Transitions to sustainability: A change in thinking about food systems change?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-155

  Hinrichs, C Clare ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Food systems; Innovation; Politics; Social change; Sustainability; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891898395     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-014-9479-5     Document Type: Article

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