Food Access & Impact
A COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD SYSTEM: BUILDING HEALTH, WEALTH, CONNECTION AND CAPACITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE
05/01/2011 by Bendfeldt, E.S., Walker, M., Bunn, T., Martin L This report was established for the Martinsville/Henry County region of Virgnia and outlines what a food system is and how it can build health, wealth,connection, and capacity around food and farming at the community and regional levels. Consumer demand for locally grown and sourced [...]
FOOD AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY
Studies have shown that farmers markets bring business into the hosting communities. Each dollar spent at a market can generate as much as an additional $1.40 in spending in the businesses surrounding the market. In addition, we know that more of the money spent in local businesses (such as farms) [...]
ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PUBLIC MARKETS
01/27/2015 by Econsult Corporation (Feb 2007) Public markets are unique economic and social institutions which are increasingly being viewed as tools to achieve a wide variety of goals. These goals include improved access to quality food, better marketing opportunities for family farmers, improving social interaction in urban neighborhoods, increasing social [...]
Food Access & Impact
A COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD SYSTEM: BUILDING HEALTH, WEALTH, CONNECTION AND CAPACITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE
05/01/2011 by Bendfeldt, E.S., Walker, M., Bunn, T., Martin L This report was established for the Martinsville/Henry County region of Virgnia and outlines what a food system is and how it can build health, wealth,connection, and capacity around food and farming at the community and regional levels. Consumer demand for locally grown and sourced [...]
FOOD AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY
Studies have shown that farmers markets bring business into the hosting communities. Each dollar spent at a market can generate as much as an additional $1.40 in spending in the businesses surrounding the market. In addition, we know that more of the money spent in local businesses (such as farms) [...]
ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PUBLIC MARKETS
01/27/2015 by Econsult Corporation (Feb 2007) Public markets are unique economic and social institutions which are increasingly being viewed as tools to achieve a wide variety of goals. These goals include improved access to quality food, better marketing opportunities for family farmers, improving social interaction in urban neighborhoods, increasing social [...]