Via online access. 7 pages., Examines the elements of an "honest vision for the future with a shared language that accurately describes our world." Size of farm is not the key indicator, the author argues.
Author expresses concern about a trend toward agricultural names for housing developments in urban areas. Examples: Green Pastures, Scott Farms, Shepherd's Landing, Walker Meadows. "As a member of the farming minority, I'm offended."
19 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., Authors tested food label and information treatment effects on subjects' willingness-to-pay for organic, "natural," and conventional foods. They found large information effects, including asymmetric cross-market effects for natural and organic foods. Organic premiums increased in response to subjects' seeing the "natural" foods industry's perspective on its products.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09527
Notes:
Eugene A. Kroupa Collection, Thesis in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 220 pages.
Kroupa, Eugene A. (author) and Burnett, Claron (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 10 Document Number: B01396
Notes:
Claron Burnett collection. Eugene A. Kroupa Collection., Madison, Wisconsin: Research Division, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison, 27pp (Research Report R2506)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37107
Notes:
See C37105 for original, Pages 113-125 in Alessandro Bonanno, Hans Bakker, Raymond Jussaume, Yoshio Kawamura and Mark Shucksmith (eds.), From community to consumption: new and classical themes in rural sociological research. Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Volume 16. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Bingley, U.K. 275 pages.
Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom.
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2009-08-07
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29290
Notes:
Via Eurekalert.org. 2 pages., Summary of a research study emphasizes the importance of terms used in connection with public health issues. Also identified dangers associated with a gap revealed between media portrayal of hygiene and cleanliness in hospitals compared with reality in the wards.
