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The Relationship Between Food Deserts, Farmers’ Markets and Food Assistance in Georgia Census Tracts
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016 Background: Due to inadequate resources and limited access to healthy foods, residents of food deserts struggle to maintain a well-balanced, nutritious diet. These factors increase the risk of developing obesity and diet-related chronic diseases.
Andrea Brace +3 more
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Perceptions of the double value coupon program in southern Illinois
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionPurchasing produce at farmers markets represents one method by which individuals can purchase and have access to healthful and seasonal fruits.
Dominique M. Rose +8 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) provides a scalable, laser‐direct‐written route to porous graphene architecture with tunable chemistry and defect density. Through heterojunction engineering, catalytic functionalization, and intrinsic self‐heating, LIG achieves highly sensitive and selective detection of NOX, NH3, H2, and humidity, supporting next ...
Md Abu Sayeed Biswas +6 more
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SiDT1 Defines Plant Architecture Reminiscent of Green Revolution in Foxtail Millet
Advanced Science, EarlyView.SiDT1 encodes a GA3‐oxidase that creates a semi‐dwarf, lodging‐resistant architecture reminiscent of the rice Green Revolution. The resulting ideotype performs well under dense planting and provides a valuable genetic resource for high‐yield, mechanized foxtail millet production. ABSTRACT Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is a drought‐tolerant C4 cereal
Jianzhen Lv +13 more
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Farmers' markets offer new business opportunities for farmers
California Agriculture, 1999 This survey of farmers' market managers shows that farmers' markets offer growers opportunities to expand their businesses by developing new market venues, including community-supported agriculture, institutional food buyers and ...
Gail Feenstra, Christopher Lewis
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Urban Food Markets: A New Leisure Phenomenon in South Africa. [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017 Cities are multi-purpose tourism destinations. The objective in this paper is to examine an emerging new phenomenon in the leisure tourism economies of South African cities, namely the growth of food markets – sometimes referred to as farmers’ markets ...
Ms. Simone Naicker +1 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The sunscreen‐inspired nano‐pesticide, MCB@URFSL, provides UV‐shielding, enhanced rainfastness, and laccase‐responsive delivery for improved fungicidal efficacy and high ecological safety. ABSTRACT Fungicides are a crucial tool for protecting crops and ensuring consistent food supply.
Jin Yan +10 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Policies Supporting Local Food in the United States
Agriculture, 2016 Local food has been the subject of federal, state, and local government policies in recent years throughout the United States as consumer demand has grown.
Steve W. Martinez
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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