Places to Intervene to Make Complex Food Systems More Healthy, Green, Fair, and Affordable

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 466-476

  Malhi, Luvdeep ^a   Karanfil, Özge ^a   Merth, Tommy ^a   Acheson, Molly ^a   Palmer, Amanda ^a   Finegood, Diane T ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Farm diversity; Feedback loops; Food prices; Food systems; Healthy food; Leverage points; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 72149084127     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320240903346448     Document Type: Article

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