Visions of the middle landscape: Organic farming and the politics of nature

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-256

  Vos, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental politics; Federal regulation; Nature society relations; Organic farming and food

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349004359     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007623832251     Document Type: Review

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