Food miles: Do UK consumers actually care?

By K. Kemp, A. Insch, D. Holdsworth, J. Knight. 2010

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‘Nudging’ as an architect of more responsible consumer choice in food service provision: The role of restaurant menu design (2017, background): “Given the recent literature discourse on the often erroneous association of local food with more carbon-benign food (Coley et al. 2009; Hallsworth and Wong 2012; Kemp et al. 2010; Wong and Hallsworth 2012), a probe was made to examine if this applied to the sample studied.”
The mindful consumer: Balancing egoistic and altruistic motivations to purchase local food (2018, background): “…select local food for better taste, to support local growers, reduce environmental damage, patriotism, freshness, safety and better quality (Kemp et al., 2010); critical drivers for US consumers are freshness, taste, and nutritional value, followed by support for local farmers,…”
Food miles or carbon emissions? Exploring labelling preference for food transport footprint with a stated choice study (2013, background): “A few studies have focussed on consumers’ attitudes towards the distance food travels (Seyfang 2006; Sirieix et al. 2008; Kemp et al. 2010) and on consumers’ valuation for specific food labelling information related to food miles (Pirog 2004; Onozaka and McFadden 2011).”