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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C10814
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2 pages
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Posted on Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada, The AG Agenda, American Farm Bureau, http://www.fb.com/views/agenda/2000/ag042000.html
Dickrell, Peter A. (author), McCracken, Vicki A. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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Report
Publication Date:
1989
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07196
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food irradiation; food safety, James F. Evans Collection, Pullman, WA : College of Agriculture and Home Economics Research Center, Washington State University, 1989. (Research Bulletin No. XB1014) 14 p., The history of food irradiation is explained. The description of and results from a focus group study of consumer attitudes about food irradiation are presented.
food safety, Consumer concerns about food safety span the issues of pesticide and herbicide residues on agricultural products, additives and preservatives used in food processing, and antibiotics and hormones used in livestock feed. Apprehension about food safety seems to be on the rise. Yet, consumer information has not kept pace. California's Proposition 65, passed in November 1986, requires food labels to note toxic chemicals and is one example of how consumers are seeking to ameliorate this situation. It may be time to permit individual consumers to decide how much toxins they want to consume, i.e., permit the marketing of food products containing a range of toxins so long as the foods are labeled to indicate the level of "health hazard" associated with the toxins the food contains. The "health hazard" displayed on food labels might be calculated like statisticians determine the health hazards associated with automobiles. (original)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23355
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16 pages., Author describes contradictory pulls in the food policy landscape, including deskilling of consumers on the one hand and new skills on the other.
USA: University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23682
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California Studies in Food and Culture. 457 pages., Nutritionist examines "what I see as a central contradiction between nutrition theory and practice."
Kinsey, Jean (author) and Ndayisenga, Fidele (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1994-12
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: C10325
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Staff paper P94-25, 19 pages
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This staff papers is derived from the Ph.D. dissertation by Fidele Ndayisenga titled the "Impacts of Farm and food Firms' Lobbying Expenditures on Transfers to Agriculture, 1994, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota., Staff Papers of University of Minnesota
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
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07112
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food irradiation; food safety, James F. Evans Collection, In: Charles W. Felix (ed), Food Protection Technology. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, Inc., 1987. p. 55-60
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11881
Journal Title Details:
21 pages
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UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Systems and National Experiences for Protecting Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices. Geneva, 30 October - 1 November 2000
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
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C11028
Journal Title Details:
78 pages
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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
