International: Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25577
Notes:
153 pages., Comprehensive analysis that involved more than 150 industry, government and academic leaders involved in animal agriculture in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Describes efforts of the CropLife Ambassador Network (CAN) to inform the publoic about the safety and value of American agricultural food production. Farm professionals acquaint urban school children with agricultural methods and technologies.
Fernandez, Michael (author / Executive Director, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)
Format:
Power Point
Publication Date:
2006-02-17
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23728
Notes:
Posted at: http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/2006%20speeches/pdf%20ppt/fernandez.pdf, Presented at the 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 17, 2006.
Examines controversy over the use of carbon monoxide as a "pigment fixative" for meat - to keep "the product's pink and rosy color in an effort to make it look fresh even as it approaches, or even passes, its expiration date."
Irani, Tracy (author), Friedel, Curtis R. (author), Meyers, Courtney A. (author), Mamontova, N. N. (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-14
Published:
Russia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24182
Notes:
Retrieved June 16, 2006, Pages 233-243 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.
Among other findings, this study revealed "that public education efforts by an individual grocery story chain can have an important effect on knowledge of irradiated food."
