Organic Food Consumption and Hypospadias; Results from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.

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Green Consumption

Green Marketing and Environmental Responsibility in Modern Corporations - Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2331-4.ch003 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 42-67

Author(s):

Ozan Kaya ◽

Feridun Duman

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

The State ◽

Green Marketing ◽

Green Consumption ◽

Green Consumers ◽

Food Market ◽

Organic Food Consumption

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.

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Propensity to Purchase Organic Food

Handbook of Research on Developing Circular, Digital, and Green Economies in Asia - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8678-5.ch009 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 164-178

Author(s):

Khairul Nizam Mahmud ◽

Asmat-Nizam Abdul-Talib

Keyword(s):

Consumer Behavior ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

Healthy Lifestyles ◽

Social Emotional ◽

Organic Foods ◽

Consumption Values ◽

Consumer Values ◽

Organic Food Consumption ◽

The Impact

Organic food is becoming popular among today's millennial consumers because of increased awareness of healthy lifestyles. Scholars and practitioners attempt to understand what drives consumers to purchase organic foods toward developing market domination strategies and tactics. Since organic food tends to be more expensive than non-organic, this study aims to analyze the impact of consumer values on their tendency to buy organic food. Consumption values are an important factor that could drive consumer behavior and their preferences for goods or services. Consumption values are defined in terms of the required benefits from the purchase and consumption of the preferred products. Sheth, Newman, and Gross defined consumption values in terms of practical, social, emotional, epistemic, and conditional values.

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The pro‐environmental consumer discourse: A political perspective on organic food consumption

International Journal of Consumer Studies ◽

10.1111/ijcs.12611 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Artur Saraiva ◽

Emília Fernandes ◽

Moritz Schwedler

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

Political Perspective ◽

Organic Food Consumption

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