Localizing control: Mendocino County and the ban on GMOs

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Walsh Dilley, Marygold ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Civic agriculture; GMOs; Localization; Re localization; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649102911     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9176-3     Document Type: Article

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