CONSUMER FOCUS GROUPS
Part One - attitutes to genetic engineering in food production Part Two - Intention to purchase or avoid tomatoes genetically modified to reduce the need for pesticides. This report outlines preliminary findings from a three year research ... [... more]
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Orchardists Call On Boycott Of Australian Fresh Produce
More than 350 irate Hawke's Bay orchardists will be on track to Parliament in an historic steam locomotive next month to call for a nationwide consumer boycott of Australian fresh fruit and vegetables. HASTINGS 27/05/2005 - More than 350 irate ... [... more]
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Organochlorine Insecticides (OC’s)
Pesticide residues have been a catch cry of environmental and consumer groups since the mid-1960’s when Rachel Carson drew the public’s attention to the deleterious ecological effects of organochlorine insecticides which were in widespread use at ... [... more]
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Theory behind the practice
Excessive seed numbers in citrus fruit are a real consumer turn-off. In our search for better easy peel hybrids for export and local markets, we have begun using plant tissue culture techniques to develop seedless triploid selections. In 1983, ... [... more]
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LARGE FRUIT
The level of management required in commercial persimmon growing is dependent on market/consumer needs and the environmental conditions within a production area. In New Zealand, the persimmon industry is currently targeted at selling fresh fruit ... [... more]
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Robert L. Shook
What do shoppers dislike most about shopping? What's the most common reason customers are turned off by ads? Which recent technology ranks highest as a consumer pet peeve? As founder and chairman of America's Research Group, Britt Beemer has ... [... more]
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