{"id":65480,"date":"2007-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-survey-farmers-markets-increase-produce-consumption\/"},"modified":"2007-05-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"uri-survey-farmers-markets-increase-produce-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/uri-survey-farmers-markets-increase-produce-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 survey: Farmers\u2019 markets increase produce consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 21, 2007 \u2013 A great deal of effort has been made by state and local agencies and groups in recent years to increase the number of farmers\u2019 markets in Rhode Island and encourage residents to attend them. <\/p>\n


\nWhile these markets provide an additional revenue stream to local farmers, 溏心vlog免费B站 nutrition education outreach staff wanted to know whether the markets encourage healthier eating habits.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe speculate that people who attend these markets eat more fruits and vegetables than those who don\u2019t attend, but there is no hard evidence to prove it,\u201d said Heidi Hetzler, a community nutrition educator working with the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.<\/p>\n


\nSo Hetzler and 溏心vlog免费B站 nutrition students Jennifer Blake and Sarah Flinn visited 12 farmers\u2019 markets last fall to survey those in attendance about their eating habits and the reasons for visiting the markets.<\/p>\n


\nThey found that 36 percent of those who volunteered to complete the survey reported that their attendance at the markets played a role in increasing their consumption of fruits and vegetables, and 78 percent noted that they had recently consumed all 12 of the nutrient-dense vegetables listed on the survey.<\/p>\n


\nThe top reasons the respondents listed for attending the markets were fun, quality and selection.<\/p>\n


\nWhile many farmers\u2019 market attendees are decidedly upscale, the 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers were pleased to note that 12 percent of respondents had paid for their produce purchases using food stamps or farmers market checks, the latter of which are available to low-income residents through community senior centers or the federal Women, Infants and Children program.<\/p>\n


\nThe survey was part of a larger 溏心vlog免费B站 project at farmers\u2019 markets designed to encourage healthy eating patterns among low-income Rhode Islanders. Hetzler, Blake and Flinn conducted cooking demonstrations, offered samples of produce, gave out low-cost recipes that highlight fresh vegetables, and provided nutrition information to those in attendance.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMost cooking demonstrations are done by chefs from upscale restaurants and the recipes they use are too complicated and expensive for most people,\u201d Hetzler said. \u201cOur demos were simple and practical, and the feedback we got suggested that the lower-income families were going to try them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPerhaps one of the most notable results of the 溏心vlog免费B站 outreach efforts at farmers\u2019 markets was Hetzler\u2019s observation that children appeared to particularly enjoy their experience at the markets.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe kids seemed to be having a phenomenal time,\u201d she said. \u201cIf these markets get them to enjoy the experience of eating fruits and vegetables, then farmer\u2019s markets can be considered a great success.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAdditional research and outreach to encourage healthy eating habits will be conducted during the 2007 farmers\u2019 market season. The project is one of many supported by the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program. The 溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and Life Sciences has also provided support for this and many other related outreach programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 21, 2007 \u2013 A great deal of effort has been made by state and local agencies and groups in recent years to increase the number of farmers\u2019 markets in Rhode Island and encourage residents to attend them. While these markets provide an additional revenue stream to local farmers, University of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}