Hallman, W.K. (author), Schilling, B. (author), Hossain, Ferdaus (author), Onyango, B. (author), Adelaja, A. (author / Food Policy Institute), and Food Policy Institute
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2002-06
Published:
USA: Food Policy Institute FPI Publications
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21833
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11201
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Online via ProPublica website. 2 pages., Examines issues of bogus labels and related issues in the arena of food distribution, marketing, and communications.
6 pages, Using an intercept method at two local farmers’ markets (n= 192), this study found the notion that local foods taste better and are more nutritious (i.e., lionization) and the notion that buying locally supports and contributes to the local economy and community (i.e., communization), positively influences consumers’ attitude towards shopping at their local farmers’ market. This positive attitude subsequently influences consumer purchase behavior. Extension professionals can utilize these data-driven results to aid in effective farmers’ market promotion by communicating micro-benefits (e.g., nutrition, taste) and macro-benefits (e.g., economic impact) to potential and current farmers’ market consumers.
Thomson, Joan S. (author) and Kramer, Victoria L. (author)
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24004
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26 p. Paper presented at the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists' 103rd annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. [Agricultural Communications Section].
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21180
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Critique of pesticides used in food production. Indiscriminate use by farmers (p. 17). Medical problems created for farm workers and others (p. 56-71). Inadequate legal mechanism for protecting consumers against pesticides (p. 73-110), emphasizing inadequacy of USDA in this regard. Educators being hired to serve industrial interests (111-127). Analysis of appeals in pesticide usage, emphasizing benefits over hazards (p. 128-145). Fertilizer industry also endangers health (p. 146-158). Suggestins for solving pest problems without pesticides (p. 173-273).
First published May 7, 2019. In press., We analyzed comedy series for food and beverage references, with particular attention to their type of presentation, along with the characteristics of actors associated with the references. Because the generally positive tone of comedy series can exert affective influence over audiences, the result that clearly unhealthy products appeared more often (food: 51.6%; beverage: 40.5%) than clearly healthy ones (food: 11.2%; beverage: 19.6%) could be especially problematic. Moreover, women (56.5%; men: 47.4%) and African American characters (62.7%; Caucasians: 51.5%; Other: 44.7%) were significantly more often associated with unhealthy foods, which could prompt stereotypes of such individuals.
"The current situation in the EU can be summarized by the paradoxical conclusion that GMO is safe to eat, but only when produced outside the Member States."
Features a campaign, "Farmers Feeding the World," a philanthropy "developed to rally the agricultural industry against hunger, while communicating the importance of modern agriculture."
W. K. Kellogg Foundation: Publications and Resources - Food Systems and Rural Development, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24505
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Prepared for the FrameWorks Institute by Meg Bostrom, Public Knowledge LLC. 46 pages., Summarizes findings of a national survey of adults to determine the effects of various conceptual frames on people's understanding of the food syswtem and their support for related policies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08827
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Pages 1071-1094 in Rob Roggema (ed.), Agriculture in an urbanizing society volume two: proceedings of the sixth AESOP conference on sustainable food planning. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pages 601-1274.
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 Document Number: C21744
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Pages 53-59 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Wightman, Norma (author / University of California Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo, CA)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07900
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James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., A 10-hour training program was designed to teach volunteers to deliver short programs that demonstrate using the new nutrition label to select lower fat and/or low sodium foods. Volunteers contracted to "pay back" 10 hours of community service. In cooperation with the local Area Agency on Aging Nutrition Program, volunteers delivered 20-minute interactive programs at nutrition sites to nearly 400 seniors. Post-tests showed a majority of seniors could recognize the new nutrition facts label compared with the old nutrition label after the brief presentations. Information on sodium content was most frequently sought on nutrition labels by this audience. A survey of the volunteer extenders showed high job satisfaction and a feeling of contributing valuable information to the community. It was recommended that in addition to teaching experience, volunteers be required to have at least one college-level course in nutrition. Refinements in the training curriculum were also recommended and are being piloted on a second group of volunteers.
20 pages., Via online from the University of Illinois website., Authors' review provided an overview of the data sources, computational methods, and applications of text data in the food industry. Applications of text data analysis were illustrated with respect to food safety and food fraud surveillance, dietary pattern characterization, consumer-opinion mining, new-product development, food knowledge discovery, food supply-chain management, and online food systems.
Scheufele, Dietram (author), Corley, Elizabeth (author), and Ho, Shirley (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2009-08-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29321
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Posted at http://www.aejmc.org, Paper presented at the 2009 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Boston, Massachusetts, August 5-8, 2009.
Dietz, T. (author), Frisch, A.S. (author), Guagnano, G.A. (author), Kalof, L. (author), Stern, P.C. (author), and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030; Department of Education and Human Services, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901; Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, New York 12901; U.S. National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 22052; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08646
Online via AgEconSearch., Authors evaluated the impact of varietal awareness and nutrition knowledge on their adoption of biofortified crop varieties. Findings suggested that farmers who had knowledge of the nutritional attributes of a specific variety of beans were more likely to adopt them.
15 pages., The paper analyses characteristics of vertical relationships of organic supply chains with a specific focus on the processing and retailing sectors. The analysis takes into account different regions of the EU Mediterranean area. Data were collected through interviews using an ad hoc questionnaire. The survey was based on a sample of 306 firms, including processors and retailers. The analysis revealed that a relevant aspect for the processing firms of organic products concerns the guaranteeing of safety and quality levels for the products. The main tools to implement the quality management are based on the adoption of specific production regulations and quality controls. The premium price most frequently applied by processors ranges from 10% to 40% and similar values are revealed for retailers. The diffusion of supply contracts allows the vertical coordination between agriculture and processing firms in the organic supply chains. The main distribution channels for the processing firms are represented by specialised shops in organic products, direct sales and supermarkets.
"A closer look at the social construction of 'consumers' reveals that the agro-food industry has waged a double disinformation campaign to manipulate and to re-educate consumers while appearing to respond to consumer demand." Authors point to consumers' loss of skills for making discerning decisions about the multiple dimensions of quality, including healthful diet, planetary sustainability and community economic development. Also, "this process has a significant gender dimension."
Roush, Chris (author) and National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2008-06-27
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28193
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3 pages., Identifies "downward spiral for business journalism" and argues that what journalists, managers and media properties "seem to be forgetting is that there is no more important story to tell consumers than that of business and the economy." Mentions need for coverage related to food.
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: D10572
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5 pages., via website, FAIR., Author revisits an earlier concern about the performance of a newspaper food columnist who recently admitted taking money from agribusiness interest groups that she covers.
Ebsco via UI subscription., Author discusses use of terms such as "farm fresh" in milk advertising and the part such techniques play in a long-term debasement of language.
Evans, Jim (author), Roberts, Owen (author), and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2009-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29588
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Via online. 7 pages., Fifth in a series of professional development features to serve those to wish to communicate effectively in the rural-urban arena.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07829
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USDA 388-74, Address by Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz before the Mid-Winter convention of the Oklahoma Press Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 15, 1974, 10:00 a.m., CDT.
Meyer, Christian (author), Hamer, Martin (author), Terlau, Wiltrud (author), Raithel, Johannes (author), and Pongratz, Patrick (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
Germany
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06581
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Presented at the International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks>2015 International European Forum, Innsbruk-Igls, Austria, February 9-13, 2015. 10 pages.
