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'."
Edwards-Jones, Gareth (author), Canals, Llorenc Mila i (author), Hounsome, Natalia (author), Truninger, Monica (author), Koerber, Georgia (author), Hounsome, Barry (author), Cross, Paul (author), York, Elizabeth H. (author), Hospido, Almudena (author), Plassmann, Katharina (author), Harris, Ian M. (author), Edwards, Rhiannon T. (author), Day, Graham A.S. (author), Tomos, A. Deri (author), Cowell, Sarah J. (author), and Jones, David L. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-05
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27557
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D00953
Notes:
PowerPoint presentation in the session, "Making locally grown food more available," of the Ag Outlook Forum, U.S. Department of Agriculture, February 2012. 33 pages.