Understanding and (dis)trusting food assurance schemes: Consumer confidence and the 'knowledge fix'

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Eden, Sally ^a   Bear, Christopher ^a   Walker, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Certification schemes; Consumers; Food assurance; Knowledge; Scepticism; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD; KNOWLEDGE; MONITORING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348948447     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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