Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23310
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Eurobarometer via European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. 1 page., Responses to European Union survey question about agreement or disagreement with the idea that the agri-food industry bears a great deal of responsibility in the mad cow disease affair.
November 19 issue via online. 2 pages., "Cygnus Business Media this week folded its monthly food and agriculture group trade magazine, Frozen Food Age."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13496
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8 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Fiorentino, R. (author), Pineiro, M. (author), Trigo, E. (author), Balcazar, Alvaro (author), and Martinez, Astrid (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
Colombia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18395
Notes:
Pages 47-69 in Martin Pineiro and Eduardo Trigo (eds.), Technical change and social conflict in agriculture: Latin American perspectives. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 248 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05023
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James F. Evans Collection; See C05022 for original, In: MacDonald, June Fessenden, ed. Agricultural biotechnology : food safety and nutritional quality for the consumer. Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1991. p. 74-81
Forker, Olan D. (author), Kaiser, Harry M. (author), Liu, Donald (author), Mount, Timothy D. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1989-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04109
Notes:
See also C04100, Ithaca, NY : Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 1989. 69 p. (A.E. Res. 89-22)
Frank, W. (author / EEC, Brussels) and EEC, Brussels
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C00987
Notes:
In: Hanf, C-H; Schiefer, G.W. eds., Decision and information in agribusiness : proceedings of the Third Symposium of the European Association of Agricultural Economics. Kiel : Kieler Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, 1982: 305-314
search through journal, In this paper, dimensions of the debate surrounding the application of gene technology to food production are discussed and a study assessing perceptions of the technology among a sample of the UK public (n=1499) is reported. The general picture that emerges from the study is one of people expressing low familiarity with the technology, with more people associating it with high risks than with low risks, and more people expecting it to provide low benefits than high benefits. Attitudes towards different applications vary significantly, as does trust in different potential sources of information about the technology. It is also shown that attitudes can be predicted not only by estimates of risks and benefits but also by perceptions of the involvement of ethical issues, but the perceived need for the technology, and by the perceived likelihood of improvements it is likely to bring to the quality of life in the UK. The results are discussed in the context of the need for greater public information about the technology and the realization that communication of risks takes place within a complex network of societal relationships. (original)
Gamble, Joanna (author), Muggleston, Sue (author), Hedderley, Duncan (author), Parminter, Terry (author), and Richardson-Harman, Nicola (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2000-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C11028
Journal Title Details:
78 pages
Notes:
HortResearch Client Report No. 2000/249. This report has been prepared by The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd (HortResearch) which has its Head Office at Batchelar Research Centre, Private Bag 11 030, Palmerston North, Mt. Albert Research Center, Auckland, New Zealand
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27777
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21 pages., Proposal from the Grover Park Group to the Grocery Manufacturers Association for a public relations campaign to reduce political and public support for the current corn-based ethanol policy.
Grinnell, Gerald (author), Hamm, Larry G. (author), and Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA; Policy Analyst, Office of Energy, USDA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 64 Document Number: C02324
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27775
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4 pages., Seeks outside public relations counsel to help the Association deliver industry messages on bio-fuels impacts to the media and encourage legislative and regulatory goals related to bio-fuels.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24389
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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa, via LexisNexis Academic. 2 pages., Comments on reactions of the food industry and some farm organizations to the book, "Chew on this," by Eric Schlosser.
Heffernan, William D. (author) and Hendrickson, Mary K. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2002-02-14
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23365
Notes:
Presented at the annual meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium: Science and Sustainability. The farm crisis: how the heck did we get here?" Boston, Massachusetts, February 14-19, 2002. 21 pages.
Examines emerging global food chains that displace local decision making and, alternatively, emerging alternatives that help localize production/consumption relationships in the food system in equitable ways.
Henderson, Peter L. (author / Economic Research Service, USDA) and Economic Research Service, USDA
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1964
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05440
Notes:
AgComm teaching, Evans, Mimeographed, 1964. 7 p. Presented at Marketing Economics Division, NBC Market Research Symposium, Virginia Beach, VA, July 26-28, 1964.
Concerns the growing public debate over obesity. Includes "time-tested elements" of strategies the commentator expects trial lawyers to use in efforts to affix blame on the food industry.
Hudson, Michael A. (author), Sonka, Steven T. (author), Streeter, Deborah H. (author), and Streeter: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Sonka: Professor of Agricultural Management, University of Illinois; Hudson: Associate Professor, Bruce F. Failing, Sr., Chair of Personal Enterprise, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1991-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06101
"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."
Johnston, Robert D. (author / Department of History, Yale University)
Format:
Book review
Publication Date:
1999-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23352
Notes:
Via H-Net Review in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Michigan State University. 5 pages., Review of Deborah Fink, Cutting into the meatpacking line: workers and change in the rural Midwest.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10141
Notes:
search from AgEcon., Working Paper 97-01, 17 pages; Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat PDF 107K bytes, Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is an industry-wide, collaborative initiative to re-engineer the grocery supply
chain. This report presents findings from a study of ECR adoption in Minnesota grocery stores. Data were collected through interviews with managers of forty stores that are broadly distributed over store sizes, locations, and organizational forms. The interviews focused on business practices and technologies related to inventory management and ordering, shelf-space allocation and product assortment decisions, and product pricing and promotions. Findings are presented from three distinct perspectives: (1) stores grouped by location (metro and out- state), (2) stores grouped by rganizational form (corporate chain, independent chain, and single store), and (3) stores grouped by levels of an ECR "readiness index" that indicates the level of adoption for key business practices and technologies that support ECR initiatives. The following general conclusions can be drawn from the detailed results presented in this report. 1. Location in the Twin Cities metropolitan area makes an important difference in implementing some components of the ECR initiative. On average, metro and out-state stores differ little with respect to store size or the adoption of technologies that support ECR. Metro stores are much more likely than out-state stores, however, to coordinate shelf space and product assortment decisions and pricing and promotion activities with outside trading partners. 2. On average, stores that are part of a chain, especially a large corporate chain, are making faster progress toward implementation of ECR initiatives than are single stores. However, three independently owned single stores were also among the most innovative of those we visited. In these stores, it appears that a visionary, energetic owner/manager is able to quickly respond to new opportunities. 3. ECR adoption and superior performance are closely associated. Stores with a high ECR "readiness index" have much higher sales per labor hour, sales per square foot, and annual inventory turns. We cannot determine whether ECR readiness leads to better performance or better performance makes it easier to adopt business practices and technologies that support ECR. We can conclude, however, that competitive forces will almost certainly drive more stores toward adoption of a wider range of technologies and business practices that support the ECR initiative. In summary, ECR is changing the way Minnesota grocers do business, and adopting ECR practices goes hand-in-hand with better financial performance. Findings from this study suggest that stores of any size and organizational form that are willing and able to adopt new technologies, to develop cooperative relationships with their trading partners, and to respond to the unique needs of their customers will increase their chance of success in this competitive market.
