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2. Effect of information on geographical origin, duration of transport and welfare condition on consumer's acceptance of lamb meat
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Caroprese, Mariangela (author), Ciliberti, Maria Giovanna (author), Marino, Rosaria (author), Sevi, Agostino (author), Albenzio, Marzia (author), Napolitano, Fabio (author), and Braghieri, Ada (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06-16
- Published:
- UK: Nature Portfolio
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13084
- Journal Title:
- Scientific Reports
- Journal Title Details:
- V.10, N.9754
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Animal production system and welfare conditions can influence consumers’ acceptance, as meat from animals grazing in natural pasture and labelled with information about high standards of welfare is preferred. In addition, geographical origin of food is recently considered one of the main information influencing the consumers’ acceptance. Local products are collectively associated with high quality attributes by the consumers related to shorter transport and good welfare. Lamb meat is considered local and typical food; however, it is common to find in the same market both local and imported lamb meat. The present investigation aimed at understanding the importance of information about geographical origin, transport duration, and welfare condition of lambs for consumers and their actual liking. Moreover, the quality of lamb meat from local and imported animals as affected by short or long transport was assessed. Data demonstrated that both short and long transport did not affect organoleptic quality of meat; this result was corroborated by an absence of both metabolic and immune stressors in long term transport lambs except for haptoglobin, cortisol and glucose. However, the expected and actual acceptability were affected by the information with higher scores for local lamb when information on the geographical origin, transport duration, and welfare condition was provided to the consumers.
3. Urban-rural links for sustainable food consumption in Bangkok
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cavalleri, Sofia Anna Enrica (author), Grünbühel, Clemens M. (author), and Tanwattana, Puntita (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01
- Published:
- Germany: CENTMA Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12752
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 14, N.1
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Current food systems fail to directly link urban consumers with rural producers. City-regional strategies need to reconnect consumers with producers through sustainable local food systems. This research developed and distributed a survey questionnaire to 400 consumers in Bangkok. Findings prove that there is a statistically significant association between urban-rural relation and sustainable urban consumer behavior (Pearson’s Chi-square test for independence resulting in a significance level of p < 0.05). Sustainable consumer behavior is influenced by environmental, sociocultural, economic and health drivers, while lack of food traceability, lack of rural experience, lack of access to rural communities and negative social perception disrupt consumer-producer links. Community-based gastrotourism emerges as one of the best practices to link urban consumers with rural producers and plan sustainable food systems in mega-cities like Bangkok.
4. Where is the produce industry missing the boat on consumption?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dinovo, Alex (author)
- Format:
- Opinion
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-23
- Published:
- USA: The Packer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13147
- Notes:
- 3 pages
5. Wellness, nostalgia, innovation and new views of sustainability are amount the foods trends for 2022
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Food Insight (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-07
- Published:
- USA: International Food Information Council Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13008
- Notes:
- 3 pages
6. Consumer perception toward “superfoods”: a segmentation study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Franco Lucas, Bárbara (author), Götze, Franziska (author), Alberto Vieira Costa, Jorge (author), and Brunner, Thomas A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-04
- Published:
- United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12585
- Journal Title:
- JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 20pgs, This study aimed to better understand consumers’ perceptions toward superfoods, to reveal segments of consumers, and to describe their behavioral patterns and sociodemographic characteristics. Data were collected from a mail survey (n = 423). Consumer segmentation revealed six segments. The “superfoodies” (13%) showed a more positive attitude toward superfoods, believing in their health and sustainable benefits. Adventurous consumers (16%) showed less knowledge on superfoods, despite that, they believe in the benefits of those foods after receiving some information during the survey. Involved consumers (13%) presented high nutritional knowledge and believe in the future of superfoods. Indifferent consumers (23%) appear to have a neutral attitude toward superfoods. Skeptical consumers (21%) and rejectors (15%) seem to be more conservative and less interested and unconvinced about the benefits of consuming superfoods. These results help guide those producing, marketing, and selling superfoods, and serve as a basis to develop strategies for different target groups.
7. How to get meat eaters to eat more plant-based foods? Make their mouths water
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Godoy, Maria (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-10
- Published:
- NPR: The Salt.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10125
- Notes:
- Via website.
8. Farmers markets and single-use plastic: why environmentally conscious consumers don’t bring reusable bags
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hardy, Scott (author) and Bartolotta, Jill (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-10
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12407
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 59, Iss. 4
- Notes:
- 10 pages, This study looks at the role of Extension in helping local officials reduce plastic bag use at farmers markets in three Lake County, OH communities. We distributed free reusable bags to shoppers and conducted an education and outreach program. We then took observations to determine if the free reusable bags were being used. We also invited shoppers to take a voluntary survey about their environmental attitudes, why or why not they use the reusable bags, and how best to reduce plastic bag use moving forward. Results from the study suggest that supplying free reusable bags at farmer markets is not an effective strategy for Extension professionals attempting to reduce plastic bag use. Instead, we recommend working with local officials to develop financial incentives and disincentives tied to the type of bag option shoppers use, implement plastic bag bans at markets, and conduct locally-focused education and outreach. Although shoppers’ environmental literacy and desire for sustainability is high, it is shown that behavior change is unlikely to occur without financial or policy incentives.
9. Use of eating-pattern messages to evaluate changes in eating behaviors in a worksite cholesterol education program
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hartman, Terryl J. (author), McCarthy, Pamela R. (author), and Himes, John H. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1993-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28600
- Journal Title:
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association
- Journal Title Details:
- 93(10)
- Notes:
- Via online issue.
10. The role of social media in gastronomy industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hegyes, Eva Gorgenyi (author), Mate, Balazs (author), Vafacaei, Seyyed Amir (author), and Farkas, Maria Fekete (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Hungary
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10281
- Journal Title:
- Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(3-4) : 95-104
- Notes:
- Via online., Considering the rapidly changing business environment, staying competitive is a key issue and challenge for companies in the 21st century. The criteria of a company’s success and competitiveness is the changing behavior of the different economic actors and its influence. Through the information society came to the fore, the use of diverse information technology tools and methods has become a significant influence factor in terms of the entrepreneurs or company management and also the customers or other partners. Due to the rapid expansion of new technology developments, the role and importance of social media is continuously increasing. Also statistics show that one of the most regularly used IT tool is the social media and the different web 2.0 applications. The current study is intended to provide a better understanding how social media can emphasize the competitiveness of companies and format the consumer behavior in a special sector – the rapidly developing gastronomy industry. This paper presents an empirical research about the role of social media in the above mentioned industry based on the primary data which are gathered through a survey performed in Hungary. Beyond the empirical results presented, the paper also aims to provide some recommendations for research methodology – based on the international literature review and the Authors’ own experiences – both in gastronomy industry’s and customers’ point of view. Through the analysis the research hypotheses were examined and the most important correlations were identified between the survey results and the Authors’ initial supposition