Consumers' Attitudes towards Edible Wild Plants: A Case Study of Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Table 7

Respondents’ attitude toward edible wild plants.

	Group I	Group II	Group III
Delicious	4.6	4.5	4.6
Healthy	4.5	4.3	4.6
Cheap	3.8	3.1	3.6
Easy to cook	3.9	3.1	3.3
Availability	4.4	3.6	3.7
Safe food	4.6	4.0	4.3
Representing traditional food culture	4.5	4.1	4.3
Environmental friendly	4.5	4.1	4.3

Note: the numbers of mean attitudes of each group were calculated based on the 5-point Likert scale. A point of 5 refers to strongly agree; 1 point refers to strongly disagree.