Common ground? Motivations for participation in a community-supported agriculture scheme

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-218

  Cox, Rosie ^a,b   Holloway, Lewis ^c   Venn, Laura ^d   Dowler, Liz ^e   Hein, Jane Ricketts ^f   Kneafsey, Moya ^f   Tuomainen, Helen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d West Midlands Regional Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD PRODUCTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARKETING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46749148901     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830701669153     Document Type: Article

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