Jones, Tim (author / Chicago Tribune) and Martin, Andrew (author / Chicago Tribune)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-03-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23821
Notes:
Knight-Ridder Tribune via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., On grassroots resistance to large swine operations in Missouri and other Midwestern states. "The battle has been framed as a clash between agricultural economic development and the protection of quality of life."
"The results of a survey on rural residents' opinions of their pork producing neighbours may be surprising to some." Researchers reports that producers often think their neighbours feel more negatively abvout their operations than they really do.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23527
Notes:
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.
