Local public food strategies as a social innovation: Early insights from the LOMA-Nymarkskolen case study

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 56-65

  Ruge, Dorte ^a   Mikkelsen, Bent Egberg ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

action competence; communities of practice; education; food literacy; health promoting schools; LOMA local food; organic food; social inclusion; social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879529085     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2013.793736     Document Type: Article

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