10 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Results of 251 consumer surveys in four UK supermarkets revealed that only 5.6% nominated country of origin as one of the reasons for choosing a fresh food item they had just purchased. However, stated preference surveys in the street found that 21.5% indicated that "food miles" or "the long distance it travels" would stop them buying New Zealand products. "What people say may differ substantially from what they actually do in regard to 'food miles'."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08805
Notes:
Pages 169-186 in Debra A. Reid, Interpreting agriculture at museums and historic sites. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 265 pages.
Marolf, Amanda (author), Heiberger, Scott (author), Evans, James (author), Joseph, Lura (author), and Oak Brook Public Library, Oak Brook, IL, United States
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, United States
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017
Published:
USA: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08150