Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23527
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Banff Pork Seminar, Banff, Alberta, Canada. 2 pages., Report of a research project indicating that once neighbors were exposed to the realities of pork production in their environment they were more likely to change previously held negative perceptions of the industry.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23593
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Center for Food Safety and Food and Water Watch via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Two interest groups cite research about commercial failure in this industry, "and we can't understand why our government is still pushing a technology that consumers don't want, scientists have warned us away from due to potential long-term health risks, and investors steer clear of year after year."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23804
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Food Safety Consortium at University of Arkansas via Newswise via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Kansas State University survey reveals how consumers reacted to discovery of the first case of BSE (mad cow disease) in the U.S. in December 2003.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23805
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Press Relations Office, Cornell University. 2 pages., Study included four annual national surveys from 2003-2005 and three annual surveys of New Yorkers from 2003-2005. "Both showed a slight but significant shift over time toward a little less support and more risk perception."
1 page., Results of an online survey among U.S. adults suggest that "on average, Americans say funding to protect against terrorist attacks on our food supply should be increased."
5 pages., Reactions from researchers about consumer acceptance of cultured or in vitro meat. "Their goal is to develop an industrial version of the process in five years."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23857
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2 pages., Findings of a national survey funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Academic Center of Excellence. Respondents express keen interest in protecting the food supply chain and protecting against a chemical or biological attack. See complete survey report entitled "How should America's anti-terrorism budget be allocated? Findings from a national survey of attitudes of U.S. residents about terrorism."
