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Results from sketch of farmers , rancher and consumer .
Last week , the findings of two interior food yield surveys were released during “ The Food Dialogues , ” a town hall - style discussion exhibit byU.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance . The surveys , conducted by phone by Ketchum Global Research web and Braun Research in August , 2011 , concentre on the opinions , attitudes and interrogative consumers and farmers / ranchers have about the current and succeeding state of how solid food is grown and raised in the United States .
Results reveal that lack of memory access to entropy , as well as no interest or rage for the topic , have separate consumer opinion on the direction of agriculture .
“ Americans have a great deal of questions about where their food come from , how it is raised and if it is good for their wellness farseeing - term , ” say Bob Stallman , chairwoman of USFRA and president of the American Farm Bureau Federation . “ USFRA commissioned two separate sketch to first ask farmer and rancher what they wished Americans could have more information about where their nutrient come from . We then demand consumer what questions they have on the same topic . The finding of both study bespeak there is an opportunity for more dialogue between farmers , ranchers and the American public about how food is grow and raised in the U.S. ”
The results of both surveys were share and discussed during The Food Dialogues , which took place last Thursday in four U.S. cities and online viaFacebookandwww.fooddialogues.com .
high spot of the research include :
The resume expose that consumers have become disconnected from their intellectual nourishment , yet guess about the guinea pig on a regular basis . Consumer survey highlights include :
The purpose of the consumer resume was to ask Americans what additional information , in relation to how food is grown and advance in the U.S. , they would wish to get wind more about . The top five topics that drew the most interest include :
The destination of the farmer / rancher view was to identify topics that farmers and rancher wish Americans had more entropy about when it come to food and how it is grown and raised in the U.S. According to the survey , farmer and rancher said the top misconception they need to defeat as an manufacture is that a few “ bad actors ” are representative of the intact manufacture . to boot , farmers and ranchers identify the effect of pesticides , antibiotic drug and fertilizers on intellectual nourishment as the most important priority they should address when communicating with consumer . Farmer / Rancher Survey Highlights include :
When asked which top five topic were most crucial to school consumer about , Farmer and rancher respond :
“ We go for the results of the survey , combined with [ last week ’s ] Food Dialogues issue , will cover the conversation between husbandman , ranchers and anyone who is interested in learning more about how food is grown and raise in the United States , ” Stallman allege .
For extra data on the survey or The Food Dialogues event , visitwww.fooddialogues.com .
To learn more about U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance , visitwww.usfraonline.org/.
