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Identifying Factors Influencing a Hospital's Decision to Adopt a Farm-to-Hospital Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Bobby J. Smith II ,
Harry M. Kaiser  and
Miguel I. Gómez
Bobby J. Smith II*
Affiliation:
Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University
Harry M. Kaiser
Affiliation:
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University
Miguel I. Gómez
Affiliation:
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University
*
Correspondence: Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management ▪ 301 Rice Hall ▪ Cornell University ▪ Ithaca, NY 14853 ▪ Phone 817.480.0568 ▪ Emailbjs282@cornell.edu.
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Abstract

Farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs can potentially improve the economy of local communities and preserve the environment. Research on adoption of farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs is extremely limited in the agricultural and applied economics literature. Using data from our 2012 regional FTH program survey of hospital food-service directors in the Northeastern United States and from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this study estimates a logit model to determine factors that influence a hospital's decision to adopt an FTH program. The empirical results indicate that specific hospital characteristics and agricultural factors significantly influence a hospital's decision to adopt.

Keywords

community-supported agriculturefarm-to-hospital programlocally produced fresh foodlogit model
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , December 2013 , pp. 508 - 517
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Copyright © 2013 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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