Consumer Preferences for Sustainability in Food and Non-Food Horticulture Production

Consumer preferences for food allergen labeling

BACKGROUND Food allergen labeling is an important tool to reduce risk of exposure and prevent anaphylaxis for individuals with food allergies. Health Canada released a Canadian food allergen labeling regulation (2008) and subsequent update (2012) suggesting that research is needed to guide further iterations of the regulation to improve food allergen labeling and reduce risk of exposure. OBJE...

Strategic Implications of Consumer Food Safety Preferences

This study examines the tradeoffs consumers are willing to make relative to food safety attributes and other product attributes, such as quality and price, and develops implications for both the government and private sector firms. Conjoint analysis was used to elicit consumers’ preferences for fresh Red Delicious apples. The attributes studied include price, product quality as depicted by the ...

Food Safety Information on the Internet: Consumer Media Preferences

*Author for correspondence: Phone: +1 302.831.6514; Fax: +1 302.831.6395; E-mail: [email protected] Broader food safety communication may help engage consumers and contribute to an overall improvement in food safety. Results of an online questionnaire demonstrate the importance of the Internet in food safety communications about foodborne illness outbreaks. Despite the great potential of social m...

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Sustainability of organic food production: challenges and innovations.

The greatest challenge for agriculture is to reduce the trade-offs between productivity and long-term sustainability. Therefore, it is interesting to analyse organic agriculture which is a given set of farm practices that emphasise ecological sustainability. Organic agriculture can be characterised as being less driven by off-farm inputs and being better embedded in ecosystem functions. The lit...