Irradiation of food products is one of several techniques that reduce the risk of food-borne illness. Despite its advantages, the technique has been used sparingly because consumers are wary about this technology. A logit model is used to evaluate the impacts of demographic factors on attitudes...

The basis of this teaching case is a small nursery and landscape business in the Northeast United States. The case describes how the company attempted to implement a decentralization and employee empowerment program to move relevant decision-making closer to the work site. It illustrates that...

Ornamental growers face a challenge regarding best market channel for their products. Using data from a 2003 survey, this study analyzes the impact of nursery characteristics on channel choice for large and small nurseries. We conclude choice by both sizes was influenced by region, kind of...

As the result of highly visible events that involve food safety (some involving oyster consumption), HACCP programs have been developed to help assure safety. A protocol for seafood products, developed cooperatively by regulators and industry, is in place. The cost of such programs has not been...

Trade is a venue for economic development and diversification. U.S. concerns focus on exports. However, imports of counter-seasonal produce items stimulate port activity. At ports used for these products, a marketing infrastructure develops that can be useful to the domestic produce industry....

Supply-Chain Management (SCM) reduces time requirements and costs from supply chains to improve profitability and/or competitiveness. These savings are possible through conceptual advances and increasing use of powerful computer hardware and software. The SCM concept is defined, and some...

Information on cultural practices, machinery complements, etc. was obtained from a total of 48 commercial growers. Interviews were confined to growers with at least one acre of a particular vegetable crop. Individual acreage of growers interviewed ranged from one for some vegetable crops to...

Cost budgets are reported for 20 vegetable crops, with a total of 38 combinations of crop, machinery size, and market channel.

Vegetable production can offer a high-valued cash crop alternative. While returns may be high, vegetables are perceived to have more risk than conventional row crops. This study used stochastic dominance analysis to evaluate terminal market price risk for four vegetable crops across five market...