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Kindred Gardens: Gardening for Seniors [PDF]

, 2018
Kindred Gardens: Gardening for Seniors is a program that was recently developed to offer stimulating gardening activities to seniors through a five-part series of hands-on classes.
Gelley, Christine
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gardening for Food and Community

Landscape Review, 2016
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Robin Tregenza
doaj  

Cultivating More Than Food: Where Community Gardens Fit with What Cities Do: Response #3 to Hallsworth and Wong’s viewpoint

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: Hallsworth and Wong's viewpoint (2013) asserts that urban gardening, and by extension, other local food initiatives (farmers' markets, etc.) are insufficient strategies to replace the quantity and efficiency provided by contemporary ...
Terri L. Evans, Christiana Miewald
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Acceptability and Feasibility of Community Gardening Interventions for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases among Indigenous Populations: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2023
Emmanuel R, Read UM, Grande AJ, Harding S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Everyday Urbanism in Lithuanian towns: the case of old community gardens in Grigiškės and Plungė

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
This paper examines old community gardens as an example of Everyday Urbanism in two small Lithuanian towns. While academic interest in newly created community gardens in Central and Eastern European countries is growing, old community gardens remain ...
Adomas Gedvilas, Dovilė Krupickaitė
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Increased Productivity, Role in Alleviating Food Insecurity Possible: Response #1 to Hallsworth and Wong’s viewpoint

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs It's true that urban agriculture may provide a modest contribution to most cities' food supply. However, Hallsworth and Wong (2013) fail to recognize the range of cities across North America as well as the numerous opportunities to ...
Kathryn Colasanti, Michael Hamm
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Community Gardening Increases Vegetable Intake and Seasonal Eating From Baseline to Harvest: Results from a Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr, 2023
Alaimo K, Beavers AW, Coringrato E, Lacy K, Ma W, Hurley TG, Hébert JR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Carrie Little and the Tacoma Community Gardening Movement

, 2011
Carrie Little discusses the recent revival of community-based agriculture and shares her personal connection to several community gardening projects in and around Tacoma.
Little, Carrie, Dvorak, Jessica
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