9 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., The study involved a survey among 39 respondents from the milling industry and supermarkets, the main processors and distributors of maize products, in seven urban centres of Kenya. Identified information sources, knowledge level of biotechnology, and perceptions and preferences involving genetically modified food.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10416
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2 pages., Online from the website of the Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Virginia., Recommended date labeling of food products, in terms of "Best if used by" and "Use by" dates
Online open access via AgEcon Search., Authors used a survey to examine the information and communication technology (ICT) usage and attitudes by enterprises operating in the agri-food sector. "...competitive advantage my be reached using ITC solutions for widening and maintaining relations through a more effective information flow with partners and consumers."
USA: Commodity Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10783
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Report also available online via the Hathi Trust Digital Library. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Agricultural Economic Report Number 660. 165 pages., Includes sections involving communications related to food marketing at various levels, food safety concerns, health consciousness, changing demand, and other topics.
Online from publisher website. Published February 6, 2020., Article addresses the shrinking number of full-time food critics in Canada, as employed by major newspapers and publications. Cites values that qualified food journalists offer through news and reviews involving food and nutrition.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12108
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Online from Radio Free. 3 pages., Author reports on helping the U.S. Senate draft and pass the Physician Payments Sunshine Act a decade ago. It requires companies to report monies and gifts they give physicians, which are known to influence what doctors prescribe or promote. "We need a 'sunshine law' for science that would expose all sorts of conflicts of interest and industry manipulation that skew research on food, synthetical chemicals, pesticides, air pollution, genetic technology, and the climate."
