Community supported agriculture membership in Arizona. An exploratory study of food and sustainability behaviours

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-436

  MacMillan Uribe, Alexandra L ^a,b   Winham, Donna M ^a   Wharton, Christopher M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Community supported agriculture; Composting; Eating out; Ecological attitudes; Family participation; Food preparer; Food shopper; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Local food; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; WASTE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARIZONA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84863440629     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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