"The Only Thing That Isn't Sustainable...Is the Farmer": Social Sustainability and the Politics of Class among Pacific Northwest Farmers Engaged in Sustainable Farming

Rural Sociology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-393

  Pilgeram, Ryanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL SOCIETY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052554354     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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