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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to those who reviewed this document in its previous forms. Geraldine Moreno-Black, Phil Young, Stephen Wooten, Daniel Pope, and Court Smith were invaluable for their critical reading and evaluation. My sincere thanks go to my colleagues, Larry Lev and Linda Brewer, for their substantive reviews of portions of this document, and again to Linda Brewer for her role as research assistant in segments of this project.
The Project Advisory Committee (Dianne Stefani-Ruff, Suzanne Briggs, Rebecca Landis, and Valerie Blaha), the farmers’ market managers, members of farmers’ market boards of directors, and participating farmers who generously gave their time to assist with this research project have my enduring gratitude.
This investigation was supported, in part, by the United States Department of Agriculture through funding from the Initiative for the Future of Agriculture and Food Systems. Additional support was provided by the Extension Agriculture Program of the College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University.