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ALLISON BROWN

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Joined the department in 2003
Email: cardoon1313@yahoo.com

  Research Interests:
 

The dynamics of peri-urban commercial agriculture in a free-market world, production and marketing of food and specialty horticulture products.

   
  Recent Publications:
 
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  • Brown, A. 2006 (in press) What is marketing? An introduction to marketing for the MAP industry. In proceedings of the Frontis workshop on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Wageningen, April 2005. Online at:
    http://library.wur.nl/frontis/medicinal_aromatic_plants/16_brown.pdf


  • Brown, A. 2006 (in press) Connecting the disadvantaged to the uninformed: Problematic business communication in the MAP industry. In proceedings of the Frontis workshop on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Wageningen, April 2005.
    Online at: http://library.wur.nl/frontis/medicinal_aromatic_plants/04_brown.pdf

  • Brown A. 2004. Periodic Markets Now and Then. In WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives in 100 Problems, B. Warf, D. Janelle, K. Hansen, ed. American Association of Geographers.

  • Brown A. 2004. Virtual Farmers Markets. In American Vegetable Grower and American Fruit Grower. January, p.22.

  • Brown A. 2003. Fractured images of peri-urban commercial agriculture. Habitat Agenda: Human Settlements and Land Use Planning Proceedings of the conference Urbanizing World and UN Human Habitat II. International Research Foundation for Development, Columbia University, New York City, June 2001.

  • Brown A. 2002. Farmers' market research 1940-2000, an inventory and review. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. 17, 167-176. © CAB International 2002.

  • Brown A. 2002. Urban and peri-urban commercial horticulture: Appraising the potential. Background paper for the conference: Appropriate Methods for Urban Agriculture: Research, Policy Development, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. Netherlands: Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry.

  • Brown A. 2002. Commercial Horticulture: Appraising the Potential. Urban Agriculture Magazine. No. 5: Appropriate Methods for Research, Planning Implementation and Evaluation for Urban Agriculture. Netherlands: Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry.

  • Brown A. 2001. Counting Farmers Markets. Geographical Review. 91(2), 655-674. © The American Geographical Society of New York.
    See also: Addendum of Associated Tables and Charts.

 
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