With increasing frequency consumer studies are supplementing demographic and price variables with responses to an extended set of Likert-scale questions to elicit information on consumer motivations and attitudes. Principal compo­nent analysis (PCA) is a statistical tool that reduces a large...

This study uses survey data collected in-person at farmers markets across Nevada to compare the demographics, preferences, and lifestyle habits of fresh vegetable consumers to contribute to the exist­ing body of work examining organic and local food consumption patterns. Specifically, we...

Product sampling is a widely used strategy to introduce consumers to unusual products in an effort to build market penetration and demand. Two products that are especially popular in the mid-south of the U.S. include pawpaw fruits and sorghum syrup. This study examines regional differences of...

Most of the empirical work addressing imperfect competition in international agricultural trade has focused on grains and meats. The present study is an attempt to help fill the gap by assessing market competitiveness in the US fresh papaya market, which can be characterized as oligopolistic...

Authors investigate the role of direct markets in the distribution system for fresh vegetables and fruits.

A consumer survey was used to generate a demographic profile of the target market for value-added produce products compared to consumers who purchase bulk produce products. Those who purchase value-added produce products are more likely to be young, single, and without children than are those...