Growing local food: Scale and local food systems governance

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-121

  Mount, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative agriculture; Direct exchange; Family farms; Governance; Local food; Local food systems; Scale; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856665891     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-011-9331-0     Document Type: Article

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