USA: International Food Information Council, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12153
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Online from publisher. 3 pages., Author suggests that say one form of produce is safer and more nutritional than another should be avoided. Cites top seven things to remember about eating healthy and safe foods "when this year's (or any year's) "Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen" lists invade your social media streams."
Balsam, A. (author / Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Webber, D. (author / Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture), and Oehlke, B. (author / Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA: Haworth Press, Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 105 Document Number: C09111
Online from publisher. 1 page., Consultant author identifies four trends he expects in retailing - in general and in food produce departments in particular.
Alston, Julian M. (author) and Parks, Joanna C. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2012-02
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01159
Notes:
Paper presented at the 56th annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Fremental, Western Australia, February 7-10, 2012. 32 pages.
Available online at www.centmapress.org, This study distinguished five categories of inter-organizational network relations: very strong operational, strong sustainable, moderate social, weak innovative and very weak shared resources. The studied networks were characterized by strong activity and actor ties and weak resources bonds. "Specifically, the lack of shared resources might negatively influence the networks innovation and sustainable in the future."
Online from publication. 5 pages., Summarizes findings of a survey among members of a nationwide consumer panel. Charts identify ranked percentages of respondents who had bought 20 fruits and 20 vegetables during the past 12 months.
Online from periodical. 4 pages., In a report from the Packer's 2021 Global Organic Produce Expo, author cited speakers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Organic Trade Association. They indicated that the trend arrow is still pointing up for organic produce. Data from 2019 indicated that numerous organic fruit and vegetable crops have seen sharp increases since 2016. The Association estimated that about 14 percent of all produce sold in the U.S. is organic.
House, Lisa (author), Fritz, Melanie (author), Ameseder, Christoph (author), Haas, Rainer (author), Meixner, Oliver (author), Dahl, Ellie (author), and Hofstede, Gert Jan (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-02-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35934
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In the Proceedings in Food System Dynamics 2010, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, February 8-12, 2010. Pages 255-264.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35974
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Presented at the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Arlington, Virginia, February 18, 2010. 25 pages., Focuses on the development and nature of market information services from USDA in support of organic farm products.
9 pages., Via online journal., Using an agent-based model we explore the model of slavery in modern business developed by Crane (2013). Taking the Spanish agricultural sector—specifically the area of Campo de Dalías in Almería where much of Europe's vegetables are grown—as a case, we find that labour exploitation flourishes in communities of like-minded companies that do not care about mainstream norms. We confirm which socio-economic aspects of labour demand/supply lead to slavery, while challenging the assumption that markets which are dominated by few employers are more prone to exploiting workers. We find that, regarding isolation and connectedness of employers, cluster effects and intense inter-employer communication are particularly effective drivers of underpayment if the cluster is homogenous in terms of wage level and if it is isolated from law-abiding employers. This means that employers tend to confirm and reinforce each other in their illegal behaviour, thus creating enclaves in which non-standard norms prevail and worker exploitation is regarded as legitimate. On the other hand, we see that breaking the isolation of employees among each other only increases pay levels if there are law-abiding employers, pointing to the potentially beneficial role social business and entrepreneurs, state-owned companies, or public entrepreneurs could play for transforming labour conditions of entire markets.
Araya, Rodolfo (author), Rodriguez, Rafael (author), Molina, Julio C. (author), Ramos, Federico T. (author), and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, CIAT Cali, Columbia
Format:
Guide
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
Latin America: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical en cooperacion con el Programa Cooperativo Regional del Frijol para Centroamerica, Mexico y el Caribe, PROFRIJOL.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C18628
Notes:
looseleaf pages in binder with 37 slides and 17 transparencies; number 6 of this series: Variedades mejoradas de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): concepto, obtencion y manejo
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08827
Notes:
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.
December 1 issue via online. 3 pages., Farm Journal Media will purchase Vance's agriculture and produce assets. Vance Publishing is a multimedia company founded in Chicago in 1937.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D00953
Notes:
PowerPoint presentation in the session, "Making locally grown food more available," of the Ag Outlook Forum, U.S. Department of Agriculture, February 2012. 33 pages.
Online from periodical. 3 pages., Author described the responsibilities and importance of the produce manager/specialist. "These hardworking individuals live in two worlds; they have one foot in the stores and one foot in the corporate office." Emphasized the need for communications leadership among the teams with whom they work.
Online from periodical., Article briefly describes research indicating the windows of opportunity for encouraging babies to eat and like fruits and vegetables.
Weatherspoon, David D. (author), Oehmke, James F. (author), Coleman, Marcus A. (author), Dembele, Assa (author), and Weatherspoon, Lorraine J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
USA: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00917
Online from publisher. 2 pages., "The effects of misinformation during a pandemic, especially via social media, highlight how important it is for produce companies to have a clear, correct, calm message." Author cites importance of being sensitive to the needs of those being served. Cites examples of adjusted messaging during the COVID-19 pamdemic.
8 pages, via online journal, Dense networks of rivers, canals, ditches, dikes, sluice gates, and compartmented fields have enabled the farms of the Red River Delta to produce 18% of Vietnam's rice (Oryza sativa) crop (figure 1), 26% of the country's vegetable crops, and 20% of capture and farmed aquaculture (Redfern et al. 2012). Agriculture in this fertile delta was transformed in the 11th and 13th century AD by large-scale hydraulic projects to protect the delta from flooding and saltwater intrusion, and provide field drainage during the wet season and crop irrigation in the dry season (Tinh 1999). The 20th century brought advancements in agricultural science globally—new crops and livestock genetics, inorganic fertilizers, mechanization, and pesticides that could double and triple food production per unit of land. It was the diesel pump combined with post-Vietnam War agricultural collectivization from 1975 to 1988 that brought the Green Revolution to the Red River Delta.
4 pages, Online subscription. 4 pages., Summary of grocery shopping patterns during the first 10 months of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S.
