Sustainability and local food procurement: A case study of Finnish public catering

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1053-1071

  Lehtinen, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catering industry; Finland; Food products; Local food chain; Public catering; School meals; Sustainable development; Sustainable procurement

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84864148459     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211252048     Document Type: Article

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