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    1. "A definition at last, but what does it all mean?" Newspaper coverage of organic food production and its effects on milk purchases

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kiesel, Kristin (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00080
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    37(1) : 24-34

    2. "Bitter Harvest"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21724
    Journal Title:
    Quill
    Journal Title Details:
    91(5)
    Notes:
    Announcement of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award entry in the category, Investigative reporting - newspaper/wire service. Mike Lee of theTri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington, received the award. Investigation uncovered 15 years of flagrant law-breaking and abuse by two farmer brothers. Actions involved disregard of state and federal laws and regulations, including illegal water and air pollution. Series titled, "Bitter Harvest."

    5. "Our market is our community": women farmers and civic agriculture in Pennsylvania, USA

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kiernan, Nancy Ellen (author), Sachs, Carolyn (author), Trauger, Amy (author), Barbercheck, Mary (author), and Brasier, Kathy (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-09-09
    Published:
    USA: Springer
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28906
    Journal Title:
    Agriculture and Human Values
    Journal Title Details:
    DOI 10.1007/s10460-008-9190-5

    6. "What a thing, then, is this cow..." Positioning domestic livestock animals in the texts and practices of small-scale "self-sufficiency"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Holloway, Lewis (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    United Kingdom
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06969
    Journal Title:
    Society and Animals
    Journal Title Details:
    11(2) : 145-165

    7. A chicken that grows slower and tastes better

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Strom, Stephanie (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-05-01
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11703
    Journal Title:
    New York Times
    Notes:
    4 pages., Online from publication website., Describes experimentation with slow-growth meat breeds of chickens. Article includes references to implications for marketing communications; consumer attitudes and preferences; and consumer responses to higher retail costs for slow-growth poultry meat.

    8. A farming community's perspective on nutrient loss reduction

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Marks, Benjamin (author) and Boerngen, Maria A. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11379
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural and Environmental Letters
    Journal Title Details:
    4 : 190004
    Notes:
    4 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Documents (DOAJ)., In interviews, "...a group of 'conservation-minded' Illinois farmers revealed that while they are not necessarily familiar with the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS), they are concerned with nutrient loss and are taking steps to address those concerns." However, authors observed that added efforts may be required to encourage adoption of the best management practices recommended by the strategy. The study also identified information sources farmers trust in making such decisions.

    9. A framework for understanding on-farm environmental degradation and constraints to the adoption of soil conservation measures: case studies from highland Tanzania and Thailand

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jones, Samantha (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2002-09
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16746
    Journal Title:
    World Development
    Journal Title Details:
    30(9) : 1607-1620