The impact of environmental and health motivations on the organic share of produce purchases

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-320

  Durham, Catherine A ^a,b  

^a Food Innovation Center Experiment Station in Portland   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Health; Organic produce share

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549011227     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007115     Document Type: Article

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