Consumer responses to a future UK food system

British Food Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 412-428

  O’Keefe, Laura ^a   McLachlan, Carly ^a   Gough, Clair ^a   Mander, Sarah ^a   Bows Larkin, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Consumers; Eating practices; Food; Meat reduction; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954441781     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2015-0047     Document Type: Article

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