Parallel alternatives: Chinese-Canadian farmers and the Metro Vancouver local food movement

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Gibb, Natalie ^a   Wittman, Hannah ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternative food networks; environmental justice; food justice; local food movements; racialisation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; POLICY MAKING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84871337615     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.714763     Document Type: Article

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