Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30729
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Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
Dunlap, Annette (author), Benson, Geoffrey (author), and Poore, Matt (author)
Format:
Handbook
Publication Date:
2010-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08548
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ACDC holds citation information and contents page., Online from North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center of USDA Rural Development, Washington, D.C., and Iowa State University, Ames. 2nd edition, 98 pages.
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 Box: 176 Document Number: C30185
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Via AgWired online. 1 page., Summarizes remarks by Curt Blades, director of sales and marketing, Successful Farming. The report includes a link to an interview with the speaker.
