Strategic market planning for value-added natural beef products: A cluster analysis of Colorado consumers

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 192-203

  Thilmany, Dawn D ^a   Umberger, Wendy J ^a   Ziehl, Amanda R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Plant Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Natural beef; Targeted marketing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD MARKET; MEAT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845632750     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAF2005143     Document Type: Review

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