The objective of this paper is to provide insights on the welfare distributional impact on consumer and producer welfare resulting from the development and implementation of a credence certification program in the U.S. pork sector. The certification program can provide various levels of tracking...

This study examined the size and the determinants of the price premium a sample of Edmonton-area consumers was willing to pay for organic wheat bread. The development of these premiums included consideration of providing information on health or environmental advantages of organic production and...

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/30/04.

Over the past 25 years, traditional agricultural co-operatives have been challenged by competition from local investor-owned firms and multinational companies, deregulation and globalization of trade, and increased market concentration in suppliers and purchasers. At the same time, co-operatives...

Lilydale Co-operative Ltd was one of Canada’s largest and most geographicallydiversified co-operative poultry processors. In 2005, Lilydale voted to end its 65-year existence as a cooperative and converted to an investor-owned firm (LilydaleInc.). The motivations for Lilydale’s...