Local and Sustainable Food Supply: The Role of European Retail Consumer Co-operatives

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-356

  Hingley, Martin ^a   Mikkola, Minna ^b   Canavari, Maurizio ^c   Asioli, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Local and sustainable food; retailer co operatives; social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883363497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v2i4.241     Document Type: Article

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