Competitive Advantages in Sourcing and Marketing Local Foods by Food Cooperatives

Abstract

Ani L. Katchova is an associate professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, Columbus, and Timothy A. Woods is an extension professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development. Competitive Advantages in Sourcing and Marketing Local Foods by Food Cooperatives