Farmers’ Perceptions of Local Food Procurement, Mississippi, 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Rosenberg, Nathan ; Truong, Nhan L. ; Russell, Tyler ; Abdul-Haqq, Deja ; Gipson, June A. ; Hickson, DeMarc A.
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Project CHANGE Leadership Team
• Description:
  We sought to understand the experiences and perceptions of food producers regarding food procurement programs for local institutions. A total of 72 (45%) Mississippi fruit and vegetable growers completed a mailed survey, and of those that reported selling to local businesses and institutions (54%), few were selling to schools (13%). The primary motivations to sell to institutions were to increase profits (67%) and to improve nutrition within their communities (57%), while the most commonly reported barrier was a lack of knowledge about how to sell to institutions (39%). Farm to institution programs must develop evidence-based practices designed to address barriers to producers' participation in local institutional food procurement programs.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 11.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140004
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3238d13507f50392256ce8c4d0f761dfdbf02844ba128059b5f24ffb08656108b9e49f0c9769b024030119e38562f79ef6d622bff6daed1b753416c548b9cd77
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