TY - JOUR
T1 - The Farmers Market Metrics Project
T2 - A research brief on scalable data collection in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro
AU - Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa
AU - Nowak, Joseph J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the Authors.
PY - 2019/8/28
Y1 - 2019/8/28
N2 - Maintaining funding for local and regional food system initiatives requires reliable data to demon-strate 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.
AB - Maintaining funding for local and regional food system initiatives requires reliable data to demon-strate 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.
KW - Collaborative
KW - Community-University Partnership
KW - Farmers Markets
KW - Market Managers
KW - Metrics
KW - Minneapolis-St. Paul
KW - Primary Data Collection
KW - Regional Food System
KW - Vendors
KW - Visitors
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U2 - 10.5304/jafscd.2019.091.011
DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2019.091.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85167789774
SN - 2152-0801
VL - 9
SP - 69
EP - 74
JO - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
IS - 1
ER -