@article{Lev:278664,
      recid = {278664},
      author = {Lev, Larry and Feenstra, Gail and Hardesty, Shermain and  Houston, Laurie and Joannides, Jan and King, Robert P.},
      title = {Benefits: How Can Sourcing Directly from Farmers Benefit  Specialty Food Manufacturers?},
      address = {2018-10},
      number = {1962-2018-6678},
      pages = {4},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Sourcing directly from farmers can have both benefits and  challenges for manufacturers. So what tips the scales? What  are the advantages that outweigh the challenges, and how  can you, as a farmer, use this to your advantage? Here we  address six categories of benefits: communication,  interdependence, marketing advantages, transparency, value  alignment, and simple economics.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278664},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.278664},
}