Progress 07/01/18 to 06/30/22
Outputs Target Audience:-Submitted a journal paper to Journal of Human Sciences and Extension and the paper was accepted (in press) -Target audience: Journal Editor and reviewers Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
One paper was accepted for Journal of Human Sciences and Extension. Norton, A., Kim, H-Y., & Zuiker, V. S. (in press). Consumer embeddedness and motivations for farmers market patronage: A qualitative exploration in Minnesota, USA. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension. Two related, collaborativepapers were submitted to 2023 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference. Olive, R., Draeger, K., Kim, H.-Y.,, Hanawa Peterson, H., Jarvi, M., Park, D., Jorgenson, A., & Huh, J.(2023).Toward Resilient Food Retail Systems:New Insight Derived from the 2019-2020 Minnesota Rural Grocery Survey Report.American Collegiate Retailing Association (ACRA) Conference, March 16-18. Lee, G., Kim, H.-Y., Draeger, K., Donahue, K.,Schweser, G., & Ren, O.(2023).Label equity and consumer beliefs about bidirectional distribution and local food.American Collegiate Retailing Association (ACRA) Conference, March 16-18.
Publications
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Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Norton, A., Kim, H-Y., & Zuiker, V. S. (in press). Consumer embeddedness and motivations for farmers market patronage: A qualitative exploration in Minnesota, USA. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.
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Progress 10/01/20 to 09/30/21
Outputs Target Audience:Extension educators at UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships;UMN Extension Center for Community Vitality;UMN Extension Center for Ag, Food & Natural Resources; UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center Faculty Researchers atUMN Carlson School of Management;UMN College of Food, Ag, & Natural Resource Sciences Community Partners and Local Agencies inclusing Big Stone Garlic;Doubting Thomas Farm;Mason Brothers Wholesale;Russ Davis Wholesale;Bonnie's Hometown Grocery; Tony's Supervalu;Finland Cooperative General Store;MN Department of Agriculture;Sustainable Farming Association Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?One master's thesis was produced from this project and the student researcher is co-authoring a journal paper with the PI. One additional Ph.D. students received a research assistant training from this project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?One journal paper generated from this project was submitted to Journal of Human Sciences and Extension and is currently under 1st revision (minor revision). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?It is expected to produce one journal paper and will be linked tothe project funded byUSDA, entitled "Building a Bidirectional Supply Chain for Farm to Rural Grocery to Wholesale (F2G2W)." The project will successfully end in June, 2022.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
The journal paper was generated from this project. Its abstract is below: The rise in popularity of farmers markets in the United States reflects consumers' negative response to more traditional food distribution systems. Farmers markets provide consumers with a more local and often more personal food purchasing experience. The purpose of this study was to examine consumer motivations to patronize farmers markets through the lens of social, spatial, and natural embeddedness. A qualitative approach was employed utilizing semi-structured, in- depth interviews. These interviews were conducted in person using a set of predetermined questions and revealed nine themes. The findings indicate that two types of consumer choices with different properties exist in farmers' market patronage (i.e., the choice of a particular farmers market vs. the choice of a particular vender at the market). Inconsistency occurs in consumer choice patterns (e.g., economic saving does not greatly affect the choice to shop at a particular farmers market, but can determine whom to buy from once at the market), implying that situational dynamics play a critical role at the point of purchase. While this study supports the usefulness of embeddedness as a conceptual framework for understanding farmers' market patronage, it demonstrates a distinction between motivation to patronize the market and shopping behaviors exhibited once there.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Consumer Embeddedness and Motivations for Farmers Market Patronage: A Qualitative Exploration in [STATE], USA
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Progress 10/01/19 to 09/30/20
Outputs Target Audience: Academicresearchers and graduate students reading 2020 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference Proceedings Grant apllication reviewers and policy makers at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-NIFA-AFRI) Support-Our-Stores: Rural Grocery Response and Support Team (comprised of cross-center Extension employees, UMN faculty and staff, and vital industry and organizational partners who are able to respond with resources to support ruralgrocery stores who are on the edge of closing their doors), Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, University ofMinnesota Changes/Problems:Due to the pandemic, it was impossible to conduct Phase II of the project. The proposed activity was:Using a consumer intercept survey method at three different farmers markets in the Twin Cities Area, participants will be contacted and subsequently given a paper copy of the self-administered questionnaire. A total of 200 responses will be collected.The PIwill reformulate the Phase II of the project and assess the feasibility of data collection through online surveys. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The PI applied for and received the Limited Travel funding for AES Researchers in DHA. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the travel was canceled. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? PI has been working with the UMN Support-Our-Stores Rural Grocery Response and Support Team comprised of crosscenter Extension employees, UMN faculty and staff, and vital industry and organizational partners who are able to respond with resources to support rural grocery stores who are on the edge of closing their doors. Enhancing farmers markets is one of the viable ways to solve a food retail crisis in rural and urban food deserts. Related publications and presentations are: Olive, R., Draeger, K., Kim, H-Y., Hanawa Peterson, H., Jarvi, M., Park, D., & Jorgenson, A. (2020). 2019-2020 Minnesota Rural Grocery Survey Report. Available at https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/217207 Parr, J., & Kim, H-Y. (2020). Identifying key factors affecting customer loyalty in a local retailing context. International Textile and Apparel Association, November 18-21. Parr, J.,Kim, H-Y., Im, H., & Linscheid, N. (2020, March 5).Beyond the Classroom: Technical Assistance Program for Rural Retailers. Partnering with Minnesota: Connecting the University with Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities through Public Engagement, Office for Public Engagement, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. PI is disseminating her research outcomesto community engaged scholars and extension educatorsthrough a federal research grant received during this reporting period. Building a Bidirectional Supply Chain for Farm to Rural Grocery to Wholesale (F2G2W) Co-PIs: Draeger, K. (Lead PI), Donohue, K, & Kim, H-Y. Source: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-NIFA-AFRI) Dates: March 1, 2021 - August 31, 2023 Amount: $500,000 What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?PI will continue to collect the data and submit one conference presentation and one journal paper. In so doing, PI will disseminate the outcomes of the project to communities of interest (e.g., policy makers, farmers market businesses, agricultural businesses, rural communities, consumers, educators, researchers).
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
One extended research abstract was published in 2020 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference Proceedings to dissminate theresearch findings to academic and community-engaged scholar groups One additional external grant was secured. Otther related publications and presentations on rural retailing were generated.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Bobwealth Omontese, C., & Kim, H-Y. (2020). Consumers views on local food and farmers market patronage: A qualitative study in a midwestern state. American Collegiate Retailing Association.
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs Target Audience: Academic researchers and graduate students attending 2019 American Collegiate Retailing Conference Community-engaged scholors and educators attending 2019 Imagining America National Gathering Editors and reviewersfor International Journal of Retail Distribution of Management Support-Our-Stores: Rural Grocery Response and Support Team (comprised of cross-center Extension employees, UMN faculty and staff, and vital industry and organizational partners who are able to respond with resources to support rural grocery stores who are on the edge of closing their doors), Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, University of Minnesota Changes/Problems:N/A What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The PI applied for and received the Limited Travel funding for AES Researchers in DHAThe Travel Award. The travel award was usedto pay travel expenses (e.g., transportation, lodging, meals) for the 2019 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference ($2038.65) and the 2019 Imagining America National Gathering ($1721.32). American Collegiate Retailing Association (ACRA) is a professional organization whose membership is composed of educators of four-year institutions that have retail programs or retail courses from these disciplines: business schools, liberal arts, economics, human ecology, textiles, design, and apparel. Thepurpose of ACRA is to foster quality retail education at four year college and graduate schools. It has important commitments to the teaching of retail, retail research, and the administration of academic retail programs. The 2019 conference was held inin Marriott University Park Tucson, Arizona. Imagining America (IA) is a national association focused on creating democratic spaces to foster and advance publicly-engaged scholarship that draws on arts, humanities and design for the purpose of catalyzing change in campus practices, structures, and policies that enables artists and scholars to thrive and contribute to community action and revitalization. IA's conference was held in University of New Mexico, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, October 18-20, 2019.The UMN Office of Public Engagement supports a campus-wide gathering of faculty colleagues who conduct community-engaged scholarship. In particular, it currently focuses on ways to build support for publicly-engaged efforts in the arts, humanities, and design, and to form a network of scholars who conduct community-engaged work within and across these disciplines. Representing the University of Minnesota, the PI attended Imagining America's upcoming 2019 National Gathering of public scholars, artists, students, designers, and cultural organizers. The travel grant will help the PI learn up-to-date knowledge relevant to the research topic and external funding sources supporting community-based projects through professional networking with scholars at other institutions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? PI has been working with the UMN Support-Our-Stores Rural Grocery Response and Support Team comprised of cross-center Extension employees, UMN faculty and staff, and vital industry and organizational partners who are able to respond with resources to support rural grocery stores who are on the edge of closing their doors. Enhancing farmers markets is one of the viable ways to solve a food retail crisis in rural and urban food deserts. PI is disseminating her research outcomes to rural communitiesthrough another research grant received during this reporting period. Support Our Stores (SOS) Technical Assistance for Rural Grocers PI: Draeger, K.; Co-Investigators: Olive R., & Kim, H-Y. Source: Minnesota Department of Agriculture Dates: July 30, 2019 - Decmber 31, 2020 Amount: $75,000 (with 25,000 UMN Matching, Total: 10,000) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?PI will continue to collect the data and submit one conference presentation and one journal paper. In so doing, PI will disseminate the outcomes of the project to communities of interest (e.g., policy makers, farmers market businesses, agricultural businesses, rural communities, consumers, educators, researchers).
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
Twopresentations at 2019 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference were completed to dissminate the research findings to academic and community-engaged scholar groups. One journal paper was submitted to International Journal of Retail Distribution and Management. One master's thesis was completed using the data collected from this project. One additional external grant was secured.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Kim, H-Y., & Huh, J. (2019). Examining hedonic shopping motivations, attitude toward locally grown food, and perceived farmers market appealingness as key drivers of farmers market patronage. American Collegiate Retailing Association, Tucson, AZ, April 4-6.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Kim, H-Y., Norton, A., & Zuiker, V. S. (2019). Consumer embeddedness and motivations for farmers market patronage: A qualitative study. American Collegiate Retailing Association, Tucson, AZ, April 4-6.
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Alanna Norton, Completed (2019), Consumer Embeddedness and Motivations for Farmers Market Patronage: A Qualitative Study, M.S. Design-Apparel Studies, University of Minnesota
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Norton, A., Kim, H-Y., & Zuiker, V. S. (under 1st review). Consumer embeddedness and motivations for farmers market patronage: A qualitative exploration in Minnesota, USA, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management.
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Progress 07/01/18 to 09/30/18
Outputs Target Audience:Two studies on farmers market patronage behavior were conducted during this reporting peiod. A total of two research paperswill be generated from the data collected and submitted to 2019 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference on Dec. 15, 2018. The target audienceduring this reporting peiod was farmers market shoppers in Minnesta (Study 1) and in the U.S. (Study 2). They were all research participants. Study 1 (Qualatative):Consumer Embeddedness and Motivations for Farmers Market Patronage (IRB Approval on 10/18/18) Study 2 (Quantatative):Identifying Key Factors Predicting Farmers Market Patronage (IRB Approval on 10/25/18) Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The PI applied for and received the Limited Travel funding for AES Researchers in DHA ($1,685). The Travel Awardwas used to pay travel expenses (e.g., transportation, lodging, meals) for the 2018 Imagining America National Gathering. Imagining America (IA) is a national association focused on creating democratic spaces to foster and advance publicly-engaged scholarship that draws on arts, humanities and design for the purpose of catalyzing change in campus practices, structures, and policies that enables artists and scholars to thrive and contribute to community action and revitalization. IA's conference was held in Chicago, October 19-21, 2018. The PI also attended the Community-Engaged Scholars Luncheon hosted by the Office of Public Engagement, a campus-wide gathering of faculty colleagues who conduct community-engaged scholarship. The meeting,held on Thursday, September 13, from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM in Room 240, Burton Hall (East Bank),focused on ways to build support for our publicly-engaged efforts in the arts, humanities, and design, and to form a network of scholars who conduct community-engaged work within and across these disciplines. During this meeting, the participants also explored the possibility of establishing a University of Minnesota delegation to attend Imagining America's 2018 National Gathering of public scholars, artists, students, designers, and cultural organizers. The PI received a registration fee support ($450) fromhe Office of Public Engagement as a member of the UMN delegation. AtImagining America's 2018 National Gathering, the PIlearned up-to-date knowledge relevant to the research topic and external funding sources supporting such community-based projects as the present AES project through professional networking with scholars at UMN and other institutions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?During this reporting period, the results of Study 1 and Study 2 have not yet disseminated to communitieis of interest (e.g., policy makers, farmers market businesses, agricultural businesses, rural communities, consumers, educators, researchers). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The PI plan to present at 2019 American Collgiate Retailing Association Conference and develop follow-up studies and conductadditional sets of qualitative datafocusing on farmers market patronage behavior.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
Two studies on farmers market patronage behavior were conducted during this reporting peiod. A total of two research paperswill be generated from the data collected and submitted to 2019 American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference on Dec. 15, 2018. Study 1 (Qualatative):Consumer Embeddedness and Motivations for Farmers Market Patronage (IRB Approval on 10/18/18) Study 2 (Quantatative):Identifying Key Factors Predicting Farmers Market Patronage (IRB Approval on 10/25/18) Other accoplishmentsrelated to these goals include one journal manuscript published, multipleoral presentations and media appearances and interviews. Journal Manuscript Kim, H-Y., Im, H., Park, M., & Lee. Y. (2018). Hmong-owned small businesses in Minnesota: Implications for Extension educators and program developers. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 6(3), 216-231. Presentations Kim, H-Y., Im, H., & Linscheid, N. (2018). Retail Assistance Program for the Rural Community, International ESC Conference, Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC), Minneapolis, MN, September 30-October 3. Kim, H-Y. (2018, November 13). Rural Retail Revitalization: A Design Thinking Perspective (Presentation to UMN Alumni and Residents in Waseca), "Minnesota Sparks" Speaker Series, University Alumni Association, University of Minnesota. Kim, H-Y., Im, H., & Linscheid, N. (2018, October 17). Rural Retail Revitalization (Presentation to Legislative Staff at Minnesota State Capitol), "Bringing the U to You" Series, University Government Relations, University of Minnesota. Media Appearances and Interviews KTOE-1420 AM Radio, "Current State of the U.S. Retail Industry and Its Impact on Rural Communities,"(November 8, 2018), Pete Steiner's Talk of the Town Interview Show 2018-2019 UMN Driven to Discover Campaign (TV, radio, newspaper ads, digital and social media messages), Available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyXoez4KrIOMdwoz3azTQ2CzX9hi8kU6c
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