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Database research record2025·United States (Kentucky)

Understanding consumer values of participants in a cost-offset community supported agriculture (CSA) program

Jairus Rossi, Tamora Pierce, Shuoli Zhao, Timothy Woods

Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development

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A survey was conducted among 172 shareholders and non-shareholders of an employer-sponsored CSA voucher program at the University of Kentucky to understand consumer values influencing their decision to join a CSA. Best-worst scaling analysis showed that subscribers were primarily interested in product quality and local economic impacts, while those who declined a CSA focused on perceived food affordability.