Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21968
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Food Safety In-Sight, Volume 3, Number 1, TM Environ Health Associates, Inc. 2 pages., Author suggests that food safety education efforts among food service personnel in Florida have not been especially effective in reducing the number of outreaks.
Reports that focus group research among farm readers shows they want information that is not a commercial on the editorial pages they read. "Isn't it strange? The very credibility these folks crave is the first thing to disappear when publishers agree to relax their standards."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24724
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Retrieved October 14, 2005, Via Science and Development Network. 4 pages., "A democratic dialogue over science-related issues is critical for modern societies. But providing reliable information in an accessible way is an essential prerequisite for this to occur." Author notes a worrying trend within much of the world's media whereby a traditional commitment to reporting facts is giving way to coverage on interpretations of fact (or "spin").
2 pages., Author comments on agribusiness implications associated with an article in Forbes magazine: Seth Lubove, "What will you learn from the food that seduces? More organic than thou."
