Via Science Direct. 2 pages., Results indicated that the respondents had acceptable level of knowledge, excellent attitudes and poor practices toward food hygiene measures.
"Blogs are an important and growing source of information for the general public and should be used to convey food safety messages and inform consumers."
Via online issue. 1 page., Describes early results of the #oink Twitter campaign urging the public and the media to stop the reference to "swine flu" and instead refer to it as "H1N1 flu."
Posted at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/9E5C776C165AC855862575860080C3FC?OpenDocument, Via STLtoday.com. 4 pages., Reports on staffing and programming efforts by Monsanto Company to interact with stakeholders through blogs and other social media.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29127
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Archived June 24, 2009, Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., "When consumers go online for information about the production practices that put meat on their tables, they are more likely to see the kind of one-sided content featured in the documentary 'Food, Inc.' than content reflecting the views of conventional producers or major food brands." Report of research by v-Fluence.
