Consumer preferences for local production and other value-added label claims for a processed food product

Wuyang Hu, Marvin Batte, Timothy Woods () and Stan Ernst

European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2012, vol. 39, issue 3, 489-510

Abstract: Using stated preference data from Kentucky and Ohio, USA, we estimate consumer willingness-to-pay for varieties of a processed food product (blackberry jam) that are differentiated with respect to their local production labelling and a series of other value-added claims. Results show that consumers were willing to pay more for the product indicating locally produced, produced in their state or in a well-identified multi-state region. Consumers were willing to purchase organic products, although there might be some confusion as to the meaning of the organic logo. Our results also supported the notion that consumers are willing to support small family farms. , Oxford University Press.

Date: 2012
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