Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of California direct market farmers

Jennie L. Durant, Lauren Asprooth, Ryan E. Galt, Sasha Pesci Schmulevich, Gwyneth M. Manser and Natalia Pinzón

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 204, issue C

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant shocks to U.S. food systems at multiple scales. While disturbances to long-distance supply chains received substantial attention in national media, local supply chains experienced mixed impacts. As broad closures of schools, restaurants, and other businesses sourcing from local farmers removed key marketing channels for many direct market farmers, consumer interest in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), farmers markets, and on-farm and online direct farm sales increased.

Keywords: COVID-19; Direct-to-consumer farmers; Direct market; Food systems; California; Resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103532

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