Future Visions: A Sustainable and Healthy Local Food Production System

Garrett, James

doi:10.1016/j.rala.2015.12.001

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“…This aspect seems to condition the food choice for about half of the participants (34.8 + 15.8 = 50.6%). Local foods have a social dimension, contributing for the development of local communities and the establishment of local production systems may also contribute to a more efficient use of locally available renewable resources [44][45][46][47].…”

Section: Influence Of Sociodemographic Variables On Sustainable Food Choicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Issues as Drivers for Food Choice: Study from a Multinational Framework

et al. 2021

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This work intended to explore some motivations that influence people’s eating habits towards sustainability. This was an observational, cross-sectional study, carried out by questionnaire survey on a non-probabilistic sample of 10,067 participants from 13 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania and United States). Results indicated that people prefer fresh local foods from the season, being important because it allows transportation and storage to be reduced, which in many cases implies refrigeration systems and consequent energy expenditure. Although people avoid food waste at home, the awareness for the waste at restaurants still needs to be improved. Consumers seem to prefer foods that have been produced and packed in sustainable ways but still give importance to the package—understandable for food products. The results also indicated significant differences in the food choice motivations between groups for all sociodemographic variables tested (age, sex, marital status, education, professional area, living environment and country), but the association was high only for variable country. Additionally, a tree classification analysis allowed to identify the relative importance of the influential variables on the sustainable food choices, with country being the most important, followed by age and sex. Additionally, discriminant function analysis allowed establishing a model for the relation between country and six variables accounting for preservation of biodiversity, respect for life, save natural resources, save energy, reduce industrial pollution and minimal packaging. Although with some limitations, this study brings valuable insight into some aspects linked with sustainable food choices on a number of countries and how people shape their food choices according to some sustainability issues.

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Section: Influence Of Sociodemographic Variables On Sustainable Food Choicesmentioning

confidence: 99%