Consumer perceptions of seasonal and local foods: A study in a U.S. community

Agriculture & Biology

• consumer attitudes 100%
• local food systems 66%
• food marketing 63%
• vegetables 62%
• grocery stores 57%
• community development 55%
• consciousness 52%
• tropical and subtropical fruits 49%
• environmental sustainability 49%
• staple foods 47%
• human nutrition 46%
• fruits 46%
• cooperatives 40%
• breads 39%
• questionnaires 35%
• meat 30%
• markets 27%
• farms 26%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• food 54%
• fruit 18%
• vegetable 12%
• food market 9%
• staple food 8%
• environmental sustainability 6%
• cereal 6%
• meat 6%
• marketing 6%
• nutrition 6%
• seasonality 5%
• economic development 5%
• farm 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Food 55%
• Fruit 15%
• Vegetables 10%
• Social Planning 7%
• Economic Development 7%
• Bread 6%
• Edible Grain 6%
• Farms 6%
• Meat 5%
• Marketing 5%
• Consciousness 5%
• Names 5%