Does the Sustainability of Food Products Influence Consumer Choices? The Case of Italy.

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-158

  Banterle, Alessandro ^a   Ricci, Elena Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer choices; environmental sustainability; food labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924401129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v4i2.426     Document Type: Article

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