Market formation, social movements and judgement devices: Creating the organic food market in Australia

2020 ◽  
pp. 144078332090563
Author(s):  
Michael Gilding ◽  
Lee Glezos
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Commodity Markets ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Certification Scheme ◽  
Market Formation ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Organic Produce

A substantial literature demonstrates how social movements pioneer new economic spaces, engaging in activities that create the conditions for new markets. This article applies this insight to the creation of the organic food market in Australia. In doing so, it makes three contributions. First, it highlights the importance of judgement devices – notably a certification scheme – in the making of this market, given that organic and non-organic produce are visually indistinguishable. Second, it describes how judgement devices for organic foods draw commodity markets for mainstream agricultural foods into the symbolic realm, where health, ethical and aesthetic considerations inform value. Third, it demonstrates the socio-political construction of judgement devices, over and above their functional purposes. Specifically, it describes the struggle between challenger social movements and incumbent businesses in creating and promoting competing judgement devices directed towards the designation of value in new markets.

scholarly journals Association Between Organic Food Consumption and Breast Cancer Risk: Findings from the Sister Study (P18-038-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Moon Mark Park ◽  
Alexandra White ◽  
Nicole Niehoff ◽  
Katie O'Brien ◽  
Dale Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Menopausal Status ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Organic Food Consumption ◽  
Organic Produce ◽  
Diet Score

Abstract Objectives Diet is a source of exposure to pesticides. Organic food consumption may lower cancer risk, possibly due to decreased exposure to pesticides. Few studies have investigated the association between organic food consumption and cancer risk and evidence on the risk of breast cancer is limited. Methods We used data from 39,563 Sister Study participants aged 35 to 74 years who enrolled in 2003–2009 and had information available on frequency of organic food consumption. Participants reported their consumption of organic produce, meat, and dairy during the past 12 months as never, less than half the time, about half the time, and more than half the time. An organic diet score was calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2 and 3 for increasing consumption proportions and summing across foods (maximum score 9). We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for breast cancer associated with ever consuming organic foods and organic diet scores, adjusting for potential confounders, including known risk factors for breast cancer. Results At baseline, 61.8% of women reported ever eating organic produce, meat, or dairy. We identified 2336 incident breast cancers diagnosed at least 1 year after enrollment (mean follow-up 9.0 years). Any organic food consumption was inversely associated with breast cancer (HR: 0.87 [95% CI, 0.80–0.95]), especially estrogen receptor negative cancer (HR: 0.77 [95% CI, 0.61–0.98]). There was no trend with increasing organic diet score based on all organic food types. Consumption of organic produce half or more than half the time was associated with reduced risk of breast cancer compared to no organic produce consumption (HR: 0.87 [95% CI, 0.77–0.99]). There was no trend for organic dairy or meat consumption. In stratified analyses, associations did not differ by demographics, obesity, menopausal status, lifestyle characteristics, cancer screening, or degree of family history. Conclusions Although unmeasured factors associated with consuming organic foods may explain these results, organic produce consumption was associated with reduced breast cancer risk. Funding Sources National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

scholarly journals Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangbo Sun ◽  
Buyun Liu ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Linda Snetselaar ◽  
Qi Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Food ◽  
The United States ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Family History Of Diabetes ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Organic Food Consumption

Background: The organic food market has grown rapidly worldwide in the past 15 years. However, evidence concerning the health effects of organic foods is scarce. We evaluated the cross-sectional association of organic food purchase, as a proxy of organic food consumption, with diabetes in a nationally representative population. Methods: We included 8199 participants aged ≥20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2008 and 2009–2010. Organic food purchase and frequency were ascertained by questionnaires. Diabetes was defined as a self-reported physician diagnosis or a hemoglobin A1c level ≥6.5% or both. We used logistic regression with sample weights to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Individuals who reported purchasing organic foods were less likely to have diabetes compared to those who did not report organic food purchase. After adjustment for age, gender, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes, socioeconomic status, and dietary and lifestyle factors, the OR of diabetes associated with organic food purchase was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68–0.93). The association remained significant after additional adjustment for BMI with OR of 0.80 (0.69–0.94). Conclusions: In a nationally representative population, frequent organic food purchase was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence in adults in the United States.

scholarly journals  Consumers’ perception of the health aspects of organic food

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Kutnohorská ◽  
P. Tomšík
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Consumer Perception ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
The Third ◽  
Active Interest ◽  
Food Market

Organic foods are grown using the principles of organic agriculture that are produced, processed and packaged without using chemicals. They have been accepted due to their several perceived benefits over the conventional food. Health aspects of organic food are, in addition to the ethical, environmental, hedonic and “feel good” aspects, the main benefits that the consumers appreciate in organic food. This paper presents the results of a quantitative survey in the Czech organic food market. By using the factor analysis, it showed that the consumer perception of the health benefits of organic food can be viewed from several different angles. There were found three factors that explain 58.42% of variability, which are, based on their relationship with the original items, interpreted as the “knowledge and responsibility”, “being aware, but lax” and “health is important, but not related to food”. The first factor contains enough knowledge related to the health care, the conviction of the importance of food choice regarding health and the active interest and effort to do something for one’s health. The second factor contains enough knowledge related to health care, but is lacking the interest to apply the knowledge and to do something for one’s health, and the third factor contains the conviction that health is an important asset, but the perception of the connection between one’s health and food is absent.  

scholarly journals Motives Affecting Consumer Attitudes and Consumption of Organic Foods in Bulgaria

2019 ◽  
pp. 641-654
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
The Future ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Research Questions

The purpose of the paper is to reveal and analyse the main motives affecting the attitudes and purchasing models of organic foods in Bulgaria. The explanation of these motives is essential with regard to the adequate influencing of consumer behaviour with the purpose of maintaining the dynamics of the organic food market and its sustainable development in the future. Answers to the following research questions are sought consecutively: (1) What are the attitudes of Bulgarian consumers towards organic foods? (2) What are the main motives affecting the nonbuying of organic foods and restricting their consumption? (3) What are the main motives affecting the purchase of organic foods and stimulating their consumption?

scholarly journals Determinant factors influencing organic foods purchase

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (51) ◽  
pp. 89-95
Author(s):  
Milica Čolović ◽  
Vladimir Mitić
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Determinant Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
The World ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The Many

The situation with the virus Covide-19 worldwide, in addition to the many questions of how to best protect ourselves, drew the attention of people and professional community, to the significance and the importance that a healthy nutrition has in preserving and building up immunity, and thus also in the prevention and protect the organism from various negative agents. Due to increased consumer concern for their own health and the environment the organic food market is one of the fastest growing markets in the food industry. The main goal of the current research is to examine determinant factors influencing organic foods purchase in our region. The sample consisted of 571 subjects from Serbia and the region. The data were processed by the SPSS program, and the obtained results show that in our country, as well as anywhere in the world, the price is the most common barrier in the situation of buying organic food. Gender of our subjects was not a significant factor in making the decision and realization of the purchase, while their marital status and age had an influence in making the mentioned decision. In general, our research showed that younger respondents, who are not married, are the most common buyers of organic food.

scholarly journals Consumers Satisfaction towards Organic Food Products in Coimbatore

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 388-390
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Certification Process ◽  
Premium Price ◽  
Buying Behaviour ◽  
Organic Produce ◽  
Buying In ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The organic foods are perceived as more nutritious, healthy, and nature-friendly than conventional food. Consumers, therefore, are switching over to organic food products and are willing to pay a premium price. Findings of my study reveal more women were open to buying organic food products than men – the percentage was 77 per cent for women and 23 per cent for men. Buying in organic stores located in and around Coimbatore. However, the consumers have concerns on organic produce, primarily the certification and authenticity of organic food products has to be improved. They lack awareness towards originality and certification process involved in Organic food products. Also, this market is huge and untapped. So, there are innumerable benefits for all the stakeholders; however, a few challenges.This study provides a better understanding of consumers' attitude, purchase intention and actual buying behaviour towards organic food products. For this purpose, a survey data were collected from 773 Coimbatore consumers through structured questionnaire. Statistical tools adopted to execute the results. And necessary findings provided with data interpretations.

Factors That Influence Perceptions and Purchasing of Organic Produce by South African Consumers

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Geraldene Fynn-Green ◽  
Roger B Mason ◽  
Andrea Giampiccoli
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Organic Fruit ◽  
Organic Produce ◽  
Influence Perceptions

This article provides insight into the literature on consumer perceptions towards organic fruit and vegetables, attempting to identify factors that influence purchasing practices. Several supermarkets and fresh food markets in South Africa are now selling organically produced food items and consequently provide consumers with an alternative to conventionally grown food. However, limited research has been conducted in South Africa regarding consumer awareness and knowledge pertaining to organic produce and how consumer perceptions affect their purchasing practices. This article therefore provides a background to the organic food market in South Africa. From available literature, the article then goes on to explain the consumer behavior related to purchasing organic food produce, specifically with regard to socio-economic demographics and factors influencing willingness to pay a premium for organic produce. The article culminates in suggestions for further research to improve knowledge and understanding of the organic produce consumer in South Africa.

The conceptualization of novel organic food products: a case study of Polish young consumers

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (8) ◽  
pp. 1884-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Radzyminska ◽  
Dominika Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Consumer Survey ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Willingness To Buy ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
Confectionery Products ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Cognitive Gaps

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore young consumers’ attitudes toward novel organic food products by analyzing their acceptability and perception. Design/methodology/approach A mixed method approach was applied to conceptualize (sensory profiling of organic bakery and confectionery products) and then to evaluate young consumer’s willingness to buy (consumer survey) innovative products: ten variants of rolls and ten variants of shortbread cookies made of certified raw materials originating from bio-farming, enriched with a combination of fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. Product recipes were free of saccharose, sweeteners and chemical pulverizing agents. To evaluate consumer orientation toward novel organic products, 200 consumers from Poland (Warmia and Mazury region) were surveyed regarding their hedonic opinion about these concepts. A Likert-type scale was used in the consumer survey to assess the perception and declared willingness to buy the evaluated products. Findings Research results demonstrate that the young consumers had ambivalent or negative attitudes to sensory attributes of many variants of the organic bakery and confectionery products. This could be explained by the taste of most of the products, which appeared unacceptable to consumers. It has been concluded that the choice of organic foods by young consumers is not strictly related to the concern over their health nor to the awareness of health-related attributes of these food products. Taste turned out to be the key factor affecting consumer attitudes toward organic foods and driving their willingness to buy these products. Originality/value Despite the constant development of research in the area of the organic food market, the current scientific findings still have some cognitive gaps that concern attitudes and expectations of consumers, especially of young consumers, toward new ecological products. This study contributed to the young consumers’ behavior knowledge by analyzing their attitudes toward novel organic bakery and confectionery prototypes produced manually. The empirical findings from this study also have practical potential for organic food market applications. Information of this type is useful in understanding and predicting the demand for certain products, which helps managers develop effective strategies.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study of Consumer’s Decision Making Factors in Purchasing Organic Foods in Mumbai City

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Rajendra Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Prefer Food ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Decision Making Factors ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Mumbai City

Consumers increasingly tend to prefer food with added value such as high quality, health benefits and animal welfare. And organic farming is in tune with the expectations of this growing number of consumers who buy organic food despite the considerably higher prices. Organic method is a better method of agriculture than chemical-based agriculture because it retains the health of soil as well as environment and also producing qualitative agricultural produces. The organic food market revenues in India are expected to increase at a CAGR of around 25% during 2014-19. The western region is the highest revenue contributor for the country’s organic food market followed by the southern region. In terms of metro cities, then organic food sales are high in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune and Gurgaon. The present study is undertaken in Mumbai city as Mumbai has one of the highest numbers of organic food outlets in the entire country of India. This study examines consumer preferences for organic foods, their demographic profile, and most importantly, their decision-making factors for purchasing organic foods. All the information pertaining to the research topic is collected with the help of structured questionnaires from the sample respondents. And thereafter, necessary suggestions and recommendation are made by the researcher.

scholarly journals Determinants influencing consumer behaviour in organic food market

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Frýdlová ◽  
Hana Vostrá
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Shopping Behaviour ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Conventional Foods ◽  
The Individual

This is a treatise of consumer behaviour in the Czech foods market, respectively, organic food market. This concerns comprehensive analysis of consumer behaviour, which places great emphasis on the motivating factors and barriers, which substantially influence the individual consumers when deciding between conventional foods and organic foods and are operationally broken down into a set of empirical indicators. The database comes from a questionnaire survey to ascertain the trends in the development of the consumption of conventional foods and organic foods including the shopping behaviour of the individual consumers. The results of the questionnaire survey were evaluated by analysis of the qualitative features and other sophisticated statistical methods were also used. Based on the results obtained, the influence of the individual factors on the decision-making behaviour of the consumers when purchasing foods. The main factors that influence consumer behaviour were considered to be the income of the consumers, price of the foods, attitudes that influence the purchase of foods.

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