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07.27.2020

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Human Behavior, Beliefs and Practices in the COVID-19 Era

COVID-19 has altered everyday lives around the globe — even if personally unaffected health-wise or...

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07.20.2020

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No Offense, But…

I have spent most of my career buried in datasets attempting to understand what consumers...

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07.13.2020

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Stop Being Ridiculous

How many times have you lamented your interaction with a business for doing something ridiculous?...

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06.29.2020

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Why Revered Rodents Wear Gloves

It is impossible to ignore that animal agriculture provides a (virtual) gateway into agriculture for...

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06.22.2020

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YOU Are Such a Hypocrite!

“YOU are such a hypocrite!”, or the equally prickling plural version, “THEY are such hypocrites!”,...

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06.15.2020

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Straight Talk About Consumer Behavior Under Duress

Parents are interesting human creatures, aren’t they? One day you’re eating food with a fork,...

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06.08.2020

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No One Puts Consumer in the Corner, and Why We’re Letting Her Out

As you read this, you will hopefully have completed the readings from last week’s first...

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06.05.2020

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Know Your Dairy Customers

Consumers are increasingly interested in the methods employed in food production, especially as it relates...

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10.05.2020

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Introducing the Purdue Food and Agriculture Vulnerability Index for COVID-19

Concerns about the spread of COVID-19 led to shut down and stay-at-home orders across the...

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09.08.2020

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Mary, Mary, with COVID so Scary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

In a 2017 nationally representative survey, 38% of respondents indicated they either had or sometimes...

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