Home-grown protein crops as an alternative to soya in dairy cattle meals, as well as other sustainable ethical-based practices, have been proposed to increase the sustainability of dairy production. Data on consumer acceptance of the three novel sustainable production strategies of...

Frauen erfüllen auf landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben die verschiedensten Rollen - Betriebsleiterin, mithelfende Familienarbeitskraft, Partnerin, Mutter, Köchin, Pflegende und viele andere mehr. Die befragten Frauen erleben in der Mehrheit diese Rollenvielfalt als erfüllende Herausforderung,...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is present experiences using a well-established forecasting tool, the Delphi method, to explore the dynamics of, and prospects for the development of the market for organic food in Europe. Delphi, developed by the Rand co-operation to improve military...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the values that underlie consumers purchasing decisions of organic food.Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on data from focus groups and ladderinginterviews with a total of 181 regular and occasional consumers of organic food that...

Home-grown protein crops as an alternative to soya in dairy cattle meals, as well as other sustainable ethical-based practices, have been proposed to increase the sustainability of dairy production. Data on consumer acceptance of the three novel sustainable production strategies of...

This paper considers two main questions: Is it possible to use Farm Business Survey (FBS) data to derive well-established environmental indicators and can these FBS derived indicators also provide a reasonable comparison of the environmental performance of organic and conventional farms? The...