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Price Comparison Study and Tool for Farmers Markets

This study of prices for produce at farmers markets and nearby brick and mortar stores in Georgia showed that nutrition incentives brought farmers market prudce to within .06 cents of…

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Steps to Saving at Farmers' Markets

This resource sheet from Case Western Universtiy offers a breakdown of how to shop while getting the best deal on produce at farmers markets.

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Value Pricing at Southland Farmers Market

Though conducted in 2001, Southland Farmers Market Association found among six farmers markets and six grocery stores in southern California, that farmers market prices were better than nearby grocery stores…

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Farmers Markets vs Grocery Stores: A Price Comparison

From the King County Neighborhood Farmers Market Association, this article describes Seattle area comparison between farmers market and grocery pricing for one recipe; they found that the farmers market cost…

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Farmers Market Prices Compare Well With the Supermarket Produce Aisle

In a Food Blog from the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Jeannette Warnert describes a study in two California counties that found farmers market prices to be competitive…

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Is Local Produce Really More Expensive? A Comparison of Direct Market and Conventional Grocery Produce Pricing

This research article in the Journal of Food Distribution Research examined local food pricing in Utah in 2016. "Results show that, on average, farmers’ markets are more expensive, but location…

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Vermont Farmers' Markets and Grocery Stores: A Price Comparison

This in-depth research study from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont found that farmers market to be competitive, on the whole, with pricing at groceries in the state.

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West Central Minnesota Farmers Market Pricing Study

The University of Minnesota Extension published this 12-page research report in 2015 on price comparisons between farmers markets and grocery stores, and found that in peak season farmers markets were…

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Urban Farmers' Markets: accessibility, offerings, and produce variety, quality, and price compared to nearby stores

A 2015 research article whose objective was to study farmers markets' contributions to urban food environments in the realms of accessibility, pricing, food offerings, and quality, when compared to nearby…

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