Australian Consumers' Concerns and Preferences for Food Policy Alternatives

Results from a 2007 Australian consumer survey conducted at a large farmers market are used to explore the hypothesis that consumers who are more concerned about certain types of food labeling information, particularly information related to food production attributes, are more likely to support policies which help develop farmers markets and support mandatory labeling policies. Product information and attributes such as Country-of-Origin, No Growth Hormones Used, Free Range and Animals Treated Humanely and Environmentally-friendly appear to be very important to consumers. It appears that respondents want increased government involvement in developing consistent food labelling standards for these attributes and support mandatory food labelling policies, however, respondents are split between whether third-parties or the Australian government should oversee regulation of the program. Some respondents appear to view a mandatory labelling policy as a method to improve competitiveness and sustainability of small food producers who want to use labelling to differentiate themselves. Respondents also tended to support the government subsidizing the development of farmers markets. Respondents viewed FM as an opportunity to gain additional information or purchase foods that have credence attributes such as pesticide-free. Thus, policies supporting FM may help alleviate market failures related to asymmetric information and lack of choice.market failure, consumers, farmers markets, labelling, Agricultural and Food Policy,

Bac on the Border

A pesar de que actualmente se encuentra en la reserva de Tohono O'odom en el suroeste moderno de Estados Unidos, cuando la iglesia franciscana de San Xavier del Bac (1780-1797) fue construida, su ubicación era la frontera norte de la Nueva España. Desde el principio la iglesia sobresalió de las otras misiones del norte de la Nueva España por su elaborada decoración, y todavía se distingue porque su contenido ha permanecido intacto. Este ensayo es una introducción a la iglesia como sujeto de estudio de la historia del arte. Se resaltan los siguientes temas: la relación entre el programa franciscano con el jesuita que le precedió en una iglesia anterior en el emplazamiento, la disposición franciscana original de las figuras, los vínculos de estilo entre las esculturas y lo que significaban sobre el (los) taller (es) de la Nueva España de donde debieron haber sido importados; los pintores y enlucidores que trabajaron en la iglesia misma, y la posibilidad de distintas lecturas del programa creado por los españoles, sucesivos religiosos que lo alteraron, y generaciones de congregaciones autóctonas. Para documentar las ideas franciscanas del siglo XVIII, la iglesia de Bac proporciona evidencia, que aparentemente no está disponible en ningún otro lado, sobre la transferencia de propiedades e ideas jesuitas después de la expulsión de la orden de territorios españoles en 1767

Australian Consumers' Concerns and Preferences for Food Policy Alternatives

Results from a 2007 Australian consumer survey conducted at a large farmers market are used to explore the hypothesis that consumers who are more concerned about certain types of food labeling information, particularly information related to food production attributes, are more likely to support policies which help develop farmers markets and support mandatory labeling policies. Product information and attributes such as Country-of-Origin, No Growth Hormones Used, Free Range and Animals Treated Humanely and Environmentally-friendly appear to be very important to consumers. It appears that respondents want increased government involvement in developing consistent food labelling standards for these attributes and support mandatory food labelling policies, however, respondents are split between whether third-parties or the Australian government should oversee regulation of the program. Some respondents appear to view a mandatory labelling policy as a method to improve competitiveness and sustainability of small food producers who want to use labelling to differentiate themselves. Respondents also tended to support the government subsidizing the development of farmers markets. Respondents viewed FM as an opportunity to gain additional information or purchase foods that have credence attributes such as pesticide-free. Thus, policies supporting FM may help alleviate market failures related to asymmetric information and lack of choice