Nourishing women: Toward a feminist political ecology of community supported agriculture in the United States;Las mujeres que alimentan: Hacia una ecología política feminista de la agricultura sustentada por la comunidad en los estados unidos

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-326

  Jarosz, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Care ethics; Political ecology; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLASS; ETHICS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACE; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957440160     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.565871     Document Type: Article

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