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Subject: Re: Farmers market numbers
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 12:05:56 -0500
From: Mary Hendrickson <HendricksonM@missouri.edu>
To: Allison Brown
References: <20000703163932.14578.qmail@web4204.mail.yahoo.com>
Allison:
> The numbers which are available seem to indicate that
> there were roughly the same number of retail farmers
> markets in 1946 and 1976 but that in the interim
> numbers dropped sharply in most states. After 1976
> there was a peak in about 1980 and then another drop.
> Recently the numbers have been climbing in most
> regions, but at varied rates.
I heard a very good presentation looking at farmers' markets in three
different states. Their statistics mirror what you have said. Contact
Gail
Feenstra, University of California-Davis, Sustainable Ag. Research and
Education Program; or Gil Gillespie, Department of Rural Sociology,
Cornell
University; or Claire Hinrichs, Department of Sociology at Iowa State
University. They have some preliminary data from a three state study
that is
absolutely fascinating.
In Missouri, the number of farmers' markets has increased incredibly in
the
last 5 years -- up to around 80 from just 60-something a few years ago.
For
good stats, talk to Tammy Bruckerhoff, MO Dept. of Agriculture. Also
check
out their website at: http://agebb.missouri.edu/fmktdir/index.htm.
Tammy's
contact info is on that site.
Mary
-- Mary Hendrickson, Ph.D. Food Circles Networking Project University of Missouri Outreach and Extension 106 Sociology Columbia, MO 65211Website: http://www.foodcircles.missouri.edu Tele: 573-882-7463 Fax: 573-882-1473
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