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62. It's not just dinner: meal delivery kits as food media for food citizens
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Sabitha Ahmad (author) and Sowards, Stacey K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11332
- Journal Title:
- Frontiers in Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 3:39
- Notes:
- Authors examined the growth of meal kit delivery services. They advance three arguments to explore the cultural phenomenon of these services. "Despite their investment in the performative dimensons of cooking as a way to reconnect with the food system, they also miss opportunities to address gender, culture, and waste, which limits the radical potential of that performativity."
63. Know your indoor farmer: square roots, techno-local food, and transparency as publicity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Keshwani, Jenny (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- United States: Sage
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12748
- Journal Title:
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 64, Iss. 11
- Notes:
- 19pgs, Advocates of indoor vertical farming have pitched the enterprise as key to the future of food, an opportunity to use technological innovation to increase local food production, bolster urban sustainability, and create a world in which there is “real food” for everyone. At the same time, critics have raised concerns about the costs, energy usage, social impacts, and overall agricultural viability of these efforts, with some insisting that existing low-tech and community-based solutions of the “good food movement” offer a better path forward. Drawing from a mix of participant observation and other qualitative methods, this article examines the work of Square Roots, a Brooklyn-based indoor vertical farming company cofounded by entrepreneur Kimbal Musk and technology CEO Tobias Peggs. In an effort to create a market for what I refer to as “techno-local food,” Square Roots pitches its products as simultaneously “real” and technologically optimized. As a way to build trust in these novel products and better connect consumers with producers, Square Roots leans on transparency as a publicity tool. The company’s Transparency Timeline, for instance, uses photos and a narrative account of a product’s life-cycle to tell its story “from seed-to-store,” allowing potential customers to “know their farmer.” The information Square Roots shares, however, offers a narrow peek into its operations, limiting the view of operational dynamics that could help determine whether the company is actually living up to its promise. The research provides a clear case study of an organization using transparency–publicity as market strategy, illustrating the positive possibilities that such an approach can bring to consumer engagement, while also demonstrating how the tactic can distract from a company’s stated social responsibility goals.
64. Livestock handlers' attitudes, knowledge and current practices towards animal welfare, occupational wellbeing and transport risk factors: a Mexican survey
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Valadez-Noriega, M. (author), Estevez-Moreno, L.X. (author), Rayas-Amor, A.A. (author), Rubio-Lozano, M.S. (author), and Galindo, F. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Mexico
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10371
- Journal Title:
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- Journal Title Details:
- 160 : 76-84
- Notes:
- 9 pages.
65. Local food movement gains momentum under COVID-19
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hiller, Stephanie (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11710
- Journal Title:
- High Country News
- Journal Title Details:
- May
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Originally published by Yes! magazine and reproduced by High Country News as part of the SoJo Exchange of COVID-19 stories from the Solutions Journalism Network., Some consumers have turned to community agriculture as the pandemic strains the nation's food system.
66. Local food systems: concepts, impacts, and issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Martinez, Steve (author), Hand, Michael (author), Da Pra, Michelle (author), Pollack, Susan (author), Ralston, Katherine (author), Smith, Travis (author), Vogel, Stephen (author), Clark, Shellye (author), Lohr, Luanne (author), Low, Sarah (author), and Newman, Constance (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2010-05
- Published:
- USA: Economic Research Service, U.S Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: D10861
- Notes:
- Printed results of related research (Appendices A and B)retained in ACDC., Economic Research Report Number 97. Online via University of Illinois Extension. 87 pages.
67. Local food vitality index: measuring consumer attitudes toward food system attributes
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, Tim (author), Rossi, Jairus (author), and Davis, Alison (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-03
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09654
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Food Distribution Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 48(1) : 33-41
68. Maintaining trust and credibility in a continuously evolving organic food system
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thorsø, Martin Hvarregaard (author) and Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, TjeleDenmark
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-08
- Published:
- Springer Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10269
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(4) : 767-787
- Notes:
- 21 pages., Credibility is particularly important in organic food systems because there are only marginal visual and sensorial differences between organic and conventionally produced products, requiring consumers to trust in producers’ quality claims. In this article I explore what challenges the credibility of organic food systems and I explore how credibility of organic food systems can be maintained, using the Danish organic food system as a case study. The question is increasingly relevant as the sale of organic food is growing in Denmark as well as globally, and consumers’ expectations of organics continuously evolve. The inquiry is threefold, first I outline a conceptual framework for understanding trust and credibility in the food system, secondly I explore the developments in Danish organic food systems and thirdly discuss the challenges and opportunities for maintaining trust in the Danish organic food system. In the analysis I indicate eight key challenges: (1) unrealistic expectations, (2) blind trust and little motivation for extending their knowledge, (3) consumers assess the overall credibility of organic products, (4) ambitious ethical principles, (5) new consumer groups introduce new expectations, (6) frozen requirements in a changing world, (7) growing imports and labelling and (8) multiple versions of organics and the diversity is growing, as well as four aspects which may maintain the credibility of organics if implemented: (1) coordinate expectations, (2) communicate requested information, (3) institutional reform and (4) open communication of pros and cons of organic production.
69. Many concerned about imported foods from China, Mexico
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Herman, Robin (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-06-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28065
- Journal Title:
- Innovations Report
- Notes:
- via Food Safety News
70. Market Coordination in The Development of The Cauca Valley Region-Colombia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Riley, Harold (author), Saurez, Nelson (author), Shaffer, James (author), Henkety, Donald (author), Larson, Donald (author), Guthrie, Colin (author), and Lloyd-Clare, David (author)
- Format:
- Collection
- Publication Date:
- 1970-03-31
- Published:
- Columbia: Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D00883
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Research Report No. 5, Marketing in Development Communities Series, 386pp
71. Most consumers say they lack access to information about food, CFI research shows
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-27
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Folder: 161 Document Number: D07855
- Notes:
- Online from Center for Food Integrity. 2 pages.
72. New era of smarter food safety is upon us
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Koger,Chris (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07-17
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11757
- Journal Title:
- Packer
- Notes:
- Online from publisher. 3 pages., Highlights and cited reactions to a 10-year plan, "New Era for Smarter Food Safety," from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Four key elements: tech-enabled traceability, smarter tools and approaches for prevention and outbreak response, new business models (such as e-commerce) and retail food modernization, and food safety culture.
73. Not getting laid: consumer acceptance of precision fermentation made egg
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zollman Thomas, Oscar (author), Chong. Mark (author), Leung. Angela (author), Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie (author), and Ng, Shu Tian (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-09-14
- Published:
- Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12961
- Journal Title:
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- V.7
- Notes:
- 16 pages, Mounting concern over the negative externalities of industrialized animal agriculture, coupled with falling cost curves of novel food technologies have birthed the field of cellular agriculture: a new category of food technology seeking to reproduce the sensory experiences of animal protein, and promising a cleaner, more ethical way of enjoying animal proteins. This research examines consumer acceptance of precision fermentation (PF) made egg products in Germany, Singapore, and the USA. Using an online survey of 3,006 participants, the study examines demographic and dietary traits that predict willingness to try such products and identifies the reasons why consumers are most attracted to them. The findings suggest that PF made egg products are likely to find a willing market, with a substantial proportion (51–61%) of participants willing to try the product, with vegetarians and vegans displaying the highest enthusiasm. Egg consumption habits and, to a lesser extent, income also predict acceptance. Major reasons for adopting the product were animal welfare in Germany, and health aspects in Singapore and the USA, as well as curiosity in all three countries. Observed differences between the acceptance of PF egg and PF dairy are discussed, as well as comparisons to existing alternative protein (AP) product adoption.
74. On the importance of tightening feedback loops for sustainable development of food systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sundkvist, A. (author), Milstead, R. (author), and Jansson, A.M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26397
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(2): 224-239
- Notes:
- 16 p.
75. Options for reforming agricultural subsidies from health, climate, and economic perspectives
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Springmann, M. (author) and Freund, F. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-10
- Published:
- USA: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12611
- Journal Title:
- Nature Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 13, N.82
- Notes:
- 7pgs, Agricultural subsidies are an important factor for influencing food production and therefore part of a food system that is seen as neither healthy nor sustainable. Here we analyse options for reforming agricultural subsidies in line with health and climate-change objectives on one side, and economic objectives on the other. Using an integrated modelling framework including economic, environmental, and health assessments, we find that on a global scale several reform options could lead to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and improvements in population health without reductions in economic welfare. Those include a repurposing of up to half of agricultural subsidies to support the production of foods with beneficial health and environmental characteristics, including fruits, vegetables, and other horticultural products, and combining such repurposing with a more equal distribution of subsidy payments globally. The findings suggest that reforming agricultural subsidy schemes based on health and climate-change objectives can be economically feasible and contribute to transitions towards healthy and sustainable food systems
76. Post Covid 19 and Food Pathways to sustainable transformation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blay-Palmer, Alison (author), Carey, Rachel (author), Valette, Elodie (author), and Sanderson, Matthew R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-03
- Published:
- United States: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11863
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 3, volume 37
- Notes:
- 3 pages, The COVID 19 pandemic has demonstrated clearly that change can happen suddenly and dramatically, creating great uncertainty. Social distancing is the norm world-wide as we all work to ‘flatten the curve’. The economy is crashing, and despite stabilizing attempts, continues to stagger. The combination of a pandemic with economies in decline around the world is increasing food insecurity across the globe (UN-FAO 2020). But in uncertainty, new possibilities arise and new pathways open. Change creates the conditions for transformation. We now have an opportunity—perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—to learn from past weaknesses and create food systems that are more healthy, sustainable, equitable and resilient. Thinking ahead to post-COVID 19 food systems, it is important to ask, what are we learning about our level of preparedness? And what next steps are suggested by food system weaknesses at local, regional and global scales in the context of the international pandemic? Lessons are already emerging from this crisis—and from the multiple innovative responses to it—about how to retool food systems toward sustainability and resilience. For example, numerous food providers and retailers have moved online (Open Food Network) and social enterprises are delivering fresh local food and backyard growing kits to vulnerable population groups.
77. Practicing ecological citizenship through community supported agriculture: opportunities, challenges, and social justice concerns
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Misra, Manoj (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05-26
- Published:
- USA: American Anthropological Association
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12968
- Journal Title:
- Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- V.45, Iss.1
- Notes:
- 13 pages, Green political theorists often highlight local food systems as an exemplar of ecological citizenship. Nevertheless, the topic has received scant systematic and critical treatment within green political theory. Although local food initiatives generally tend to be environmentally friendly, not all such initiatives lead to better environmental outcomes, nor can they be essentially characterized as citizenship practices that foster social justice. This article argues that a situated analysis is necessary to understand how a particular local food initiative promotes ecological citizenship. Through a qualitative study of community supported agriculture (CSA) participants in the greater Edmonton region of Canada, this article analyzes the civic virtues nurtured by this community and interrogates the extent to which their everyday practices resemble ecological citizenship. It concludes that discursive and structural limitations prevent the Edmonton CSA community from achieving meaningful diversity and addressing social justice concerns within its realm.
78. Promoting biodiversity in food systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hawkins, Irana W. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10410
- Notes:
- 367 pages.
79. Puerto Rico's push for food independence intertwined with statehood debate
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Miller, Jenna (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09754
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt. 5 pages.
80. Q&A: organizing for food sovereignty in eastern kentucky
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stern, Rebecca (author)
- Format:
- Online Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-08-12
- Published:
- United States: The Daily Yonder
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12788
- Journal Title:
- The Daily Yonder
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 6pgs, Valerie Horn works with several community action groups in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The state’s recent flooding has made these organizations even more vital to the community.