Working toward a just, equitable, and local food system: The social impact of community-based agriculture

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1086-1101

  MacIas, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 54749137673     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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