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7125: The committed organic consumer

Geen, Natalie and Firth, Chris (2006) The committed organic consumer. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..

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Abstract - UK committed organic consumers are reported to be about 23 per cent of consumers and account for 84 per cent of organic sales. This paper compares the committed organic consumer who is also a member of the UK’s national charity for organic growing (HDRA), to committed organic consumers in the wider UK population. Broad parallels were found between these two groups of consumers although there were differences in purchasing drivers as environmental issues were relatively more important to HDRA members than other committed organic consumers. There was also a higher prevalence of vegetarianism and gardening in the HDRA sample. Yet consumer preferences are dynamic and there is perhaps no single, stereotypical, organic consumer.

Document Language:English
Subject Areas: "Organics" in general
Food systems
Food systems > Markets and trade
Research affiliation: UK > Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA )
International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 11: Understanding consumption
Total budget (Euro):0
Orgprints ID Number:7125
Contact:Geen, Miss Natalie
Deposited On:10 May 2006
EPrint Type:Submit a paper or a poster to a conference
Published?:Published
Type of presentation:Paper
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed

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