2018 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 43-50
This study aimed to reveal the infl uence of vegetable growing, vegetable receiving, and vegetable buying in farmers’ markets on the frequency of vegetable intake among residents of mountainous rural areas with limited food access and flourished vegetable growing. We conducted a survey focusing on 20–74-year-old residents of a mountainous rural area in Gunma, Japan. The results of this survey indicated the follows: 1) a positive relationship between the frequency of vegetable intake and that of vegetable receiving for those who do not grow vegetables and vice versa; and 2) a positive relationship between the frequency of vegetable intake and that of vegetable buying in farmers’ markets for those with limited food access. According to these results, it is necessary to pay attention to these relations for future studies.
