Food assistance through "surplus" food: Insights from an ethnographic study of food bank work

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-186

  Tarasuk, Valerie ^a   Eakin, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Corporate donations; Ethnography; Food banks; Food charity; Food insecurity; Surplus food; Volunteer work

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444475806     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-8277-x     Document Type: Article

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