Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11432
Notes:
2 pages., Online from AgriMarketing Weekly. News release of March 16, 2020., Brief summary of results of a consumer research study measuring market potential for gene-edited food and agriculture products. Research was sponsored by the FMI Foundation, American Seed Trade Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Farm Foundation.
Markenson, Steve (author / Food Marketing Institute)
Format:
Research summary
Publication Date:
2020-04-24
Published:
USA: Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11748
Notes:
Online from Institute website. 2 pages., Summarizes findings of the FMI COVID-19 weekly tracking surveys among U.S. consumers during this early stage of the pandemic.
USA: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11433
Notes:
3 pages., Online from publisher., Report from the Consumer Trust Insights Council indicates that beyond shoppers' emphasis on supplies of canned and frozen supplies of food during this global disease outbreak, "there's something else folks are buying during their supply runs - guilty pleasures." Those take the form of treats like chocolate, cookies and beverages, "...little indulgences to bring them joy during anxious times."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12188
Notes:
Online via AgriMarketing Update. 2 pages., Summary of results from a Farm Journal Pulse Poll asking farmers what farm technology they wish to invest in first if they were to win the lottery. The top choice was variable-rate application technology with 31% of the responses (out of a total of 577 farmers). Four other technologies ranked lower.
Markenson, Steve (author / Food Marketing Institute)
Format:
Research summary
Publication Date:
2020-04-17
Published:
USA: Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11747
Notes:
Online from Institute website. 2 pages., Summary of efforts to track how shoppers are finding new ways of grocery shopping during the coronavirus. Compared with other grocery shoppers, Latinx and Black shoppers are more likely to report a disruption in their household as a result of the pandemic. They are adjusting where they shop (fewer, different stores), shopping more online, spending more money per trip, and changing the range of products for which they shop.
