This paper summarizes the debate concerning the value of distance education, reports distance education experiences in agricultural economics courses at The Ohio State University, and analyzes the effects of "distance" on student performance in and acceptance of the distance course. Results...

Increasingly, foods are marketed as “locally grown.” We use stated preference data from a choice-based conjoint instrument to address two issues surrounding consumer demand for locally produced goods: (1) what is the geographical extent of “local,” and (2) is the value consumers place on...

This paper summarizes the debate concerning the value of distance education, reports distance education experiences in agricultural economics courses at The Ohio State University, and analyzes the effects of “distance” on student performance in and acceptance of the distance course. Results...

This paper reports on initial data collection for the consumer-preference objective in the three-year research project, "An Extended-Season Barry Production and Marketing System to Enhance Viability of Small Appalachian Farms and Rural Communities." This USDA NRI-funded project studies impacts...