Diffusion of food policy in the U.S.: The case of organic certification. Mosier, S. L. & Thilmany, D. Food Policy, 61:80--91, May, 2016.
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Organic food certification policy and programs are an interesting case to explore in terms of policy diffusion, as there has been interesting dynamics between the federal and state levels, and great diversity in the pace of diffusion across states. At the same time, this policy diffusion underlies a very dynamic marketplace that has relied on government-based certification policies and programs to stabilize and support growth of the organic food sector. The focus of this paper is a cross-section time series analysis of organic policy adoptions over the past several decades to explore the types of factors that have influenced diffusion across time and space. Although federal policy activity has been a key driver of this dynamic, there are several other state-specific factors that also help to explain the differential diffusion of policies in this realm.
@article{mosier_diffusion_2016-1,
	title = {Diffusion of food policy in the {U}.{S}.: {The} case of organic certification},
	volume = {61},
	issn = {0306-9192},
	shorttitle = {Diffusion of food policy in the {U}.{S}.},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919216300033},
	doi = {10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.02.007},
	abstract = {Organic food certification policy and programs are an interesting case to explore in terms of policy diffusion, as there has been interesting dynamics between the federal and state levels, and great diversity in the pace of diffusion across states. At the same time, this policy diffusion underlies a very dynamic marketplace that has relied on government-based certification policies and programs to stabilize and support growth of the organic food sector. The focus of this paper is a cross-section time series analysis of organic policy adoptions over the past several decades to explore the types of factors that have influenced diffusion across time and space. Although federal policy activity has been a key driver of this dynamic, there are several other state-specific factors that also help to explain the differential diffusion of policies in this realm.},
	urldate = {2016-05-28},
	journal = {Food Policy},
	author = {Mosier, Samantha L. and Thilmany, Dawn},
	month = may,
	year = {2016},
	keywords = {Certification programs, Food political economy, Organic food and agriculture, policy diffusion, Sub-national food policy, Sustainable food labeling},
	pages = {80--91},
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}

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