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Purchasing Organic Food in U.S. Food Systems: A Study of Attitudes and Practice

Abstract
Consumers'’ preference for organic foods in the context of food aspects considered important in a consumption decision and socioeconomic variables has been examined in this study. The results indicate that food aspects related to naturalness, vegetarian-vegan and production location were critical enhancing regularity of organic food purchases. While the familiarity food aspect was viewed as a '‘no’' issue as far as organic food purchases are concerned. Results further indicate that females and young people buy organics on a regular basis. In terms of political affiliation and church attendance, the liberals and those who at least visit places worship once a month will also regularly buy organics.. Consumer/Household Economics,

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Download http://purl.umn.edu/21060
Repository RePEc (Germany)
Type preprint