The Farmers Market Metrics Project: A Research Brief on Scalable Data Collection in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro

Hikaru Hanawa Peterson and Joseph J. Nowak

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1

Abstract: Maintaining funding for local and regional food system initiatives requires reliable data to demon­strate their impacts. Data that are specific to farm­ers markets in a localized context are not readily available. The Farmers Market Metrics Project is a three-way partnership between farmers markets, local government, and a university to elevate the capacity of the markets in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Metro region through regionally collected metrics to quantify their presence in the regional food system. In this research brief, we introduce the FM360 data collection method being developed by the project, which is scalable across geographic areas. Scalability is critical to making the data collection process adaptable and effective in cases involving multiple data sources and when flexibility is needed in defining the food system parameters to satisfy partners and prospective funders. See the press release for this article.

Keywords: Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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