Building environmentally sustainable food systems on informed citizen choices: Evidence from Australia

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-197

  Pearson, David ^a   Friel, Sharon ^b   Lawrence, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

citizens; diets; environmental sustainability; food system

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SECURITY; RESEARCH; WASTE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903581923     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2014.890542     Document Type: Article

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