Un/re-constructing the agrarian dream: Going back-to-the-land with an organic marketing co-operative in south-central Pennsylvania, USA

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Trauger, Amy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food networks; Back to the land; Cultural economy; Organic agriculture; Pennsylvania; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846694279     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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