Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: D10838
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Online from the Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri. 2 pages., "New research shows a significant and growing group of health-conscious consumers is confused by the mixed messages they're receiving about the 'real deal' and the substitutes entering the market."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20470
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Pages 152-171 in Alan Irwin and Brian Wynne (eds.), Misunderstanding science? The public reconstruction of science and technology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 232 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01643
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Online via Drovers CattleNetwork, Vance Publishing Corporation. 1 page., Summary of consumer research about lean, finely textured beef (LFTB), which became known as "pink slime."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21766
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Pages 257-273 in George Baourakes (ed.), Marketing trends for organic food in the 21st Century. World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 338 pages.
Online via subscription. 5 pages., Article summarizes results of a survey among farmers and consumers conducted by Aimpoint Research for The Packer. Findings showed that growers believe they best understand sustainability while believing that very few if any food retailers and consumers completely understand it. Nearly two-thirds of surveyed consumers said they believed sustainability efforts from the food industry are a response to their demands rather than industry driven by industry while two-thirds of growers said they believe sustainability efforts are industry driven. Report also compared beliefs by growers and consumers about where they get sustainability information.