Rediscovering community: Interethnic relationships and community gardening [PDF]
Gateways, 2010 Community service work, volunteerism and mentoring have recently become popular topics of research as effective methods in improving self-esteem and civic responsibility.
August John Hoffman +2 more
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Improving lifestyles sustainability through community gardening: results and lessons learnt from the JArDinS quasi-experimental study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Despite an increasing number of studies highlighting the health benefits of community gardening, the literature is limited by cross-sectional designs.
Marion Tharrey +6 more
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Development and validation of the Just Community Gardening Survey: A measure of the social and dietary outcomes of community garden participation [PDF]
, 2020 Our aim was to develop and validate a survey measuring outcomes of community gardening related to food system equity. Face validity was assessed by six community gardening experts and resulted in minor changes to the survey. Weighted kappa and Cronbach’s
Kate Gardner Burt, Kathleen Delgado
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Positive aging benefits of home and community gardening activities: Older adults report enhanced self-esteem, productive endeavours, social engagement and exercise [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Objectives: This study examined relationships between home and community gardening and older adults’ self-reported psychosocial and physical well-being, attitudes to aging relative to gardening activities and benefits of membership to a gardening group ...
Theresa L Scott +2 more
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Participatory Action Research on the Impact of Community Gardening in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Investigating the Seeding Plan in Shanghai, China. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Kou H, Zhang S, Li W, Liu Y.
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 This study examined a struggling community gardening program in a low-income minority community in Phoenix, Arizona. The gardening program exists within a larger local food initiative organized by a nonprofit community development organization.
Tommy Bleasdale +2 more
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A culturally tailored community gardening approach to improving physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and psychological health among African American women: A pre-post feasibility study [PDF]
Health Promotion PerspectivesBackground: African American (AA) women participate in low levels of physical activity (PA), under consume fruits and vegetables (FV), and experience poor psychological health. Increasing evidence suggests community gardening as an approach to positively
Imani Canton +4 more
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Physically apart but socially connected: Lessons in social resilience from community gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Landsc Urban Plan, 2022 Joshi N, Wende W.
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Building community through communal gardening
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community DevelopmentIntroduction Capitol View Communal Garden and Orchard (CVCGO) is a communal garden founded in 2022 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The garden sits on a previously unutilized one-third acre (.13 hectare) city park accessed through a lease agreement with the
Gabriel Salah-Pfeiffer
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A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Tracey D +5 more
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