modeling direct farm marketing in west virginia a spatial policy and profitability analysis jesse e gandee thesis submitted to the davis college of agriculture forestry consumer sciences at university for partial fulfillment requirements degree master science agricultural resource economics dr gerard d souza ph chair cheryl brown tim phipps program morgantown 2003 keywords farmers market food system stella implan agribusiness copyright abstract this uses economic techniques analyze sales profits public investigate factors that affect county impact demographic land variables upon is tested results reveal income education characteristics adjacent metropolitan areas influence an input output i o model used mountain state from portray disproportionate amount production