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UD researchers analyze consumer preferences for gene edits in the fruit industry
In states such as California and Florida, the $3 billion orange and citrus industry is big business. More than six in ten Americans drop oranges into their grocery carts. And when they peel that orange or drink a glass of juice, they want it to taste sweet.
Enter citrus greening, a disease here to wreck your morning and the U.S. citrus industryâs bottom line. Spread by the invasive Asian citrus psyllid insect, the disease now affects every citrus growing region in the country, costing growers $975 million annually. Once infected, a citrus tree produces small, bitter fruit, helps spread the disease and then dies prematurely.
Do consumers care about redundant milk labels?
May 6, 2021
Do consumers care about redundant milk labels?
The consumer eye has increasingly turned toward production traits like improved animal welfare standards or the absence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Improving supply-side communication can be critical to meeting changing demands. Labels placed directly on product packaging are a part of key strategies to communicate with consumers.
Some labels popping up in grocery stores, especially in the dairy aisle, redundantly point out things like Organic is always non-GMO, information which is theoretically already captured in the USDA organic label on its own. Since these labels don t communicate any information that isn t already present in the comprehensive USDA organic label, we wanted to investigate whether these redundant labels were actually valuable to the consumer and, if they were, whether that value persisted even after the consumer was informed and understood
Study: Food banks should be used more consistently to better address food insecurity, health issues
Food banks should be used more consistently rather than only during emergencies to better address food insecurity and related health issues, a joint study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and economists at the University of Dallas shows.
The main discovery in our research is that encouraging clients and making it easier for clients to receive food frequently improves their food security, health, and well-being. The food banking system is predicated on the assumption that people need food pantries for emergencies only. But this is a common misconception, as many families and individuals experience food insecurity for months or years at a time and it s more of a chronic condition.
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DALLAS - April 21, 2021 - Food banks should be used more consistently rather than only during emergencies to better address food insecurity and related health issues, a joint study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and economists at the University of Dallas shows. The main discovery in our research is that encouraging clients and making it easier for clients to receive food frequently improves their food security, health, and well-being, says Sandi Pruitt, Ph.D., associate professor of population and data sciences at UT Southwestern, and senior author of the study. The food banking system is predicated on the assumption that people need food pantries for emergencies only. But this is a common misconception, as many families and individuals experience food insecurity for months or years at a time and it s more of a chronic condition.
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