Describes efforts of the firm to "better align itself with the environmental, social and financial expectations of its many stakeholders." Operating companies of Altria include Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International.
Features a farmer who hopes to "encourage people to connect British food with British farms and the countryside and therefore buy British food and visit farm attractions."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: D10732
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Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Item 42 located in ACDC Document D10726, Directory of written summaries of 80 items deposited in the Claude W. Gifford Papers, University of Illinois Archives. 4 pages., Provides a review of efforts to improve public understanding of agriculture, nationally. Author cites the 1950 book by Ed Lipscomb, Grassroots public relations for agriculture, formation of the Agricultural Relations Council, and Dan Murphy's book, Improving agriculture's reputation. Describes USDA efforts, including the PACER research project and staffing enhancements for that goal.
