10 pages., Via online journal, Ethical attitudes in relation to meat purchases were studied among urban and rural consumers in Scotland. All subjects perceived at least some ethical issues in relation to animal production systems, in particular, systems keeping animals in close confinement. Welfare‐friendly production systems were viewed as adding value to a food, but this value was not necessarily realizable to producers if purchases occurred only when foods were on special offer. Statements made by individuals were often contradictory, revealing ambivalence, unresolved value conflicts and a general lack of involvement in the nature of meat production. A number of barriers to the establishment of stable attitudes and behaviours in relation to the ethical treatment of food animals were also identified. A key finding of the study is that individuals can hold two views on animal welfare. On the one hand, they may think as citizens influencing societal standards, and on the other, as consumers at the point of purchase. As citizens, they support the notion of animals being entitled to a good life; as meat consumers, they avoid the cognitive connection with the live animal. This paper explores both the citizen–consumer relationship and purchase strategies used by consumers to resolve value conflicts. Lessons for public and commercial policy are highlighted in the context of the Curry Report (2002) which advocates more effective market segmentation where markets are finely attuned to their customers, with the development of a number of assurance schemes discussed in the article.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25288
Notes:
Comments before the Federal Communications Commission in the matter of Broadcast Localism, RM-10803. 2 pages., Author urged the Commission to seek ways to help maintain and encourage more localized agricultural programming on radio and television stations throughout the nation.
Hooker, Neal H. (author), Ernst, Stan (author), Berning, Casie (author), and Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2004-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25712
International: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, United Kingdom.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26338
Notes:
Posted at www.recep.org.uk/bioreport.htm, 96 pages., A section on public acceptability describes six causes of concern about use of biomass as a renewable energy source. These pages of the report are photocopied.
Clay, D.E. (author), Ren, C. (author), Reese, C. (author), Waskom, R. (author), Bauder, J. (author), Mesner, N. (author), Paige, G. (author), Reddy, K. (author), Neibauer, M. (author), and Mahler, R. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27112
Clark, Andrea (author), Harvey, Mark. L. (author), Kane, Deborah (author), and Social Sciences National Technology Development Team, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-12-28
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27276
Hillers, Virginia N. (author), Kendall, Patricia (author), Medeiros, Lydia C. (author), Chen, Gang (author), Bergmann, Verna (author), and Schroeder, Mary (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2004-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28602
Hoban, Thomas J. (author) and Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-05
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28740
Notes:
Posted at http://www.fao.org/es/esa. Also http://www.croplifeasia.org/ref_library/biotechnology/public_att_biotech_hoban.pdf, ESA Working Paper No. 04-09. 14 pages.
Fritz, Susan M. (author / University of Nebraska -- Lincoln), Namuth, Deana M. (author), Ward, Sarah M. (author), Byrne, Pat F. (author), and Egger, Valerie A. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30375
International: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01515
Notes:
Pages 93-107 in Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Animal rights: current debates and new directions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 338 pages.
International: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01517
Notes:
Pages 108-142 in Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Animal rights: current debates and new directions. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 338 pages.
Bosnia-Hercegovina: Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA), and AgBiotechNet
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19421
USA: University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21622
Notes:
237 pages, Includes a description of "Consumer Time," a radio program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and produced by Donald E. Montgomery, consumer's counsel for USDA beginning in 1935. At that time, the USDA was the only government agency with an "official" position devoted to the concerns of the consumer. (p. 145). Another program, "Consumer Flashes," was part of the "National Farm and Home Hour" broadcast on NBC "Red" Network. Also includes (p. 47) statistics showing how lower-income listeners made up about 80% of the U.S. radio audience in 1940. Programs such as the "National Barn Dance" on WLS Radio, Chicago, were cited as especially popular.
USA: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, a project of the University of Richmond supported by the Pew Charitable Trust, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: C21643
Notes:
A Project of the University of Richmaond Supported by Pew Charitable Trusts Washington D.C., 6 pages, In September 2004 the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology conducted its third comprehensive survey of U.S. consumer sentiment about the application of genetic engineering to agriculture. Similar comprehensive surveys were previously conducted by the Initiative in January 2001 and August 2003. The first survey sought to track consumer awareness of genetically modified (GM) crops, whereas the second survey continued that tracking effort and probed related issues such as regulation of GM foods and preferred applications.
This year the Pew Initiative built on its body of knowledge about consumer sentiment by conducting focus groups as well as fielding a survey. Four focus groups were conducted in Philadelphia and Des Moines on August 25th and 26th. Observations from those groups were then used to develop a survey that both tracked the issues addressed in prior surveys by the Pew Initiative and probed some of the sentiments detected in the focus groups. The resulting survey was then administered to 1000 American consumers who were interviewed by telephone September 22-26, 2004. The margin of error for the survey is +/- 3.1% at the 95% level of confidence. The margin of error is higher for subgroups.
The combined findings from the August 2004 focus groups and the September 2004 survey are summarized below and provide a robust picture of current U.S. consumer attitudes toward GM foods and genetic engineering, why those beliefs are held, and trends in those attitudes over the last three years. In addition to this summary, the Pew Initiative is making available a transcript of the focus groups and the survey results, prepared by the firms that jointly prepared and conducted them, the Melman Group and Public Opinion Strategies.
Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas (author), Marks, Leonie A. (author), and Vickner, Steven S. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21742
Notes:
Pages 23-39 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Huffman, Wallace E. (author), Shogren, Jason F. (author), Tegene, Abebayehu (author), and Rousu, Matthew (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21743
Notes:
Pages 41-51 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21744
Notes:
Pages 53-59 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Phillips, Peter W. B. (author) and Olubobokun, Simbo (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21745
Notes:
Pages 61-72 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Kay-Blake, William (author), Bicknell, Kathryn (author), and Lamb, Charles (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
New Zealand
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21746
Notes:
Pages 73-82 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Chern, Wen S. (author) and Rickertsen, Kyrre (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21748
Notes:
Pages 95-109 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Wahl, Thomas I. (author), McCluskey, Jill J. (author), and Grimsrud, Kristine M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21749
Notes:
Pages 111-115 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Wolf, Marianne McGarry (author), Bertolini, Paola (author), and Parker-Garcia, Jacob (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21751
Notes:
Pages 131-141 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21752
Notes:
Pages 143-154 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Pachico, Douglas (author) and Wolf, Marianne McGarry (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Colombia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21753
Notes:
Pages 155-161 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Dustmann, Heiko (author) and Weindlmaier, H. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Germany
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21754
Notes:
Pages 163-167 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
