customers

relationships with, 23, 26, 32, 39, 60, 108, 115, 126–128, 137, 140, 144, 152–154, 172

Davis, V., 34–35

decision makers

relationships with, 37, 152, 154, 172

decline

historic influences on, 5, 66–67, 71, 74, 176

DeLind, L, 42, 173

DeWalt, B., 14

Deweese, P., 34–35

Doorman, F., 135

Durrenburger, E. P., 14, 20

Eastern Oregon, 151–152

Eckstein, L., 33

Ecotrust, 9, 147

effort thresholds, 123, 179

Eigo, G., 69–71, 75

Elliot, W., 70

embedded transaction, 34

employees

farmers’ market, 89, 92–93, 99–100, 103, 105, 116, 125, 177, 181

Engeman, R., 69–71, 75

Enshayan, K., 25

expansion

historic influences on, 67, 73, 76, 176

failed markets, 119, 126, 130–132, 179

farm-direct marketing, 26–28, 173

farmer vendors, 56, 58, 119–120, 127, 171

Farmers Cooperative Market, 70

farmers’ markets

amenities of, 60, 63

applied research and, 37, 180, 184

characteristics of, 82, 103, 131, 136–138, 147, 156

days of operation, 50

dynamics of, 108, 119, 122

environmental influences on, 16–17, 49, 63, 133, 136, 138–139, 141, 143–144, 146, 148, 152–153, 156, 174–175, 179

failure of, 108, 112, 122

gender and, 172

growth of, 2–3, 5, 65–67, 72, 74–78, 108–109, 170, 172, 176

history of, 68–74

inventory of, 65–67, 70, 75

life span, 110, 178

literature of, 31–41

number of, 2, 109

regulatory influences on, 136, 146–147, 182

Resources, 112–118, 178, 180–184

sites, 54–55, 143, 152, 155

vendor composition of, 56–59

Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act, 67, 73

farm-to-institution, 28, 30

farm-to-retail, 28

Feenstra, G., 22, 38–39, 128

Ferguson, A., 173

Festing, H., 31

Fisher, A., 31