학술논문
Local Foods Go Downstream: Exploring the Spatial Factors Driving U.S. Food Manufacturing.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*Economic policy
*Cost-of-living adjustments
Local foods
Rural development
Food production
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Language
ISSN
2040-5790
Abstract
Manufacturing, specifically food and beverage production, is a key employer in rural areas and has linkages to the agricultural sector. Using data drawn from the National Establishment Time‐Series for 2013–15, we explore what entrepreneurship, farm marketing channel innovations, and more traditional spatial factors influence the location decisions of food and beverage manufacturing establishment start‐ups in the U.S. We find that traditional spatial decision factors still matter but, in addition, proxies for farm adoption of downstream innovations are also related to start‐ups. We conclude by discussing implications of our findings for food market dynamics and rural economic development policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]