Research on organic farmers is popular but has seldom specifically focused on their motivations and decision making …. Results based on detailed interviews with 83 New Zealand farmers (both organic and conventional) are presented by way of a … that lie behind farmers' choices of farming methods and highlight the diversity of motivations for organic farming …

third-party certifications – the Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, Utz Kapeh, and Shade/Bird Friendly initiatives …

synthetic chemicals. Organic farming is applied to technologies with no chemicals or synthetic fertilisers used during … pesticide-free practices lie between organic and conventional practices, and are possible steps when converting conventional … farms to organic farms. We compare the technical efficiencies and technology gaps of the four farming systems in northern …

baskets of organic products and how this varies across households. We use rich scanner data on food purchases by a large … organic products. These bounds provide information about willingness to pay for organic without imposing restrictive … example by stores to provide robust upper bounds on the revenue implication of introducing a new line of organic products. …

Organic producers have limited methods of avoiding plant diseases that result in cosmetic damage to produce. Therefore …, the appearance of organic produce is often less than perfect. We use an experimental auction to investigate how cosmetic … damage affects consumers' willingness to pay for organic apples. We find that 75% of the participants are willing to pay more …

willing to pay more for locally-grown applesauce compared to applesauce that was labeled organic or low fat and low sugar …

The appearance of organic produce is often less than perfect because of limited methods of avoiding plant diseases. We … for apples. We find that 75% of the participants are willing to pay more for organic than for conventional apples given … identical appearance. However, at the first sight of any imperfection in the appearance of the organic apples, this segment is …

Purpose Identifying the drivers that positively influence consumption of organic products is of utmost importance to … motivating beliefs and a simple decision-making heuristic as predictors of buying organic. Design/methodology/approach A …. While beliefs explained about 75 per cent of the variance in the decision-making heuristic for organic products, the …