Shopping for change? Neoliberalizing activism and the limits to eating non-GMO

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-522

  Roff, Robin Jane ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative food politics; Biotechnology; Neoliberalism; Non GMO

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848929018     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9083-z     Document Type: Article

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