Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: A case study of Local Food Plus

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Louden, Fiona N ^a   MacRae, Rod J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Certification; Food labeling; Local food; Natural livestock production; Regulation; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952420611     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9209-6     Document Type: Article

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