Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23508
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U.S. Information Agency via http://poll.orspub.com/poll/ 1 page., Responses to a national survey in Russia inviting views about whether agriculture should be owned exclusively by the state, mainly by the state, mainly by private entrepreneurs, or exclusively by entrepreneurs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23504
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Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard Program on Public Opinion and Health Care, Harvard School of Public Health via http://poll.orspub.com/poll/ 1 page., Responses in a national survey to a question inviting opinions about reducing the federal deficit by decreasing spending on agricultural price supports.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23382
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Via PollingReport.com. 2 pages., Results of data from four nationwide surveys of Americans 18 and older regarding their awareness of and attitudes about the threat of avian or bird flu. Surveys: Gallup Poll, NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll.
International: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11681
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3 pages., News release via online., News release covering a meeting panelist's remarks during a webinar about shifting sustainability priorities related to the food system.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23505
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Public Policy Resources Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station via http://poll.orspub.com/poll/ 3 pages., Responses in a Texas Poll to four questions inviting views about (a) the extent to which agriculture is contributing to environmental problems related to soil loss and water use, and b) the extent to which agricultural regulations interfere with landowners' property rights.
USA: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11946
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Online from CFI. 29 pages., The Center "examines the most important emerging trends in animal protein, the latest digital ethnography research on consumer mindset and traditional and social media chatter, and provide specific insight to guide strategy going forward."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11593
Journal Title Details:
37(Supp2) : S107-S112
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7 pages., Author compares attitudes and responses of French and American consumers to emergence of very accessible, inexpensive food, with accompanying differences in food selection, eating style, physical activity, and other aspects of living.
food safety; food irradiation, Evans, cited reference, A debate about the background, food safety, facility safety, labeling, and consumer acceptance of food irradiation is presented in this article.
Online from publication. 5 pages., Summarizes findings of a survey among members of a nationwide consumer panel. Charts identify ranked percentages of respondents who had bought 20 fruits and 20 vegetables during the past 12 months.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09663
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Cambridge Reports National Omnibus Survey, January 1982, based on 1,500 personal interviews with U.S. adults. Results obtained from Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, iPOLL. 2 pages., Summary of responses to survey question ID 395549 about how the respondent feels about television commercials that advertise agricultural products, like herbicides and seed.
Positive: 18%
Neutral: 57%
Negative: 17%
Don't know: 8%
Evans, cited reference, Some poultry processors have decided not to use food irradiation despite FDA's approval. Reasons for their decision, which include consumer acceptance and safety, are given.
Examines controversy over the use of carbon monoxide as a "pigment fixative" for meat - to keep "the product's pink and rosy color in an effort to make it look fresh even as it approaches, or even passes, its expiration date."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23308
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From Washington Environmental Council. 1 page., Responses to question in an adult survey in Washington State about perceived extent to which agriculture in Washington has polluted runoff that threatens rivers, streams and wetlands.
In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Review of articles by Robert Rodale, Robert E. Wagner, Dennis Keeney, and Peter E. Hildebrand in the July-September 1990 issue Journal of Production Agriculture. Authors send messages to "many former outsiders" in the "agricultural road:" inventors, consumers, lobbyists, politicians, environmentalists, input suppliers, and scientists. "...they must now share their power to transform agriculture."
Delmar Hatesohl Collection, 1 page., Overview of findings from three farmers and an SF editor with consumers and members of the urban press in three U.S. cities.
