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Agric Human Values 2018 Jan 30;35(1):131-147. Epub 2017 Jun 30.

Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

Controversies in food and agriculture abound, with many portrayed as conflicts between polarized viewpoints. Framing such controversies as dichotomies, however, can at times obscure what might be a plurality of views and potential common ground on the subject. We used Q methodology to explore stakeholders' views about pesticide safety, agricultural worker exposure, and human health concerns in the tree fruit industry of central Washington State. Read More

Agric Human Values 2015;32(3):445-460. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia.

Transnational food retailers expanded to middle-income countries over recent decades responding to supply (liberalized foreign investment) and demand (rising incomes, urbanization, female workforce participation, and time poverty). Control in new markets diffuses along three axes: socio-economic (rich to poor), geographic (urban to rural), and product category (processed foods to fresh foods). We used a mixed method approach to study the progression of modern retail in Thailand on these three axes and consumer preferences for food retailing. Read More

Agric Human Values 2015 Jan;32(4):649-662

School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-300 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1C9.

Peoples' perceptions of healthy eating are influenced by the cultural context in which they occur. Despite this general acceptance by health practitioners and social scientists, studies suggest that there remains a relative homogeneity around peoples' perceptions that informs a hegemonic discourse around healthy eating. People often describe healthy eating in terms of learned information from sources that reflect societies' norms and values, such as the Canada Food Guide and the ubiquitous phrase "fruits and vegetables". Read More

Agric Human Values 1989 ;6(4):21-9