All roads lead to the farmers market
Using network analysis to measure the orientation and central actors in a community food system through a case comparison of Yolo and Sacramento County, California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12150214 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordana Fuchs-Chesney (University of California, Davis), Subhashni Raj (0000-0002-4000-698X, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, corresponding author), Tishtar Daruwalla (University of California, Davis), Catherine Brinkley (0000-0002-3642-8207, University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 157-173 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agriculture and Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0889-048X • E-ISSN: 1572-8366 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (Netherlands) (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10460-022-10345-y |
| PMID | 35996381 |
| OpenAlex | W4292481048 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Little is known about how farms and markets are connected. Identifying critical gaps and central hubs in food systems is of importance in addressing a variety of concerns, such as navigating rapid shifts in marketing practices as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and related food shortages. The constellation of growers and markets can also reinforce opportunities to shift growing and eating policies and practices with attention to addressing racial and income inequities in food system ownership and access. With this research, we compare network methods for measuring centrality and sociospatial orientations in food systems using two of America's most high-producing agricultural counties. Though the counties are adjacent, we demonstrate that their community food systems have little overlap in contributing farms and markets. Our findings show that the community food system for Yolo County is tightly interwoven with Bay Area restaurants and farmers' markets. The adjacent county, Sacramento, branded itself as America's Farm-to-Fork capital in 2012 and possesses network hubs focused more on grocery stores and restaurants. In both counties, the most central actors differ and have been involved with the community food system for decades. Such findings have implications beyond the case studies, and we conclude with considerations for how our methods could be standardized in the national agricultural census
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Census · Centrality · Economic growth · Economics · Food insecurity · Food security · Food systems · Geography · Population · Sociology · Organic Food and Agriculture · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Wine Industry and Tourism · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |