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Delta Produce Sources Study

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

The Delta Produce Sources Study was an observational study designed to measure and compare food environments of farmers markets (n=3) and grocery stores (n=12) in 5 rural towns located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. Data were collected via electronic surveys from June 2019 to March 2020 using a modified version of the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) Farmers Market Audit tool. The tool was modified to collect information pertaining to source of fresh produce and also for use with both farmers markets and grocery stores. Availability, source, quality, and price information were collected and compared between farmers markets and grocery stores for 13 fresh fruits and 32 fresh vegetables via SAS software programming. Because the towns were not randomly selected and the sample sizes are relatively small, the data may not be generalizable to all rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Delta Produce Sources Study dataset . File Name: DPS Data Public.csvResource Description: The dataset contains variables corresponding to availability, source (country, state and town if country is the United States), quality, and price (by weight or volume) of 13 fresh fruits and 32 fresh vegetables sold in farmers markets and grocery stores located in 5 Lower Mississippi Delta towns.Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel Resource Title: Delta Produce Sources Study data dictionary. File Name: DPS Data Dictionary Public.csvResource Description: This file is the data dictionary corresponding to the Delta Produce Sources Study dataset.Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1519430
Data Last Modified 2024-02-15
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 005:18
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License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Temporal 2019-06-04/2020-03-20

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