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Agricultural Mothers’ Conversations & Decision-Making About Food, Alyssa Rockers, Quisto Settle, Dwayne Cartmell
Agricultural Mothers’ Conversations & Decision-Making About Food, Alyssa Rockers, Quisto Settle, Dwayne Cartmell
Journal of Applied Communications
Agricultural organizations have encouraged farmers and others involved in the agricultural industry to discuss their experiences with consumers and to have meaningful conversations about food. While agriculturalists are encouraged to share their stories on the internet through social networking platforms and blogs, they are also encouraged to have interpersonal conversations about food and agriculture. Due to the elevated concerns of mothers about food and the nature of women and social capital, we need to understand how mothers communicate about food. This qualitative study utilized in-depth interviews with mothers with agricultural backgrounds to answer two research questions: 1) How are mothers …