Wallach, Lori (author), Maybardukl, Peter (author), Hansen-Kuhn, Karen (author), and Jackson, Janine (author)
Format:
Interview
Publication Date:
2016-07-30
Published:
USA: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10567
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13 pages., via website, FAIR., CounterSpin interviews with Lori Wallach, Peter Maybarduk and Karen Hansen-Kuhn on trade pacts and corporate globalization
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37160
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BrownfieldAgNews via Agri Marketing Weekly. 2 pages., Smithfield Foods, a global food company, ranked first in this annual study, "Trust Across America."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06631
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Raw data responses to a survey conducted by the Ethics Committee of the American Agricultural Editors' Association among 431 participants at the 2012 Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference, American Farm Bureau Federation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Februaty 18-20, 2012. 1 page with accompanying committee member correspondence.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12115
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Online from website of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 2 pages., Article cites definitions that include corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a sense of responsibility toward the community and the environment that companies incorporate into their business models. Includes resources that journalists can use to report on CSR. Identifies a source of data about the top 100 companies with the best CSR reputation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12014
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Online from website of SpinSucks.com. 4 pages., Author briefly describes two case examples of crisis management (one effective, one ineffective), emphasizes the importance of a plan, and describes four steps to get started in planning.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29512
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2 pages., "Scientists must ask seed companies for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01926
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Via Agri Marketing Weekly. 2 pages., Describes GMO Answers, "a new initiative to provide accurate information and answer the toughest questions about GMOs and how our food is grown."
15 pages., via online journal., Author's review of emerging organizational stigma literature centers on what he describes as core-stigmatized organizations. They reflect "an evaluation held and often expressed by some social audience(s) that an organization or set of organizations is discounted, discredited, and/or tainted in some way owing to some core attribute or attributes." Tobacco companies are among examples mentioned.
International: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10565
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4 pages., via website, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy., As Congress and the public debate the pros and cons of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA), or New NAFTA, behind the scenes and in the shadows transnational
corporations are doubling down on their plans to weaken and eliminate public protections
through a related entity, the secretive Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC). This littleknown council has the mission of promoting trade by “reducing, eliminating or preventing
unnecessary regulatory differences” between Canada and the United States. Since the RCC’s
inception, agribusiness—including factory-farmed livestock producers, the feed industry, and
chemical and pesticide manufacturers and linked transportation businesses—has had a seat at
the regulatory cooperation table. Their focus, without exception, has been advocating the
scaling back and even elimination of important safety protections in both countries. In the U.S.,
recommendations made by the RCC feed directly into regulations enacted (or eliminated) by
the Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection
Agency, among others
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03103
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Resources for agricultural editors from the manager of communications for the Agricultural Division of Ciba-Geigy Corporation. They include a news release (3 pages) about several new television commercials supporting the American farmer. A backgrounder (4 pages)identifies a variety of ways in which the company has portrayed a positive image about the business of farming.
Pages 67-68 in Extension Service Circular 544, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1961, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of thesis for the master of science degree in journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana. 1962. 74 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19692
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Pages 269-279 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Describes the experiences of Dow Chemical Company in a "20-year struggle with public controversy" involving the chemicals it marketed and public fears associated with them. Includes experiences with 2,4,5-T herbicide for crops.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D11666
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2 pages., Author examines implications of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods. Suggests possible consequences such as anti-trust charges of monopoly and impact on agricultural businesses and suppliers in the food chain. Also offers advice to reporters in covering this development.
7 pages., Via online journal, This study analyzes retailer attitude towards animal welfare in Spain, and how this attitude has changed over recent years (2006–2011). Retailers were concerned about animal welfare issues but a declining trend is observed recently, probably due to the financial crisis. The concern about animal welfare was affected by sex, with women retailers expressing a more positive attitude towards animal welfare issues than men. Retailers, based on their experience, perceive a low level of willingness to pay more for welfare friendly products (WFP) on behalf of their customers. This fact is reflected in the sales of the WFP, which declined from 2006 to 2011. The main reason for consumers to buy WFP, according to retailer perception, is organoleptic quality, with improved welfare being second. The results obtained provide a pessimistic picture in relation to the current market positioning of WFP, which is probably a consequence of market contraction.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10563
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2 pages., From Bayer AG - online via AgriMarketing Weekly., Leverkusen, Germany - Bayer is raising the bar in transparency, sustainability and engagement, reflecting its heightened responsibility and potential as a new leader in agriculture. "We're making good progress on integrating the acquired agriculture business, and are now starting to implement a series of measures to drive transparency and sustainability across our business," Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG, said on Friday.
Beal, George M. (author), Bohlen, Joe M. (author), and Lingren, Herbert G. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: B01824
Notes:
#980, Harold Swanson Collection. Claude W. Gifford Collection., Ames, IA : Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1966. 24 p. (Special Report No.49)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08345
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Pages 265-285 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Mattocks, D.M. (author), Steel, R.E. (author), and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, AK; Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, AK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06974
James F. Evans Collection; Adapted from a presentation entitled "Bridging the research-farmer gap : examining the role of nongovernmental organizations in agricultural extension" contained in Conference Proceedings, 1992 Symposium for Research in Agricultural and Extension Education; 1992 May; Columbus, OH
Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29840
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Pages 15-27 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.
