Consumer quest for embeddedness: A case study of the Brantford Farmers' Market

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Feagan, Robert B ^a   Morris, David ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Farmers' markets FMs; Local and alternative food systems; Social and natural embeddedness; Spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855746038     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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