The Emergence of Diverse Organic Consumers: Does a Mature Market Undermine the Search for Alternative Products?

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-478

  Lund, Thomas Bøker ^a   Andersen, Laura Mørch ^a   O'Doherty Jensen, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; ORGANIC FARMING;

DENMARK;

EID: 84884976436     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12022     Document Type: Article

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