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People, Place, and Region

Buying Local Food: Shopping Practices, Place, and Consumption Networks in Defining Food as “Local”

Megan K. Blake Department of Geography, University of Sheffield,
,
Jody Mellor School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University,
&
Lucy Crane Department of Geography, University of Sheffield,
Pages 409-426 | Accepted 01 Nov 2008, Published online: 18 Mar 2010

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