Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23527
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Banff Pork Seminar, Banff, Alberta, Canada. 2 pages., Report of a research project indicating that once neighbors were exposed to the realities of pork production in their environment they were more likely to change previously held negative perceptions of the industry.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23593
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Center for Food Safety and Food and Water Watch via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Two interest groups cite research about commercial failure in this industry, "and we can't understand why our government is still pushing a technology that consumers don't want, scientists have warned us away from due to potential long-term health risks, and investors steer clear of year after year."
Fernandez, Michael (author / Executive Director, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)
Format:
Power Point
Publication Date:
2006-02-17
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23728
Notes:
Posted at: http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/2006%20speeches/pdf%20ppt/fernandez.pdf, Presented at the 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 17, 2006.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23804
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Food Safety Consortium at University of Arkansas via Newswise via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Kansas State University survey reveals how consumers reacted to discovery of the first case of BSE (mad cow disease) in the U.S. in December 2003.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23805
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Press Relations Office, Cornell University. 2 pages., Study included four annual national surveys from 2003-2005 and three annual surveys of New Yorkers from 2003-2005. "Both showed a slight but significant shift over time toward a little less support and more risk perception."
1 page., Results of an online survey among U.S. adults suggest that "on average, Americans say funding to protect against terrorist attacks on our food supply should be increased."
5 pages., Reactions from researchers about consumer acceptance of cultured or in vitro meat. "Their goal is to develop an industrial version of the process in five years."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23857
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2 pages., Findings of a national survey funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Academic Center of Excellence. Respondents express keen interest in protecting the food supply chain and protecting against a chemical or biological attack. See complete survey report entitled "How should America's anti-terrorism budget be allocated? Findings from a national survey of attitudes of U.S. residents about terrorism."
Kinsey, Jean (author), Stinson, Thomas F. (author), Degeneffe, Dennis (author), Ghosh, Koel (author), and Food Industry Center, University of Minnesota.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2006-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23858
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24 pages., Findings of a national survey funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Academic Center of Excellence. Respondents express keen interest in protecting the food supply chain and protecting against a chemical or biological attack. See summary news release entitled, "U of M survey finds consumers willing to pay more to protect against terrorism."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24142
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TheTelegraph (UK) via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Results of a poll suggest that extremist behaviour by animal rights protesters has had the effect of increasing public support in the UK for testing new medical treatments on animals.
Irani, Tracy (author), Friedel, Curtis R. (author), Meyers, Courtney A. (author), Mamontova, N. N. (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-14
Published:
Russia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24182
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Retrieved June 16, 2006, Pages 233-243 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.
USA: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24462
Notes:
Retrieved June 21, 2006, 4 pages., Findings from research by the Institute on how Americans view the food system and how they view the reforms that food policy advocates put forward to improve it. Suggests frames and their potential for impact.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation: Publications and Resources - Food Systems and Rural Development, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24505
Notes:
Prepared for the FrameWorks Institute by Meg Bostrom, Public Knowledge LLC. 46 pages., Summarizes findings of a national survey of adults to determine the effects of various conceptual frames on people's understanding of the food syswtem and their support for related policies.
Aubrun, Axel (author), Brown, Andrew (author), Grady, Joseph (author), and W. K. Kellogg Foundation: Publications and Resources - Food Systems and Rural Development, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24506
Notes:
Prepared for the FrameWorks Institute by Cultural Logic LLC. 45 pages.
Among other findings, this study revealed "that public education efforts by an individual grocery story chain can have an important effect on knowledge of irradiated food."
"The results of a survey on rural residents' opinions of their pork producing neighbours may be surprising to some." Researchers reports that producers often think their neighbours feel more negatively abvout their operations than they really do.
