The place of food: Mapping out the 'local' in local food systems

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-42

  Feagan, Robert ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Terroir'; Community; Foodshed; Local food systems; Localism; Place; Region; Relocalization; Respatialization

Indexed keywords

FOOD; GLOBALIZATION; REGION;

EID: 41549110382     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132507073527     Document Type: Article

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