What makes consumers buy, or what causes them not to buy, has long been the subject of research, and today it is a well worn topic of conversation. Agricultural economists are professionally concerned with consumers' demand for food and the motivation of their choices. Through the years,...

The production and distribution of food is perhaps the most important single vertical segment of our national economy. More than one-fourth of our personal disposable income goes for food. On the other side of the picture, our farmers receive more than two-thirds of their income from sales of...

The National Food Survey has been a carefully watched gauge for both wartime and postwar British food administration. It has measured the successes and the failures of the policies and programs for maintaining equitable distribution of foods essential to the civilian population of the United...

The choice among several concepts of food consumption depends upon what is to be studied, whether a farm problem, a marketing problem, or a problem at the level of consumer purchase or food intake. That choice will largely determine the selection among possible measures of food consumption. No...

Food Expenditures By Minneapolis-St. Paul Families: Variations and Implications

Food Shopping Practices of Upper Income Families in Minneapolis-St. Paul

Potential Contributions of Food Consumption Research to Agribusiness