Eat Local? Constructions of place in alternative food politics

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-369

  Harris, Edmund M ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957143631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00298.x     Document Type: Review

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