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Price Savings to Consumers at Farmers' Markets
Author(s) -
SOMMER ROBERT,
WING MARGARET,
AITKENS SUSAN
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1980.tb00681.x
Subject(s) - agricultural economics , economics , certification , business , agricultural science , management , environmental science
This study determined the price savings to be realized by consumers by shopping at 15 certified farmers’ markets in California during the summer and fall of 1979. Substantial savings were found compared to local supermarket prices and the differences appeared in cities of different size and during different seasons of the year.