Fairness and food choice

Chang, Jae Bong; Lusk, Jayson L.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.08.002

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“…Accordingly, consumers' contextual embeddedness (with all the above mentioned notions conveyed in the product) can evoke positive sensations [47][48][49] and convince consumers to purchase at FMs and pay even more for these products. In addition to price considerations, consumers' preferences for FMs can be driven by fairness related aspects, such as the equal distribution of benefits in the supply chain and altruism toward small farmers [50]. If customer satisfaction is a necessary condition [51], on the other hand, farmers increase their efforts to establish and meet consumers' preferences [52].…”

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Consumers’ Sense of Farmers’ Markets: Tasting Sustainability or Just Purchasing Food?

Giampietri

Koemle

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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Sustainable food consumption has attracted widespread attention over the last decades by scholars, policy makers and consumers. In line with this, farmers' markets (FMs) have the potential to encourage sustainable agricultural production and consumption. By reducing the number of actors and distances along the food chain, these alternative food systems foster the reconnection between farmers and consumers and contribute to different social, economic and environmentally sustainable goals. This paper provides insights into how consumers' sustainability concerns are related to their motivation for shopping at FMs. By means of a choice experiment, we analyze the determinants of consumers' preferences for buying apples at FMs. We are particularly interested in understanding how attitudes towards the three sustainability dimensions are related to consumer preferences in this context. We find that consumer attitudes towards direct contact with producers, contributing to farmers' income, and environmental benefits, can be directly related to product characteristics that are specific to FMs.

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Consumers’ Sense of Farmers’ Markets: Tasting Sustainability or Just Purchasing Food?

Giampietri

Koemle

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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“…In laboratory experiments and in the field, researchers have found that citizens have concerns over inequality, referred to as the distribution of relative payoffs (Chang & Lusk, 2009). Citizens also seem to be concerned about the distribution of outcomes in food supply chains (Briggeman & Lusk, 2011), in particular when comparing the relative pay-offs of small farmers to the pay-offs of others (Chang & Lusk, 2009). Especially in the market of locally produced food, Toler et al (2009) found some evidence that fairness considerations influence food choices.…”

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“…This is supported by findings that indicate that consumers' fairness preferences can be observed in other instances, aside from just fair trade labeled products. There are hints that people are interested in food that is fairer in terms of revenue shifting to (family) farms and fair prices for farmers (Rimal et al, 2006, Chang & Lusk, 2009, Zander & Hamm, 2010and Briggeman & Lusk, 2011Toler et al, 2009 andSchneider &Francis, 2005 for local food). This is in line with the "underdog hypothesis", describing biased support for small, disadvantaged but passionate brands or companies (Paharia et al, 2011).…”

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Farmer share and fair distribution in food chains from a consumer’s perspective

Busch

Spiller

2016

Journal of Economic Psychology

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“…In 2010, Zander and Hamm concluded that in five European countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the UK, approximately 1192 interviews in total), ethical attributes, consisting of animal welfare, regional production and fair prices for farmers, were the most important factors for consumers' purchasing decisions [37]. Fairness of the distribution of benefits resulting from food purchases was also a factor of interest for 2000 US organic food consumers [38].…”

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Organic Food Perception: Fad, or Healthy and Environmentally Friendly? A Case on Romanian Consumers

Petrescu

Petrescu-Mag

2015

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Abstract:The main purpose of this paper is to explore consumers' perceptions of organic food and examine whether organic food products are perceived in the North-West Region of Romania as offering health and environmental benefits or as simply another sine qua non condition to be integrated into the luxurious yuppie lifestyle. The inspiration for our study came from witnessing the stereotypical image of organic food consumers as "stylish, trendy, fancy consumers" in the last three to five years. Scientific evidence on the perceptions of organic food is based on a probabilistic survey. The results indicate an environmental consciousness of organic food consumers in North-Western Region of Romania in terms of organic food: a high percentage of consumers believe that organic food is healthier than conventional food (87%) and that it contributes to environmental protection more than conventional food (75%). A statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed between people with higher education and those without higher education concerning the following beliefs: belief that most people consume organic products because they are in fashion, and belief that organic food contributes to environmental protection.

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Fairness and food choice

Cited by 47 publications

References 31 publications

Consumers’ Sense of Farmers’ Markets: Tasting Sustainability or Just Purchasing Food?

Consumers’ Sense of Farmers’ Markets: Tasting Sustainability or Just Purchasing Food?

Farmer share and fair distribution in food chains from a consumer’s perspective

Organic Food Perception: Fad, or Healthy and Environmentally Friendly? A Case on Romanian Consumers

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