Linking Local Food Systems and the Social Economy? Future Roles for Farmers' Markets in Alberta and British Columbia

Rural Sociology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-61

  Wittman, Hannah ^a   Beckie, Mary ^b   Hergesheimer, Chris ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; FOOD; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; MARKET SYSTEM; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84857791651     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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