Farmers’ Markets as a Business Model Encouraging Sustainable Production and Consumption

Arabska, Ekaterina

doi:10.2478/vjbsd-2018-0001

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“…Even though the CSA model is the most common in our sample, it only appears in 15% of the papers. Farmers' markets, which are one of the most widespread, promoted and funded forms of AFNs [57][58][59], are included in only 13.7% of the papers.…”

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Sustainability in Alternative Food Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

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In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to individuals’ organizing themselves and managing food systems in an ‘alternative’ and more sustainable way. Such emerging food initiatives are most commonly known as ‘Alternative Food Networks’ (AFNs). However, there is an ongoing debate concerning the extent to which AFNs facilitate social, economic and environmental change. There are criticisms of the overall sustainability promise of AFNs related to sufficiency of impact, possible counter effects and the relevance of impacts. Because empirical studies often only focus on specific sustainability issues or AFNs, it has been difficult to develop more robust theories about the relations between diverse AFNs arrangements and sustainability. Thus, the aim of this paper is to contribute towards reducing this knowledge gap through a systematic literature review on AFNs in relation to sustainability. We summarize main methodological approaches, the types of AFNs studied and sustainability dimensions addressed in literature to date. Findings serve as reference to propose opportunities for future research regarding sustainability in AFNs.

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Sustainability in Alternative Food Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…Either the theory of planned behavior or TRA could explain consumer decisions to engage in sustainable agricultural practices [33]. We thus conclude that the farmers' market is characterized by sustainability features, just as Arabska [34] claimed: "farmers' markets are considered as a sustainable business model of networking which encourages production and consumption of local food of healthy origin adhering to high standards for quality and safety, building society and trust and encouraging development of rural regions. "…”

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Determinants of Actual Purchase Behavior in Farmers’ Markets

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Farmers’ markets in Taiwan advocate for the sustainable consumption of locally produced food to support sustainability and social justice goals. Institutional trust and interpersonal trust are critical determinative factors in sustaining farmers’ farm-to-consumer venues for the long-run. The purpose of this research was to investigate determinants of customers’ actual purchase behaviors, and the relationships between trust, purchase intention, and actual purchase behavior in the context of farmers’ markets. A questionnaire approach with closed-ended survey questions was conducted with customers in farmers’ markets in different parts of Taiwan. The results revealed that both institutional and interpersonal trust could serve as driving forces influencing a consumer’s purchase intentions, which in turn reinforces their actual purchase behavior. Specifically, the interpersonal trust between consumers and producers includes positive interactions and sufficient communication, enabling producers to share the value and concepts underlying their production processes with the consumers, enhancing customers’ purchase intentions and intensity. Institutional trust generated from a producer’s endeavor to improve the quality of their own products by meeting market standards would impress consumers and build loyalty. It is recommended that farmers’ market farmers or managers continually examine both the institutional and interpersonal needs of customers (e.g., food safety, face-to-face interactions between farmers and consumers) to earn customers’ trust, and to accommodate their expectations by providing sufficient products and services.

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“…However, for the SSG student teachers, this relationship was thought to be unimportant, and thus, the hypothesis was rejected (correlation coefficient = 0.01, t-test = 0.12). Moreover, Arabska (2018) has added that consumer behavior changes can be negatively affected by environmentally unstable, socially unfair, and exploitative large industrial production systems. Furthermore, speculative reasons for this discrepancy between the two groups might come from SG student teachers having greater exposure to the importance of EDU, whereas, the SSG student teachers not so much.…”

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Antecedents of Thai student teacher sustainable consumption behavior

Pimdee

2020

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A new area of research and intervention has arisen, namely the psychology of sustainability. Therefore, this study investigates how an undergraduate student teacher's psychological traits, their psychological state, their situation, and environmental education affect their sustainable consumption behavior. Two sample groups were selected from ten Thai university education programs' science ( n = 400) and social science ( n = 400) colleges nationwide. The research instrument used randomized multistage questionnaires for each group, which used a five-level scale to evaluate each student teacher's item agreement. The analysis of the causal relationship models used LISREL 9.10 which determined that both models and their four causal variables positively affected a Thai student teacher's sustainable consumption behavior (SCB). For the science education student teachers, these were the situation (SIT = 0.87), environmental education (EDU = 0.34), their psychological state (STATE = 0.22), and their psychological traits (TRAITS = 0.22). For the social science education student teachers, these were SIT = 0.85, STATE = 0.25, EDU = 0.08, and TRAITS = 0.04. Combined, they can explain 92% (science program) and 82% (social science program) of variance in a student teacher's SCB. The study also determined that EDU's attitude and conservation factors were critical, which most probably increased in prominence due to media awareness efforts. There also appears to be greater individual responsibility in SCB as well as the perceived need to conserve resources. Finally, this study further confirmed numerous other studies in which humans have a strong desire to fit in and will conform to the behavior of those around them, with this study concluding that each student teacher's situation was determined to have a moderate to strong influence on either their psychological state or environmental education. This study contributed to the literature as it investigated 18 aspects related to four casual variables affecting a Thai student teacher's sustainable consumption behavior. The study was unique in that it classified and compared opinions from two diverse university teaching programs nationwide (Science and Social Science), whose results can help educational leaders identify and develop in-depth, SCB future programs.

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Farmers’ Markets as a Business Model Encouraging Sustainable Production and Consumption

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

Sustainability in Alternative Food Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

Sustainability in Alternative Food Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

Determinants of Actual Purchase Behavior in Farmers’ Markets

Antecedents of Thai student teacher sustainable consumption behavior

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