Sustainable food consumption: An overview of contemporary issues and policies

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 7-25

  Reisch, Lucia ^a   Eberle, Ulrike ^b   Lorek, Sylvia ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b CORSUS ^*  (Germany)

^c Sustainable Europe Research Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Food consumption; Food processing; Food selection; Public health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS;

EID: 84887274189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2013.11908111     Document Type: Article

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