Are alternative food systems socially sustainable? A case study from finland

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-594

  Nousiainen, Marko ^a   Pylkkänen, Päivi ^a   Saunders, Fred ^a   Seppänen, Laura ^a   Vesala, Kari Mikko ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community; Equity; Local food systems; Rhetorical social psychology; Social sustainability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449103329     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040902997819     Document Type: Article

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