Lessons learned from pesticide drift: A call to bring production agriculture, farm labor, and social justice back into agrifood research and activism

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Harrison, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrifood activism; Farm labor; Pesticide drift; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349097524     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9121-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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