Can we sustain sustainable agriculture? Learning from small-scale producer-suppliers in Canada and the UK

Geographical Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-244

  Maxey, Larch ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Ethnography; Sustainable food networks; Wales

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD PRODUCTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748864940     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2006.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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