Online via subscription. 5 pages., Article summarizes results of a survey among farmers and consumers conducted by Aimpoint Research for The Packer. Findings showed that growers believe they best understand sustainability while believing that very few if any food retailers and consumers completely understand it. Nearly two-thirds of surveyed consumers said they believed sustainability efforts from the food industry are a response to their demands rather than industry driven by industry while two-thirds of growers said they believe sustainability efforts are industry driven. Report also compared beliefs by growers and consumers about where they get sustainability information.
Online from publication. 3 pages., Report of a conversation with Hugo Hays, global director of compliance and food safety for international banana firm, Fyffes.
McAnge, Tom (author), Nathan, Virginia (author), Relf, Diane (author), Silva, Ellen (author), and Associate Professor of Horticulture and Extension Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Extension Technician for Consumer Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Extension Technician for Consumer Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Extension Specialist for Computer Networks, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03650
