Reflections on nutritional health and the environment: The journey to sustainability

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-25

  Gussow, Joan Dye ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dietary guidelines; Energy; Local diets; Relocalization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049094336     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J477v01n01_02     Document Type: Article

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