The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Food Institutions: Impacts on and Barriers to Engagement with Low-Income Persons in the United States and Canada
ISBN: 978-1-78635-092-3, eISBN: 978-1-78635-091-6
ISSN: 1057-6290
Publication date: 29 June 2017
Abstract
Originality/value
This article is the first to synthesize research on five categories of alternative food institutions (farmers’ markets, CSAs, community gardens, urban farms, and food cooperatives) across disciplinary boundaries.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the editor, anonymous reviewers, Ken Kolb, and Kristy Maher for their helpful comments and suggestions.
Citation
Jonason, A. (2017), "The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Food Institutions: Impacts on and Barriers to Engagement with Low-Income Persons in the United States and Canada", Food Systems and Health (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 149-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020170000018007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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