Exploring the social bases of home gardening

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-105

  Schupp, Justin L ^a   Sharp, Jeff S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative agriculture; Food security; Home gardening; Local foods; Ohio; Self provisioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856672094     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-011-9321-2     Document Type: Article

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