Delta Produce Sources Study
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.csv
Resource 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.csv
Resource 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
Funding
USDA-ARS: 6001-51000-004-00D
History
Data contact name
Thomson, JessicaData contact email
jessica.thomson@usda.govPublisher
Ag Data CommonsIntended use
The intended use of the dataset is to better understand the food environment of rural towns in terms of access to and variety and source of fresh fruits and vegetables available in local food outlets.Use limitations
Because the towns were not selected randomly, they may not be representative of all rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta.Temporal Extent Start Date
2019-06-04Temporal Extent End Date
2020-03-20Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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United States; Lower Mississippi Delta Region of Mississippi; 5 towns including Cleveland, Greenville, Hollandale, Indianola, LelandISO Topic Category
- environment
- health
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
observational studies; farmers' markets; grocery stores; towns; Mississippi Delta region; Mississippi; surveys; nutrition; prices; raw fruit; raw vegetables; fruits; vegetablesOMB Bureau Code
- 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service
OMB Program Code
- 005:040 - National Research
ARS National Program Number
- 107
Pending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public
