Food for people, Not for profit: Meanings of a farm project for homeless and very poor participants

Journal of Progressive Human Services

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Brandt Meyer, Eric ^a   Butler, Sandra S ^b  

^a Shoreline Mental Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Homelessness; Poverty; Self determination; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937188371     PISSN: 10428232     EISSN: 15407616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J059v10n01_04     Document Type: Article

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