Journal Article

Farmers’ Markets: Costs Compared With Supermarkets, Use Among WIC Clients, and Relationship to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Related Psychosocial Variables

By Wheeler A, Chapman-Novakofski K

Objective

To determine fruit and vegetable (FV) costs at farmers’ markets (FMs) and grocery stores, determine Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children participants’ FV intake and psychosocial predictors, and compare FM users and nonusers.

Methods

Prices were collected biweekly from grocery stores and FM vendors. Participants were recruited from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic to complete a survey of FV intake, psychosocial variables, and FM usage.

Results

The FM cost was greater. A total of 377 participants (51%) used FMs. The FM users more often ate vegetables as snacks and > 1 vegetable per day (P < .05).

Conclusions and Implications

Despite higher costs, FMs were often used. The FM users had a better vegetable intake pattern.

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Date Added
November 20, 2017

Citation
Wheeler A, Chapman-Novakofski K (2014) 'Farmers' Markets: Costs Compared With Supermarkets, Use Among WIC Clients, and Relationship to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Related Psychosocial Variables'. Journal Of Nutrition Education & Behavior: Vol. 46, Issue 3, Supplement, pp. S65-S70. Available online: https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(13)00765-3/fulltext