The aim of this study was to establish the degree of the acceptance of organic food production and food in the Finnish food chain. The organic food system in Finland is poorly developed and one of the many reasons is that the food chain stakeholders are not committed and do not share common objectives for organic food and its production. A survey was carried among 1527 respondents from agriculture, industry, retail, catering and consumers to establish their opinions on safety and healthiness of organic food, and ecology and ethicality of organic production as well as the support that their own environment provided to their opinions. The results show that all environments are very positive for all four attributes. The best support for positive opinions on... |