Conceptualising community consumption: Farmers’ markets and the older consumer

British Food Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 542-550

  Szmigin, Isabelle ^a   Maddock, Sarah ^b   Carrigan, Marylyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers; Farmers; Food industry; Markets; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165640     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700310497291     Document Type: Article

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