Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France
Commercial fruit and vegetable box schemes are rapidly growing initiatives that allow customers to make local, organic food choices. This study investigated the socio-demographic profile of consumers using local commercial box schemes, and investigated the barriers and motivations of customers. Crosssectional surveys using identical questionnaires were conducted in Montpellier, France and Nottingham, England. Box scheme users in both countries were primarily rather affluent professionals. The English reported access to local produce that has travelled less food miles (a more altruistic reason) to be the most important motive to purchasing from the box scheme, whereas the French stated quality of produce (a more hedonistic reason) to be key. Both countries ranked ecological commitment and access to organic food as the next most important influences on their participation. The findings reinforce the importance of food quality and pleasure for the French generally, although once this fundamental criterion has been fulfilled, French box scheme users appear equally motivated by contributing positively to the ecosystem. In England, the desire to eat out of season food was cited as the main barrier to making more sustainable food choices. Cost was an important obstacle to increasing consumption of food from sustainable sources in both countries.
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dig-cirad-fr-5506462024-01-28T17:25:44Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/550646/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/550646/ Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France. Brown Elizabeth, Dury Sandrine, Holdsworth Michelle. 2009. Appetite, 183 (2) : 183-188.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006> Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France Brown, Elizabeth Dury, Sandrine Holdsworth, Michelle eng 2009 Appetite E73 - Économie de la consommation fruits légume produit biologique qualité enquête auprès des consommateurs provenance comportement du consommateur http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3131 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8174 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36642 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6400 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28656 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16022 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1821 Angleterre Languedoc-Roussillon France http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2574 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4188 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3081 Commercial fruit and vegetable box schemes are rapidly growing initiatives that allow customers to make local, organic food choices. This study investigated the socio-demographic profile of consumers using local commercial box schemes, and investigated the barriers and motivations of customers. Crosssectional surveys using identical questionnaires were conducted in Montpellier, France and Nottingham, England. Box scheme users in both countries were primarily rather affluent professionals. The English reported access to local produce that has travelled less food miles (a more altruistic reason) to be the most important motive to purchasing from the box scheme, whereas the French stated quality of produce (a more hedonistic reason) to be key. Both countries ranked ecological commitment and access to organic food as the next most important influences on their participation. The findings reinforce the importance of food quality and pleasure for the French generally, although once this fundamental criterion has been fulfilled, French box scheme users appear equally motivated by contributing positively to the ecosystem. In England, the desire to eat out of season food was cited as the main barrier to making more sustainable food choices. Cost was an important obstacle to increasing consumption of food from sustainable sources in both countries. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/550646/1/document_550646.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006 10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.006 |
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Commercial fruit and vegetable box schemes are rapidly growing initiatives that allow customers to make local, organic food choices. This study investigated the socio-demographic profile of consumers using local commercial box schemes, and investigated the barriers and motivations of customers. Crosssectional surveys using identical questionnaires were conducted in Montpellier, France and Nottingham, England. Box scheme users in both countries were primarily rather affluent professionals. The English reported access to local produce that has travelled less food miles (a more altruistic reason) to be the most important motive to purchasing from the box scheme, whereas the French stated quality of produce (a more hedonistic reason) to be key. Both countries ranked ecological commitment and access to organic food as the next most important influences on their participation. The findings reinforce the importance of food quality and pleasure for the French generally, although once this fundamental criterion has been fulfilled, French box scheme users appear equally motivated by contributing positively to the ecosystem. In England, the desire to eat out of season food was cited as the main barrier to making more sustainable food choices. Cost was an important obstacle to increasing consumption of food from sustainable sources in both countries. |
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Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France |
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Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France |
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Motivations of consumers that use local, organic fruit and vegetable box schemes in Central England and Southern France |
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