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2. Consumer trends and attitudes to functional foods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mattas, Konstadinos (author), Galanopoulos, Konstantinos (author), Karelakis, Christos (author), and Zevgitis, Panagiotis (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Greece
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11507
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- : 1-29
- Notes:
- 29 pages., Findings of a survey among consumers indicated that consumers recognize different kinds of functional foods, are willing to pay a premium for their purchase, and perceive possible health value. However, they appeared anxious about the health benefits these foods communicate in their labels.
3. Every plate counts: evaluation of a food waste reduction campaign in a university dining hall
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ellison, Brenna (author), Savchenko, Olesya (author), Nikolaus, Cassandra J. (author), and Duff, Brittany R.L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10278
- Journal Title:
- Resources, Co nservation and Recycling
- Journal Title Details:
- 144 : 276-284
- Notes:
- Via UI online subscription., The foodservice industry generates food waste by disposing of unserved food in the kitchen as well as uneaten food from consumers’ plates. In all-you-care-to-eat dining settings, such as university dining halls or buffet-style restaurants, food waste can be problematic because there is little monetary incentive to take less food. In addition, university dining facilities primarily serve young consumers who tend to be more wasteful than the average adult, further increasing the likelihood of waste. Appeals to money-saving have generally been identified as the best motivator to reduce consumer food waste; however, alternative motivators are needed when the quantity of food and its associated cost are not directly linked in all-you-care-to-eat settings. The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of a food waste reduction campaign in a university dining hall. Consumer plate waste was collected, sorted, and weighed in a treatment and comparison dining hall for a semester to assess the impact of the campaign on the quantity and type of food waste. Results reveal that the campaign had a modest, though insignificant, impact on waste behavior, but there were changes in students’ beliefs related to food waste, which may be an important first step to achieving behavioral change.
4. Recalibrating risk through media: two cases of intentional food poisoning in Japan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Walravens, Tine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Japan
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11630
- Journal Title:
- Food and Foodways
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(1-2) : 74-97
- Notes:
- 24 pages., Online via UI Catalog., In 2008, a case of intentional food poisoning involving Chinese imported dumplings resulted in mass panic in Japan. To shed light on the concrete ways of risk calibration by the media, this article compared the incident's coverage to a strikingly similar even in 2014 involving domestic produce. Content analysis showed how the specific discursive construction of both incidents led to two different levels of risk, primarily through the framing of the incidents by references to former experiences and symbolic connotations.