Warrior, builder, and weaver work: Strategies for changing the food system

Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-62

  Stevenson, G W ^a   Ruhf, Kathryn ^b   Lezberg, Sharon ^a   Clancy, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group   (United States)

^c Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Issues   (United States)

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