Social sustainability, farm labor, and organic agriculture: Findings from an exploratory analysis

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-449

  Shreck, Aimee ^a   Getz, Christy ^b   Feenstra, Gail ^c  

^a California Cattlemen's Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Certification; Farm workers; Labor; Organic agriculture; Social justice; Social sustainability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845255791     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9016-2     Document Type: Article

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