Discomforting comfort foods: Stirring the pot on Kraft Dinner® and social inequality in Canada

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Rock, Melanie ^a   McIntyre, Lynn ^a   Rondeau, Krista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food banks; Food charity; Food insecurity; Food security; Hunger

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651113976     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9153-x     Document Type: Article

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