 2019. "Participatory plant breeding and social change in the Midwestern United States: perspectives from the Seed to Kitchen Collaborative," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 36(4), pages 879-889, December.
   3. Artz, Georgeanne M. & Naeve, Linda, 2015. "Scaling Up Fruit And Vegetable Production: Is Machinery Sharing A Possibility?," Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, vol. 3(1), pages 1-10.
   4. Carpio, Carlos E. & Mathews, Leah G. & Boonsaeng, Tullaya & Perrett, Allison & Descieux, Katie, 2015. "Evaluating the Marketing Impact of a Regional Branding Program Using Contingent Valuation Methods: The Case of the Appalachian Grown™ Branding Program," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205800, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
      • Aborisade, Olumide & Carpio, Carlos E. & Mathews, Leah & Boonsaeng, Tullaya & Perrett, Allison & Descieux, Katie, 2016. "Evaluating the Marketing Impact of a Regional Branding Program Using Contingent Valuation Methods: The Case of the Appalachian Grown™ Branding Program," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas 230094, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
   5. Lancaster, Nicholas & Torres, Ariana, 2019. "Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia 290848, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
      • Nicholas A. Lancaster & Ariana P. Torres, 2019. "Investigating the Drivers of Farm Diversification Among U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Operations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-20, June.
   6. Shawn A. Trivette, 2019. "The importance of food retailers: applying network analysis techniques to the study of local food systems," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 36(1), pages 77-90, March.
   7. Jairus J. Rossi & Timothy A. Woods & James E. Allen, 2017. "Impacts of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Voucher Program on Food Lifestyle Behaviors: Evidence from an Employer-Sponsored Pilot Program," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-21, August.
   8. Xiao Dong & H. Allen Klaiber & Zoë Plakias, 2023. "I scream, you scream, we all scream for local ice cream: Consumer preferences for locally processed foods," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(1), pages 51-64, January.
   9. Holcomb, Rodney B. & Bendfeldt, Eric & Lelekacs, Joanna & Velandia, Margarita & Woods, Timothy A. & Goodwin, H.L. & Rainey, Ronald L., 2016. "A Local Foods System Glossary: A Rose by Any Other Name," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas 230079, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
      • Holcomb, Rodney B. & Neill, Clinton L. & Lelekacs, Joanna & Velandia, Margarita & Woods, Timothy A. & Goodwin, H.L., Jr. & Rainey, Ronald L., 2018. "A Local Food System Glossary: A Rose by Any Other Name," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 33(3), August.
   10. Erika Allen Wolters & Brent S. Steel & Sydney Anderson & Heather Moline, 2021. "The Future of Food: Understanding Public Preferences for the Management of Agricultural Resources," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-20, June.
   11. Lopez, Rigoberto A. & Khanal, Binod, 2020. "Got Local? Demand for Milk with Food Miles," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304354, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   12. Jairus Rossi & James E. Allen & Timothy A. Woods & Alison F. Davis, 2017. "CSA shareholder food lifestyle behaviors: a comparison across consumer groups," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 34(4), pages 855-869, December.
   13. Vassalos, Michael & Lim, Kar Ho, 2016. "Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Various Features of Electronic Food Marketing Platforms," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 19(2), pages 1-19, May.
   14. Marusak, Amy & Sadeghiamirshahidi, Narjes & Krejci, Caroline C. & Mittal, Anuj & Beckwith, Sue & Cantu, Jaime & Morris, Mike & Grimm, Jason, 2021. "Resilient regional food supply chains and rethinking the way forward: Key takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
   15. Printezis, Iryna & Grebitus, Carola, 2018. "Marketing Channels for Local Food," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 161-171.
   16. Chiaverina, Pierre & Drogué, Sophie & Jacquet, Florence, 2024. "Do Farmers Participating in Short Food Supply Chains Use Less Pesticides? Evidence from France," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
   17. Mario Del Roble Pensado-Leglise & Andrew Smolski, 2017. "An Eco-Egalitarian Solution to the Capitalist Consumer Paradox: Integrating Short Food Chains and Public Market Systems," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 7(9), pages 1-15, September.
   18. Steve W. Martinez, 2016. "Policies Supporting Local Food in the United States," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-13, August.
   19. Watson, Philip & Cooke, Stephen & Kay, David & Alward, Greg & Morales, Alfonso, 2017. "A Method for Evaluating the Economic Contribution of a Local Food System," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(2), May.
   20. Michael Vassalos & Zhifeng Gao & Lisha Zhang, 2017. "Factors Affecting Current and Future CSA Participation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-16, March.
   21. Stewart, Hayden & Dong, Diansheng, 2018. "The Relationship Between Patronizing Direct-to-Consumer Outlets and a Household’s Demand for Fruits and Vegetables," Economic Research Report 276254, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
   22. Mengshuai Zhu & Chen Shen & Yajun Tian & Jianzhai Wu & Yueying Mu, 2022. "Factors Affecting Smallholder Farmers’ Marketing Channel Choice in China with Multivariate Logit Model," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-11, September.
   23. Milford, Anna & Lien, Gudbrand & Reed, Matthew, 2021. "Different Sales Channels for Different Farmers: Local and Mainstream Marketing of Organic Fruits and Vegetables in Norway," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315058, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
   24. Morgan, Kimberly L. & Interis, Matthew G., 2017. "Who Buys More Directly from Producers in the Southeastern United States? A Research Note," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 48(2), July.
   25. Dawn Thilmany & Elizabeth Canales & Sarah A. Low & Kathryn Boys, 2021. "Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilience during COVID‐19," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(1), pages 86-104, March.
   26. Phillip Warsaw & Steven Archambault & Arden He & Stacy Miller, 2021. "The Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Farmers Markets: Recent Evidence from the US," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-18, March.
   27. Catherine Brinkley & Gwyneth M. Manser & Sasha Pesci, 2021. "Growing pains in local food systems: a longitudinal social network analysis on local food marketing in Baltimore County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 38(4), pages 911-927, December.
   28. Plakias, Zoë & Klaiber, Allen & Roe, Brian E., 2018. "Heterogeneity in Farm-to-School Spending: Drivers and Implications," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 273854, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   29. Carson Young, 2022. "Should You Buy Local?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 176(2), pages 265-281, March.
   30. Xu Hartling, 2020. "The Contribution Of Farm Stand, Farmers Market, And Community Supported Agriculture To The Community And Environment," Economy & Business Journal, International Scientific Publications, Bulgaria, vol. 14(1), pages 316-328.
   31. Gupta, Clare & Jablonski, Becca B.R., 2016. "Farm Impacts of Farm-to-Grocer Sales: The Case of Hawai’i," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 47(3), pages 1-23, November.
   32. Hung-Hao Chang & Chad Meyerhoefer, 2020. "COVID-19 and the Demand for Online Food Shopping Services: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan," NBER Working Papers 27427, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
       • Hung‐Hao Chang & Chad D. Meyerhoefer, 2021. "COVID‐19 and the Demand for Online Food Shopping Services: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(2), pages 448-465, March.
   33. Food Distribution Research Society, 2018. "Food Distribution Research Society," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 49(1), March.
   34. Grashuis, Jasper & Su, Ye, 2023. "Consumer Preferences for State-Sponsored Designations: The Case of the Missouri Grown Label," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 48(1), January.
   35. Ge, Houtian & Goetz, Stephan & Canning, Patrick & Perez, Agnes, 2018. "Optimal locations of fresh produce aggregation facilities in the United States with scale economies," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 143-157.
   36. Brimlow, Jacob N. & Matson, James, 2015. "Buying Local? An exploratory analysis of barriers to local food sales from the perspective of intermediary buyers in California and North Carolina," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205872, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   37. Ilona Liliána Birtalan & Attila Bartha & Ágnes Neulinger & György Bárdos & Attila Oláh & József Rácz & Adrien Rigó, 2020. "Community Supported Agriculture as a Driver of Food-Related Well-Being," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-17, June.
   38. Clark, Jill K. & Conley, Brian & Raja, Samina, 2021. "Essential, fragile, and invisible community food infrastructure: The role of urban governments in the United States," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
   39. Jablonski, Becca B.R. & McFadden, Dawn Thilmany & Sullins, Martha & Curtis, Kynda R., 2017. "Determinants of Effective Beginning Farmer Programming and Implications for Future Programs," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(3), September.
   40. Gail Feenstra & Shermain Hardesty, 2016. "Values-Based Supply Chains as a Strategy for Supporting Small and Mid-Scale Producers in the United States," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-17, August.
   41. Ibrahim, Mohammed & Onyango, Benjamin & Pattanaik, Nalini & Liu, Xuianli, 2018. "Current Trends, U.S. Immigration Policies, and Marketing Strategies for Goat Meat," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 49(1), March.
   42. Cleary, Rebecca & Goetz, Stephan J. & Thilmany McFadden, Dawn D. & Ge, Houtian, 2017. "Location and Profit Drivers of Local Food Hubs," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258538, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   43. Clark, Jill K. & Jablonski, Becca B.R., 2022. "Managing across boundaries for coordinated local and regional food system policy," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
   44. Anuj Mittal & Caroline C. Krejci & Teri J. Craven, 2018. "Logistics Best Practices for Regional Food Systems: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-44, January.
   45. Luke Bergmann & Luis Fernando Chaves & Carolyn R. Betz & Serena Stein & Brian Wiedenfeld & Ann Wolf & Robert G. Wallace, 2022. "Mapping Agricultural Lands: From Conventional to Regenerative," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-41, March.
   46. Demko, Iryna & Plakias, Zoe & Katchova, Ani, "undated". "How do farmers compose their portfolio of local food marketing channels?," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259931, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   47. Catherine Brinkley, 2018. "The Small World of the Alternative Food Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-19, August.
   48. Kristine Lien Skog & Stine Elisabeth Eriksen & Christy Anderson Brekken & Charles Francis, 2018. "Building Resilience in Social-Ecological Food Systems in Vermont," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-16, December.
   49. J Dara Bloom & C Clare Hinrichs, 2017. "The long reach of lean retailing: Firm embeddedness and Wal-Mart’s implementation of local produce sourcing in the US," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 49(1), pages 168-185, January.
   50. Jeffrey K. O'Hara & Jeffrey Lin, 2020. "Population Density and Local Food Market Channels," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 42(3), pages 477-496, September.
   51. Becca B. R. Jablonski & Martha Sullins & Dawn Thilmany McFadden, 2019. "Community-Supported Agriculture Marketing Performance: Results from Pilot Market Channel Assessments in Colorado," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-14, May.
   52. Spalding, Ashley & Kiesel, Kristin, 2018. "Willingness to Pay for Local, Value-Added Goods," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 273990, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   53. O'Hara, Jeffrey K. & Benson, Matthew, 2017. "Local Food Production and Farm to School Expenditures," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252669, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
   54. Becca B. R. Jablonski & Michael Carolan & James Hale & Dawn Thilmany McFadden & Erin Love & Libby Christensen & Tabitha Covey & Laura Bellows & Rebecca Cleary & Olaf David & Kevin E. Jablonski & Andre, 2019. "Connecting Urban Food Plans to the Countryside: Leveraging Denver’s Food Vision to Explore Meaningful Rural–Urban Linkages," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-18, April.
   55. Bruno, Christopher C. & Campbell, Benjamin L., 2016. "Students’ Willingness to Pay for More Local, Organic, Non-GMO and General Food Options," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 47(3), pages 1-17, November.
   56. Bertalan Laura & Inzsöl Renáta & Hegedüs Judit & Jankó Ferenc, 2019. "Quo vadis Farmer Sales? The Experience of a Survey in Hungary," Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, Sciendo, vol. 65(1), pages 30-39, March.
   57. Woods, Timothy A. & Tropp, Debra, 2015. "CSAs and the Battle for the Local Food Dollar," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 46(2), pages 1-13, July.
   58. John J. Metz & Sarah M. Scherer, 2022. "The rise and decline of farmers markets in greater Cincinnati," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 39(1), pages 95-117, March.
   59. Felix Haifeng Liao & Brendan Gordon & Colette DePhelps & Darin Saul & Chao Fan & Wenlong Feng, 2019. "A Land-Based and Spatial Assessment of Local Food Capacity in Northern Idaho, USA," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-13, August.
   60. Brian Lee & Jhih‐Yun Liu & Hung‐Hao Chang, 2020. "The choice of marketing channel and farm profitability: Empirical evidence from small farmers," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(3), pages 402-421, June.
   61. Sarah A. Low & Martha Bass & Dawn Thilmany & Marcelo Castillo, 2021. "Local Foods Go Downstream: Exploring the Spatial Factors Driving U.S. Food Manufacturing," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(3), pages 896-915, September.
   62. Enthoven, Laura & Van den Broeck, Goedele, 2021. "Local food systems: Reviewing two decades of research," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
   63. Yiwen Yang & PingSun Leung & Chu‐wei Tseng, 2022. "Price premium or price discount for locally produced food products? A 5W1H approach in meta‐analysis," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(6), pages 2261-2274, September.
   64. Mary Margaret Saulters & Mary K. Hendrickson & Fabio Chaddad, 2018. "Fairness in alternative food networks: an exploration with midwestern social entrepreneurs," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 35(3), pages 611-621, September.

Articles

1. Jones, Keithly & Haley, Mildred & Melton, Alex, 2018. "Per Capita Red Meat and Poultry Disappearance: Insights Into Its Steady Growth," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 0(05), June.

   Cited by:

   1. Bhagyashree Katare & H. Holly Wang & Jonathan Lawing & Na Hao & Timothy Park & Michael Wetzstein, 2020. "Toward Optimal Meat Consumption," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(2), pages 662-680, March.

2. Cooke, Bryce & Melton, Alex & Ramos, Sean, 2017. "U.S. Agricultural Trade in 2016: Major Commodities and Trends," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, issue 04, May.

   Cited by:

   1. Bruce L., Ahrendsen, 2017. "Agricultural Trade Policy: ‘America First’?," APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, AGRIMBA, vol. 11(3-4), December.

3. Landes, Maurice & Melton, Alex & Edwards, Seanicaa, 2016. "India Emerges as a Major Beef Exporter," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, issue 06, pages 1-1, July.

   Cited by:

   1. Yamini Narayanan, 2019. "Jugaad and informality as drivers of India’s cow slaughter economy," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(7), pages 1516-1535, October.

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