Purchasing organic food in US food systems

Onyango, Benjamin M.; Hallman, William K.; Bellows, Anne C.

doi:10.1108/00070700710746803

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“…The dynamics of the Czech organic food market imitate the growing trend of the markets in the West European countries and the USA (Onyango et al 2007); the majority of sales represent cereals (crop production) and beef (livestock) (Václavík 2008). Despite the fact that organic food still constitutes a relatively small portion of the food market (Raynolds 2000), thanks to the growing interest of customers, the previously small niche of the market changes over time into a significant segment and the marketing principles are increasingly taken into consideration.…”

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Consumers' perception of the health aspects of organic food

Kutnohorská¹,

Tomšík²

2013

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Organic foods are grown using the principles of organic agriculture that are produced, processed and packaged without using chemicals. Th ey have been accepted due to their several perceived benefi ts over the conventional food. Health aspects of organic food are, in addition to the ethical, environmental, hedonic and "feel good" aspects, the main benefi ts that the consumers appreciate in organic food. Th is paper presents the results of a quantitative survey in the Czech organic food market. By using the factor analysis, it showed that the consumer perception of the health benefi ts of organic food can be viewed from several diff erent angles. Th ere were found three factors that explain 58.42% of variability, which are, based on their relationship with the original items, interpreted as the "knowledge and responsibility", "being aware, but lax" and "health is important, but not related to food". Th e fi rst factor contains enough knowledge related to the health care, the conviction of the importance of food choice regarding health and the active interest and eff ort to do something for one's health. Th e second factor contains enough knowledge related to health care, but is lacking the interest to apply the knowledge and to do something for one's health, and the third factor contains the conviction that health is an important asset, but the perception of the connection between one's health and food is absent.

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Consumers' perception of the health aspects of organic food

Kutnohorská¹,

Tomšík²

2013

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“…female sex, infants in the household and a higher age, were positively associated with organic food buying behaviour [5] [61]. However, other studies found that mainly younger people buy organic food [62]. Hence, effects of sex, age, education and children in the household can be expected, though the direction is an open question for age.…”

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Differences between Occasional Organic and Regular Organic Food Consumers in Germany

Krömker¹,

Matthies²

2014

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It was the aim of this study to understand the differences between occasional organic consumers (OOC) and regular organic food consumers (ROC). A total of 571 consumers, interviewed directly after grocery shopping, were classified as conventional, occasional organic or regular organic consumers depending on the number of organically produced items bought. In order to gain encompassing insights on the differences between the ROC and OOC consumer groups, a large set of psychological and socio-demographic factors was studied. They differ with respect to general food choice motives with OOC placing significantly less importance on animal welfare, food security, environmental protection and more importance on caloric content, convenience and price compared to ROC; with respect to beliefs about the consequences of organic food consumption OOC expect greater expense, less choice, no increase in vitamins and no improvement in taste compared to ROC, and finally OOC show a less positive attitude, weaker social norms and lower intentions of buying organic food regularly in the future and give a lower importance in their lives to protection of the environment. OOC finally prefer different grocery stores and use a larger variety of stores than ROC.

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“…However, it has been shown that political views may be associated with food purchasing practices, 65 so it is surprising that neither construct was associated with politics. Future studies are required to determine the reliability of this result before any conclusions can be drawn.…”

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“…59 Additionally, vegetarian/vegan self-identity has been associated with purchasing of organic foods. 65 Based on evidence connecting self-identity shifts and behavior change, creating an identity shift based on moral foundations may promote healthy eating in a way that focuses on ethics as opposed to improving health knowledge.…”

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Associations between moral foundations and healthy eating identity and self-efficacy

Kiser¹

2013

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Background: Previous research suggests a healthy eater schema (i.e., identifying yourself as a healthy eater) may be a useful concept to target in interventions. A "stealth" intervention that discussed the moral issues related to food worked better at promoting healthful eating than an intervention focused on the health benefits. No research has explored the relationship between moral foundations, a theoretical model focused on delineating core "foundations" for making a moral decision, and healthy eater selfidentity or self-efficacy. Purpose:We explored the relationship between moral foundations (i.e., harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, in-group/loyalty, authority/respect, & purity/sanctity) and health eater self-identity and fruit and vegetable self-efficacy (FVSE).Methods: 542 participants completed an online cross-sectional survey, which included moral foundations (i.e., MFQ), political views, healthy eater self-identity (i.e., HESS), and FVSE measures. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between moral foundations between healthy eater self-identity after controlling for age, gender, major, BMI, and political beliefs. OLS regression was used to explore the relationship between self-efficacy and the moral foundations after controlling for the covariates.Results: 75.6% of the sample were college students, with a mean age of 25.27 (SD=8.61). 25.1% of students were nutrition majors. Harm/care, authority/respect, and ingroup/loyalty were significantly associated with healthy eater schema, (i.e., OR=1.7, ii p<. 001, OR=1.5, p=.009, and OR=1.4, p=.027, respectively). Ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity were related to FVSE (p=.006, p=.002, p=.04, respectively). Conclusion:Among college students, harm/care and authority/respect were associated with a healthy eater schema. Future research should explore possible uses of these moral foundations in interventions (e.g., a plant-based diet based on reduced harm to animals or eating fewer processed views based on "traditional" values). Without his direction, this thesis absolutely would not have been possible.

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Purchasing organic food in US food systems

Cited by 152 publications

References 10 publications

Consumers' perception of the health aspects of organic food

Consumers' perception of the health aspects of organic food

Differences between Occasional Organic and Regular Organic Food Consumers in Germany

Associations between moral foundations and healthy eating identity and self-efficacy

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