8853: Local and/or Organic: A balancing of values for producers and consumers
(2006) Local and/or Organic: A balancing of values for producers and consumers. Poster presented at "What will organic farming deliver COR 2006", Edinburgh, 18-20 September 2006.
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Summary
The poster explores the meaning of organic and local food and how closely they are related in the mind of consumers and producers of organic food, drawing on focus group discussions and laddering interviews with 181 consumers and 33 producers. The results show that both groups associate organic food with local trade and see this as an important value. It is concluded that in the complex organic food networks both producers and consumer have to balance localness with other values and constraints when making decisions about where to buy or where to sell their organic products.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | organic food, values, market outlets, producer, consumer |
| Subject Areas: | Values, standards and certification > Regulation Food systems > Markets and trade Values, standards and certification > Consumer issues |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Organic Revision UK > Univ. Aberystwyth > Institute of Rural Sciences (IRS) UK > Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR) > COR 2006 |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 8853 |
| Contact: | Padel, Dr Susanne |
| Deposited On: | 17 July 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Conference poster |
| Published?: | Unpublished |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
| Additional Publishing Information: | The proceedings of the conference will be published by the Association of Applied Biologists. Publication details will be amended accordingly |
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