An assessment of direct farm-to-table food marketing in the USA

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 343-353

  Tippins, Michael J ^a   Rassuli, Kathleen M ^b   Hollander, Stanley C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct selling; Distribution; Farming; Food industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129879     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550210433329     Document Type: Review

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