The value of 'naturalness' in organic agriculture

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-345

  Verhoog, H ^a   Lammerts Van Bueren, E T ^a   Matze, M ^a   Baars, T ^b  

^a LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concept of nature and naturalness; Environment; Ethics; Farm ecology; Health; Integrity of life; Organic food

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHICS; NATURALNESS; ORGANIC FARMING; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 34147213444     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(07)80007-8     Document Type: Article

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