...Elaine Shaw; Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform a comparative analysis on the attitudes of rural and urban Irish consumers towards cultured meat. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods exploratory sequential design was used. This involved collecting...

..., 2005a, b data, and applying a two-stage quadratic almost ideal system estimation procedure, the present study separately estimates the expenditure elasticities for rural and urban households for five food items: rice, wheat and rice and wheat products, pulses, fish and vegetables. Second, using...

...Irma Tikkanen Purpose – This paper aims to describe the transformation towards consuming local and organic food (LOF) in the catering of a rural town. Product development cooperation, procurement, consumption, and prices are illustrated. Achieved local, social and environmental benefits...

..., and the rural areas surrounding Thurso. Following an outline of the research projects and their methodology, selected results are presented, focusing on the contemporary diet, and food choice and availability. The paper concludes with a discussion concerning the extent to which the data from the three rural...