Talking Local: Florida Consumers’ Food Buying Decisions when Given Local Food Information

by piecenter | Aug 15, 2025

This document is AEC514, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2014. Revised November 2017 and February 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the...

Talking Local: Florida Consumers’ Local Food Purchasing Behaviors

by piecenter | Aug 15, 2025

This document is AEC510, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2014. Revised November 2017 and January 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the...

Talking Local: Florida Consumer Definitions of Local Food

by piecenter | Aug 15, 2025

This document is AEC509, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2014. Revised November 2017 and January 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the...

Diffusion of local foods purchasing and online shopping methods during the pandemic

by piecenter | Jul 12, 2024

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic caused mainstream food supply chain disruptions, increased food security concerns, and impacted agri-food production and distribution systems. Short food supply chains provided consumers with an alternative method to acquire food...

“It all goes back to trust”: A qualitative exploration of extension professionals’ perceptions of COVID-19 vaccines in rural Florida

by piecenter | Sep 11, 2023

While urban communities experienced high levels of infection at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, rural communities experienced an increase of confirmed cases during the fall months of 2020. Rural Americans were also among the most hesitant to receive the COVID-19...