Whose rules rule? Contested projects to certify 'local production for distant consumers'

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 408-434

  Friedmann, Harriet ^a   McNair, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Certification; Ecolabels; Slow Food; Standards; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGROINDUSTRY; CERTIFICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLABELING; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL ECONOMY; UPLAND REGION;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 42649089840     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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