Insights into the government's role in food system policy making: Improving access to healthy, local food alongside other priorities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4103-4121

  Wegener, Jessica ^a   Raine, Kim D ^b   Hanning, Rhona M ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community food security; Food access; Food policy; Government; Land use planning; Public health

Indexed keywords

FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FOOD; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNMENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WATERLOO;

EID: 84870808650     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9114103     Document Type: Article

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