Food production on right path, but misperceptions remain
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.
Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) released findings of a new
survey about Americans' perceptions on food production. The
survey, released in conjunction with The Food Dialogues: New
York, revealed Americans increasingly believe food production is
heading in the right direction. However, the survey also found
Americans still have widespread misperceptions about how food is
grown and raised. According to the survey, 53 percent of
Americans believe food production is heading in the right
direction — an increase from the 48 percent who believed the
same in a benchmark 2011 USFRA survey. Yet the survey reveals a
gap between how Americans feel about their food and what they
really know about their food. More than one in four Americans
(27 percent) admit they often are confused about the food they
are purchasing. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) do not believe
that 95 percent of all U.S. farms are in fa