Scaling up alternative food networks: Farmers' markets and the role of clustering in western Canada

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-345

  Beckie, Mary A ^a   Kennedy, Emily Huddart ^a   Wittman, Hannah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative food networks; Farmers' markets; Regional clustering; Social economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865429891     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9359-9     Document Type: Article

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