Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09662
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Results of a survey question in the Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (producer). Results obtained from Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, iPOLL,accessed June 27, 2018. 2 pages., Poll results - respondent rating of farmers in terms of honesty and ethical standards:
Very high: 22%
High: 48%
Average: 24%
Low: 3%
Don't know: 3%
16 pages., via online journal., This study examines community economic development (CED) initiatives and focuses on
community shared agriculture (CSA) as an alternative form of farming to industrialized agriculture.
CSA connects the farmers directly with consumers, such that both farmers and consumers share the
benefits and risks involved in agriculture. The purpose of this study was to understand what
motivates individuals to become involved in a CSA and what involvement in CSA means for them.
As a point of departure, the ecological and social psychological problems associated with
industrialized agriculture are elucidated. Empowerment theory, social vitality, and sense of
community were used as conceptual frameworks. Data were collected on a community farm in
midwest Ontario using a participant-observer mode of inquiry and open-ended interviews. The
themes that emerged were categorized under empowerment, social vitality, and sense of
community.
Online via University of Illinois Online Catalog - article search by subject (demonstration), Author draws upon fieldwork with farm advisors and growers, using the case of agricultural field trials to illustrate the role of "place" in applied science, highlight issues of "control" between scientists and their "public," and point to the challenges of producing consent through field trials.
Online via UI Library electronic suscription., Using Farmers Weekly as a data source, authors identified four main discourses of farmer acceptance of, and resistance to, quality assurnce schemes; and discourses which construct a particular representation of consumers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25314
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Pages 79-96 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
