Local government coordination of community food systems in distressed urban areas

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 45-69

  Schneider, Dona ^a   Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen ^b   Cheang, Joseph Miles ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Intern   (United States)

Author keywords

Community food system; Food insecurity; Poverty; Safety net

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649124338     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n04_03     Document Type: Article

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