Farming alone? What's up with the "C" in community supported agriculture

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-100

  Pole, Antoinette ^a   Gray, Margaret ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community supported agriculture (CSA); CSA members; New York

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874022606     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9391-9     Document Type: Article

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