Understanding Collaboration Among Farmers and Farmers' Market Managers in Southeast Michigan (USA)

Miller, Crystal; McCole, Dan

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2014.044.003

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“…Our finding that 73.4% of the farmers market managers studied are women is consistent with earlier studies that found a high percentage of women occupying this position in the markets (e.g. see Mohammad et al, 2019 ; Smalley et al, 2017 ; C. L. Miller & McCole, 2014 ). However, our study is the first to note that the distribution of men and women managers is not evenly spread across locales.…”

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“… C. L. Miller and McCole (2014) found that 54.9% of the market managers studied were 50 years or older. Similarly, about 59% of the respondents in the MIFMA study who reported their age were 50 years or older.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The MIFMA conducted a study of 108 market managers and found that 81% of the market managers were women; however, men managers received higher compensation for managing markets than women market managers ( Smalley et al, 2017 ). C. L. Miller and McCole’s (2014) study of 33 farmers market managers in southeast Michigan also found that women dominate the market managers’ position—87.5% of the managers were women.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…They also found that the managers were younger and more educated than other farmers in their state and region ( Hunt, 2007 ). Others such as C. L. Miller and McCole (2014) also found that farmers market managers were younger and more educated than other farmers. Their survey of farmers and farmers market mangers found that 25.7% of the farmers market managers were less than 40 years of age.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan’s Urban and Rural Farmers Markets: Reducing Food Insecurity, and the Impacts of a Pandemic

Taylor

Lusuegro

Loong³

et al. 2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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In recent decades, the number of farmer’s markets has increased dramatically across the country. Though farmers markets have been described as White spaces, they can play important roles in reducing food insecurity. This is particularly true in Michigan where farmer’s markets were crucial collaborators in pioneering programs such as Double-Up Food Bucks that help low-income residents and people of color gain access to fresh, healthy, locally grown food. This article examines the questions: (1) What are the demographic characteristics of the farmers market managers, vendors, and customers and how do these influence market activities? (2) To what extent do farmers markets participate in programs aimed at reducing food insecurity? (3) To what extent do farmers markets serve low-income residents and people of color? and (4) How has the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) affected the operations of farmers markets. This article discusses the findings of a 2020 study that examined the extent to which Michigan’s farmer’s markets served low-income customers and people of color and participated in food assistance programs. The study examined 79 farmers markets and found that 87.3% of the farmer’s market managers are White. On average, roughly 79% of the vendors of the markets are White and almost 18% are people of color. Most of the vendors in the markets participate in nutrition assistance programs. Market managers estimate that about 76% of their customers are White and about 23% are people of color. Farmers markets operated by people of color attract higher numbers of customers and vendors of color than those operated White market managers. Almost half of the farmer’s markets started operations later than usual in 2020 because of the pandemic. More than a third of the markets reported that their funding declined during the pandemic. Moreover, the number of vendors declined at two thirds of the markets and the number of customers dipped at more than 40% of the markets. On the other hand, the number of people requesting food assistance during the pandemic increased in more than half of the markets.

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Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan’s Urban and Rural Farmers Markets: Reducing Food Insecurity, and the Impacts of a Pandemic

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Lusuegro

Loong³

et al. 2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…The food system movement persists with a focus on the role of collaboration (Miller & McCole, 2014), often in contrast to the globalized food system with its failure to acknowledge the interconnectivity of systems, resulting in negative externalities (Buttel, 2001). The globalized food system is characterized by homogenous, hierarchical, opaque, distrustful, and competitive networks, while regional food systems are described as heterogeneous, heterarchical, transparent, built on trust, co-operative networks, and based on an understanding of the interconnectedness of environmental, social, and economic systems (Hinrichs, 2003;Sonnino & Marsden, 2006).…”

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Using Social Networking Analysis to Measure Changes in Regional Food Systems Collaboration: A Methodological Framework

Christensen

O’Sullivan

2015

JAFSCD

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This article presents a methodological approach to studying and evaluating increasingly complex regional food systems. Social network analysis has been used to measure collaborations in health and education and is potentially a tool for regional food systems. The authors demonstrate the methodological advantages of using social network analysis to track changes in collaboration over time, illustrated through a case study of a multi-tiered, three-year food systems project in North Carolina. There are multiple benefits of using social network analysis; for food systems two of the most useful are its ability to create illuminating visualizations of collaborators, and its ability to use inferential statistics to evaluate significance of changes in food system projects.

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Cooperate to Transform? Regional Cooperation in Community Supported Agriculture as a Driver of Resilient Local Food Systems

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Posse

Wittkamp

et al. 2022

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

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Understanding Collaboration Among Farmers and Farmers' Market Managers in Southeast Michigan (USA)

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan’s Urban and Rural Farmers Markets: Reducing Food Insecurity, and the Impacts of a Pandemic

Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan’s Urban and Rural Farmers Markets: Reducing Food Insecurity, and the Impacts of a Pandemic

Using Social Networking Analysis to Measure Changes in Regional Food Systems Collaboration: A Methodological Framework

Cooperate to Transform? Regional Cooperation in Community Supported Agriculture as a Driver of Resilient Local Food Systems

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