Sustainability and meat consumption: Is reduction realistic?

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 60-69

  Dagevos, Hans ^a   Voordouw, Jantine ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consummatory behavior; Diets; Food consumption; Food preferences; Meat; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84887295315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2013.11908115     Document Type: Article

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