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Congress Topic 4:
Consuming organics
The topic will include sessions on consumer relations together with sessions on general nutritional and health aspects of organic food.
The topic is organized by the EU research projects QLIF and EISfOM. Topic coordinators are Toralf Richter, Elizabeth Oughton and Lorna Lueck.
The topic consists of three themes:
- Health and nutrition
- Understanding consumption
- Measuring the trends
Coordinators of the three themes, as described below, are Lorna Lueck, Elizabeth Oughton and Toralf Richter.
Potential contributors to the individual themes (either oral or poster presentations) should look at the full descriptions offered through the links entitled 'More'.
Deadline for submission of papers is March 1st, but a short submission form should kindly be filled out before February 15th (see Congess website).
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Health and nutrition
Much of the popularity of organic food is derived from the belief of consumers that organic food is healthier than conventional food. But is it really? The more popular organic food becomes, the more urgent is the need to prove this universal health claim. More... |
Lueck
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Understanding consumption
The theme explore the evolving changes in the European organic marked and the implications for our understanding of organic consumption. For some products, e.g., the supply chain now resemble that for conventional food and there is more widespread availability of organics. More... |
Oughton
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Measuring the trends
Consumption of organic food has increased. But precise figures on e.g. household expenditure behind the organic consumption are difficult to estimate. The theme focus on practises used in measuring private organic consumption. Also focus is on the 'occasional organic buyer'. More... |
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