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Barriers To Local Food Producers In Arkansas, Courtney Cooper, Zola Moon
Barriers To Local Food Producers In Arkansas, Courtney Cooper, Zola Moon
Horticulture Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study is to identify and describe the barriers that prevent local food producers from selling their food in a mainstream market. This study utilized both qualitative and quantitative analysis through a mixed-methods survey. Information collected through the study had a two-fold focus: barriers that producers face (or that they are providing assistance for) and what are consumers looking for in products that these producers are supplying. The major barriers found for local food producers in Arkansas were lack of capital and obtaining infrastructure for packaging, processing, and storing products. Qualitative analysis of textual interviews was done …