Just and Sustainable? Examining the Rhetoric and Potential Realities of UK Food Security

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-204

  MacMillan, Tom ^a   Dowler, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Food Ethics Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defra; Food policy; Food security; Social justice; UK government

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FREE TRADE; GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859435680     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-011-9304-8     Document Type: Article

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