Consuming ‘Green’: The symbolic construction of organic foods

Rural Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-210

  Lyons, Kristen ^a   Lockie, Stewart ^b   Lawrence, Geoffrey ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85010583691     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.11.3.197     Document Type: Article

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