'People are just becoming more conscious of how everything's connected': 'Ethical' food consumption in two regions of Canada

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-769

  Beagan, Brenda L ^a   Ristovski Slijepcevic, Svetlana ^b   Chapman, Gwen E ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

canada; community; culture; ethical consumption; food; reflexivity; region; tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955368687     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510369364     Document Type: Article

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