Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23595
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Via U.S. Newswire. 2 pages., Cites results of a national survey indicating the extent to which Americans are concerned about the threat of avian flu and its potential effect on the economy.
Bell, Jon (author / Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency, UK)
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
2005-11-17
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23383
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Annual lecture, Society of Food Hygiene Technology, London, England. 32 pages., Speaker thinks not and describes government response to recent food safety challenges.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23359
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Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. 10 pages., Fourth annual survey of U.S. consumer attitudes about genetically modified food. Research by Mellman Group and Public Opinion Strategies.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23223
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From the United Soybean Board via PRNewswire. 2 pages., Results of 12th annual consumer attitudes about nutrition survey sponsored by the United Soybean Board.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23168
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Via PRNewswire at www.prnewswire.com. 2 pages., Survey reveals that 25% of the general population can be classified as "highly aware," concerned and actively avoiding foods and food sources they believe to be unsafe.
"This paper aims to link changes in the way the central Illinois landscape was imagined and perceived, with the subsequent environmental transformation that resulted in the near total elimination of tallgrass prairie and the wholesale alteration of regional hydrology through channelization and agricultural drainage."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24113
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Gallup Poll Social Series - Governance. Via Gallup Brain. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the work is doing, as related to agriculture and farming.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23031
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Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 3 pages., Author notes that coverage of agriculture is changing in the daily and weekly newspapers of Switzerland. Suggests that farmers are going to have to learn to show more solidarity with urban populations, especially as they demand that other people show solidarity with them.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23101
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2 pages., National television survey showed 50% net positive response to the restaurant industry. Farming/agriculture industry ranked third (45% net positive response), behind computer industry (47%).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23192
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question inviting views about farming and agriculture.
Explores public perceptions of risk to the image of food exporting countries in foreign markets for food products that involve genetically modified crops.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23197
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about respondents' level of confidence in the federal government to ensure the safety of the food supply in the United States.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23196
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about respondents' level of confidence in the safety of food served at most restaurants.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23195
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about respondents' level of confidence in the safett if food available at most grocery stores.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23194
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about the extent to which respondents support or do not support the use of biotechnology in agriculture and food production.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23201
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about activity level of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in conducting research on obesity related health problems.
Findings reveal few differences between rural and urban Ohioans. Greater trust of farmers was found to be related to lower levels of livestock concern. Environmental concern was strongly related to overall concern about large-scale livestock development.
Fielding, Richard (author), Lam, Wendy W.T. (author), Ho, Ella Y.Y. (author), Lam, Tai Hing (author), Hedley, Anthony J. (author), and Leung, Gabriel M. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-05
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22199
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23200
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Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about how well packaged food companies are serving their customers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24383
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Pages 275-298 in Luc Hens and Bhaskar Nath, The world summit on sustainable development: the Johannesburg Conference. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 421 pages.
Rauch, Andrew (author), Sharp, Jeff S. (author), and Social Responsibility Initiative, Department of Human and Community Resource Development, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22213
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Topical report from the 2004 Ohio Survey of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Issues. 4 pages.
USA: Roper Center at the University of Connecticut
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22040
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Public Opinion Online, Gallup Poll of November 2004. 1 page., Responses to a question in a national adult Gallup Poll. Least favorites: cranberries/cranberry sauce - 21%; sweet potatoes/yams - 11%; turkey, stuffing/dressing - 6%.
Survey sponsored by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Harvard School of Public Health.
Format:
Survey
Publication Date:
2004-11-18
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21822
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Princeton Survey Research Associates International, Princeton, New Jersey., Response to a question for U.S. adults about how worried they are about the safety of the food they and their families eat. Results: Very worried, 13%, Somewhat worried, 27%, Not too worried, 30%, Not at all worried, 30%, Don't know/Refused, 1%.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23428
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From Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. 8 pages., Results of the third comprehensive survey by Pew Initiative of U.S. consumer sentiment about the application of genetic engineering in agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21820
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Princeton Survey Research Associates International, Responses to a question for a sample of U.S. parents of children ages 2-17: How much, if at all, do you think children's food choices and eating habits are influenced by the ads they see on television? Results: A lot, 49%; Somewhat, 28%; Only a little, 14%; Not at all, 7%; Don't know/Refused, 1%.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22038
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Public Opinion Online. 1 page., Responses in a national adult Harris Poll about the prices of packaged foods. "Fair and reasonable" - 52%; "Somewhat high" - 32%; "Unreasonably high" - 12%; "Not sure" - 3%.
Features a farmer who hopes to "encourage people to connect British food with British farms and the countryside and therefore buy British food and visit farm attractions."
USA: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, a project of the University of Richmond supported by the Pew Charitable Trust, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: C21643
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A Project of the University of Richmaond Supported by Pew Charitable Trusts Washington D.C., 6 pages, In September 2004 the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology conducted its third comprehensive survey of U.S. consumer sentiment about the application of genetic engineering to agriculture. Similar comprehensive surveys were previously conducted by the Initiative in January 2001 and August 2003. The first survey sought to track consumer awareness of genetically modified (GM) crops, whereas the second survey continued that tracking effort and probed related issues such as regulation of GM foods and preferred applications.
This year the Pew Initiative built on its body of knowledge about consumer sentiment by conducting focus groups as well as fielding a survey. Four focus groups were conducted in Philadelphia and Des Moines on August 25th and 26th. Observations from those groups were then used to develop a survey that both tracked the issues addressed in prior surveys by the Pew Initiative and probed some of the sentiments detected in the focus groups. The resulting survey was then administered to 1000 American consumers who were interviewed by telephone September 22-26, 2004. The margin of error for the survey is +/- 3.1% at the 95% level of confidence. The margin of error is higher for subgroups.
The combined findings from the August 2004 focus groups and the September 2004 survey are summarized below and provide a robust picture of current U.S. consumer attitudes toward GM foods and genetic engineering, why those beliefs are held, and trends in those attitudes over the last three years. In addition to this summary, the Pew Initiative is making available a transcript of the focus groups and the survey results, prepared by the firms that jointly prepared and conducted them, the Melman Group and Public Opinion Strategies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21819
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Gallup Organization, Princeton, New Jersey., Responses to a question among U.S. adults about their overall view of farming and agriculture. Results: Very positive, 19%; Somewhat positive, 31%; Neutral, 34%; Somewhat negative, 9%; Very negative, 3%; No opinion, 4%.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21821
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Gallup Organization, Princeton, New Jersey., Responses from U.S. adults to questions about the foods they include in their diets: beef and other red meat; carbohydrates; fat; fish and other seafood; fruits; grains such as bread, cereal, pasta and rice; salt; soda or pop; sugar; and vegetables
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23852
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From The Financial Times via Rand Corporation. 3 pages., Author comments on different perspectives of Europeans and Americans regarding food, eating and other cultural factors, as related to acceptability of genetically modified foods.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22030
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Associated Press Worldstream, via High Beam Research. 2 pages., Describes influences of the mad cow scare, low-carb diets and other forces on the consumption of potatoes.
Author reports on the complexity and inconsistencies of organic views about nature. "Even with the particular classification scheme expressed within the fish debate, the organic movement simultaneously articulated a wide variety of often contradictory views of nature-society." (p. 231)
Survey and auction results reveal a lack of understanding of the label's meaning as well as a disconnect between the label's function (involving production methods) and consumers' motivations for buying organic (e.g., support for a local sustainable food system).
