How to conduct a visitor survey at market

This article presents a methodological approach to studying and evaluating increasingly complex regional food systems. Social network analysis has been used to measure collaborations in health and education and is…

This research and extension effort has three objectives: * Provide markets with the essential information they need to improve their operations. * Develop research methods for conducting quantitative and qualitative…

This research paper compiles the results for a series of questionnaires given to farmers’ market customers in Corvallis and Albany, Oregon. The results indicate that, among other findings, customers come…

Provides a timeline of the steps and partnerships that led to the creation of the Farmers Market Metrics program, including the exploration of existing data collection systems suitable for grassroots…

Worksheet for planning data collection across the market season

Example survey conducted by FMC, seeking information on market organizations

Example survey conducted by FMC, seeking information from market organizations that were operatong farmers markets during 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Report detailing research done in Spring 2005 and Fall 2009 to explore differences based on psychographic and behavioral characteristics of farmers’ market consumers. Data analysis showed that four clusters were…

A conference paper offering a framework for risk assessment that looks at how environmental, social, and economic factors influence each other in design.