Devon Acres CSA: Local struggles in a global food system

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-217

  Feagan, Robert ^a   Henderson, Amanda ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Devon Acres Organic Farm   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative; Context and situation; CSA Community shared agriculture; Functional; Instrumental; Narrative; Sharing and support; Situated food system learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651114112     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9154-9     Document Type: Article

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