Promising ethical arguments for product differentiation in the organic food sector. A mixed methods research approach

Appetite

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-142

  Zander, Katrin ^a,c   Stolz, Hanna ^b   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^c THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Attitude behaviour gap; Consumer behaviour; Ethical consumerism; Fair producer prices; Information Display Matrix; Local production; Mixed methods research; Organic food

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHOICE EXPERIMENT; CONSUMER; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISPLAY MATRIX; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUSTRIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMOTIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84871650821     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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