Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-562

  Bowen, Sarah ^a   De Master, Kathryn ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food systems; Artisanal; Cheese; Heritage; Territory; Terroir; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911962955     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-014-9489-3     Document Type: Article

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