Reconnecting Australian consumers and producers: Identifying problems of distrust

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-640

  Meyer, Samantha B ^a   Coveney, John ^a   Henderson, Julie ^a   Ward, Paul R ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumption; Embed; Food; Production; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL AREA;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865326142     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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