Local food networks as catalysts for food policy change to improve health and build the economy

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1103-1121

  Sadler, Richard C ^a   Arku, Godwin ^a   Gilliland, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

consensus based decision making; food policy; food systems; local economic development; local food network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938424438     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.894965     Document Type: Article

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