Agroecology and alternative agri-food movements in the United States: Toward a sustainable agri-food system

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-126

  Fernandez, Margarita ^a   Goodall, Katherine ^a   Olson, Meryl ^a   Méndez, V Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri food movements; Agroecology; Food policy councils; Food sovereignty; Food systems; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874222471     PISSN: 21683565     EISSN: 21683573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2012.735633     Document Type: Article

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