How important is local food to organic-minded consumers?

Appetite

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 309-318

  Hempel, Corinna ^a   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude behaviour gap; Choice experiment; Consumer behaviour; Food origin; Organic production; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOCAL FOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC FOOD; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, ORGANIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943762333     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.036     Document Type: Article

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