Perception of Use of Environment-friendly Agricultural Products during School Foodservice of Mothers of Elementary School Students in Gyeonggi

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Korean J Community Nutr. 2018;23(3):234-242

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 June 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2018.23.3.234

Young-Un An ¹, Myung-Hee Kim ², Mi-Kyeong Choi ², Mi-Hyun Kim ²

¹Major in Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Kongju National University, Yesan 32439, Korea.

²Division of Food Science, Kongju National University, Yesan 32439, Korea.

Corresponding author: Mi-Hyun Kim. Division of Food Science, Kongju National University, Yesan 32439, Korea. Tel: (041) 330-1463, Fax: (041) 330-1469, mhkim1129@kongju.ac.kr

Received 2018 June 04; Revised 2018 June 26; Accepted 2018 June 26.

Abstract

Objectives

This study was to investigate the perception of mothers of elementary school students regarding environment-friendly agricultural products in school foodservice.

Methods

A total of 282 mothers whose children were receiving environment-friendly agricultural products during elementary school foodservice in Gyeonggi participated in this questionnaire survey. The survey was conducted to investigate respondents perception and satisfaction with environment-friendly agricultural products in their children's school meals from May 29 to June 9, 2017.

Results

About 79% of the subjects were satisfied with school foodservice. The most important aspects of school foodservice were nutrition (35.8%) and sanitation (34.8%). Over 80% of the subjects were aware of environment-friendly agricultural products and about 54% of the subjects checked for a certification mark when purchasing environment-friendly agricultural products. Additionally, 72.3% of the subjects knew that environment-friendly agricultural products were used at school. The advantages of using environment-friendly agricultural products in school foodservice were safety (75.5%) and high food quality (16.3%). About 66% of the mothers knew the school was receiving support from the city or education office for using environment-friendly agricultural products. Additionally, 74.5% of the mothers responded that they are willing to pay for use of environment-friendly agricultural products when subsidies were not supported.

Conclusions

The positive perception and high support for use of environment-friendly agricultural products in school foodservice among elementary students' mothers can be used as basic data for expansion of the use of environment-friendly agricultural products in school foodservice.

Keywords: environment-friendly agricultural products; school foodservice; elementary school students' mothers

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