Organic and conventional Washington State farmers' opinions on GM crops and marketing strategies

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Glenna, Leland L ^a   Jussaume, Raymond A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmer attitudes; Genetically modified crops; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MARKETING; ORGANIC FARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34547433198     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001603     Document Type: Article

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