A stated-preference model was specified by a logit model to analyze consumers’ willingness-to-pay a five-per cent premium to purchase environmentally friendly products in Newfoundland and Labrador. Although the industry suffers from insufficient number of certified producers in the...

Non-agricultural groups are increasingly challenging agriculture as a polluter of the environment. Policy responses to findings that groundwater in some cases is contaminated with farm chemicals demonstrate that there are limits to good will towards farmers. Society is prepared to socially...

Environmental legislation of the 1980s makes it possible for government agencies to order cleanup of contaminated property and recover cleanup costs. Such orders give rise to the question, "Who pays if contamination is found?" All partiesbuyers, seller, operators, lenders, and others-involved...