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    1. "What's the deal with these strange substances in our food?" The representation of food additives by Belgian consumer organizations, 1960-1995

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Degreef, Filip (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Belgium
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D11546
    Journal Title:
    Food and Foodways
    Journal Title Details:
    27(1-2) : 144-163
    Notes:
    20 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, This article centered on the representation of food additives as a matter of key importance to the public's conceptualization of them. Findings from a systematic qualitative study of the magazines of two Belgian consumer organizations revealed that additives were seen as providing no benefits to consumers, for they could be used to reduce the quality of both the ingredients and the production process. They were perceived as a means of deceiving the public, with portrayal of consumers as powerless in the struggle for control over the types and amounts of additives they ingested. In turn, the limitations were seen as a failure of government and scientific institutions to provide the necessary protection.

    2. Growing consumer interest driving social responsibility movement

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nickle, Ashley (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2021-02
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12125
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online from publication. 3 pages., Report of a conversation with Hugo Hays, global director of compliance and food safety for international banana firm, Fyffes.

    3. How will we eat and produce in the cities of the future? From edible insects to vertical farming - a study on the perception and acceptability of new approaches

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Specht, Kathrin (author), Zoll, Felix (author), Schumann, Henrike (author), Bela, Julia (author), Kachel, Julia (author), and Robischon, Marcel (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: D10870
    Journal Title:
    Sustainability
    Journal Title Details:
    11(16)
    Notes:
    Via online. 27 pages., Global challenges such as climate change, increasing urbanization and a lack of transparency of food chains, have led to the development of innovative urban food production approaches, such as rooftop greenhouses, vertical farms, indoor farms, aquaponics as well as production sites for edible insects or micro-algae. Those approaches are still at an early stage of development and partly unknown among the public. The aim of our study was to identify the perception of sustainability, social acceptability and ethical aspects of these new approaches and products in urban food production. We conducted 19 qualitative expert interviews and applied qualitative content analysis. Our results revealed that major perceived benefits are educational effects, revaluation of city districts, efficient resource use, exploitation of new protein sources or strengthening of local economies. Major perceived conflicts concern negative side-effects, legal constraints or high investment costs. The extracted acceptance factors deal significantly with the “unknown”. A lack of understanding of the new approaches, uncertainty about their benefits, concerns about health risks, a lack of familiarity with the food products, and ethical doubts about animal welfare represent possible barriers. We conclude that adaptation of the unsuitable regulatory framework, which discourages investors, is an important first step to foster dissemination of the urban food production approaches.

    4. Moonshine: from no business to big business

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Roysdon, Keith (author)
    Format:
    Online article
    Publication Date:
    2023-02-22
    Published:
    United States: Daily Yonder, The
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12821
    Journal Title:
    Daily Yonder, The
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    8pgs, Once illegal but highly sought-after, the hard “likker” of Appalachia is slowly trickling into the wide river of government-sanctioned booze.