The commoditization of products and taste: Slow food and the conservation of agrobiodiversity

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-83

  Lotti, Ariane ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity conservation; Alternative agriculture movements; Basque Country; Commoditization; Pigs and pork; Slow Food

Indexed keywords

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EID: 75849161099     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9213-x     Document Type: Article

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