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Challenges to making local food accessible through farmersˈ markets and community supported agriculture: DeKalb County, Georgia

Corey McAuliffe, Laura Whitaker, Aimee Webb Girard

The FASEB Journal

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Interviews with farmers' market managers, farmers, CSA managers, and a cooperative market manager in DeKalb County, Georgia, assessed challenges in local food accessibility. Qualitative data revealed significant financial barriers to production, prohibitive policies, and limitations in marketing and distribution systems. Environmental factors also limited the accessibility of local foods through farmers' markets and CSAs.