Private standards, grower networks, and power in a food supply system

Lockie, Stewart; Thompson, Lyndal-Joy

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Private standards, grower networks, and power in a food supply system

Date

2013

Authors

Lockie, Stewart

Thompson, Lyndal-Joy

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

The role of private food standards in agriculture is increasingly raising questions of legitimacy, particularly in light of the impacts such standards may have on food producers. While much work has been carried out at a macro policy level for developing