Characterizing alternative food networks in China

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-313

  Si, Zhenzhong ^a   Schumilas, Theresa ^a   Scott, Steffanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative food networks; Alternativeness; Buying clubs; China; CSAs; Farmers markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939984122     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-014-9530-6     Document Type: Article

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