Environmental reviews & case studies: D-town farm: African American resistance to food insecurity and the transformation of Detroit

Environmental Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-417

  White, Monica M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555218499     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046611000408     Document Type: Review

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