Lost in the supermarket: The corporate-organic foodscape and the struggle for food democracy

Antipode

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-532

  Johnston, Josée ^a   Biro, Andrew ^b   MacKendrick, Norah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodity fetishism; Corporate foodscape; Food democracy; Organics; Place

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; INNOVATION; RETAILING; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 66549108831     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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