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What Gardens Grow

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2018
Supporting home and community gardening is a core activity of many community-based organiza­tions (CBOs) that are leading the food justice movement in the U.S.
Christine M. Porter
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What are the health and well-being impacts of community gardening for adults and children: a mixed method systematic review protocol [PDF]

, 2016
Background Community gardening is defined by its shared nature; gardeners work collectively to manage a garden for shared benefit. Although communal gardening activities, and recognition of their perceived benefits have a long history, it is in recent ...
Bethel, A, Garside, R, Husk, K, Lovell, R   +3 more
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Gardening and age-related weight gain: Results from a cross-sectional survey of Denver residents

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017
This study examined whether gardening modifies the association between age and body mass index (BMI). We used data from the Neighborhood Environments and Health Survey, which was conducted in Denver (N=469) between 2006 and 2007.
Jill S. Litt, Jeffrey Richard Lambert, Deborah H. Glueck   +2 more
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“You feel like you’re part of something bigger”: exploring motivations for community garden participation in Melbourne, Australia

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Increased global urbanisation has led to public health challenges. Community gardens are identified as a mechanism for addressing socio-ecological determinants of health.
Jonathan Kingsley, Emily Foenander, Aisling Bailey   +2 more
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Evaluation of the impact of a school gardening intervention on children's fruit and vegetable intake: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Current academic literature suggests that school gardening programmes can provide an interactive environment with the potential to change children’s fruit and vegetable intake.
A Hackett, A Harding, A Magarey, A Timperio, AJ Vickers, AM Craigie, AR Ness, C Devine, C Knai, Camilla Nykjaer, CE Evans, CE Evans, Charlotte EL Evans, E Van Cauwenberghe, EJ Ozer, J Connolly, J Morris, J Rasbash, JA O’Dea, Janet E Cade, JD McAleese, JE Cade, JN Davis, K Block, L Lautenschlager, L Lautenschlager, LA Bazzano, M Christian, M Maynard, M Nelson, MC Wang, Meaghan S Christian, MM Ratcliffe, MS Christian, MS Kitchen, MSEC Christian, Neil Hancock, P Boffetta, PJ Morgan, R Passy, R Robinson-O’Brien, S Koch, S Lineberger, S O’Brien, S Poston, S Somerset, S Somerset, SM Parmer, T Baranowski   +48 more
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Community gardening during times of crisis

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
Using ongoing reflections from our recent work as members of a community gardening initiative, we outline relevant priorities for researchers, policy­makers, and community practitioners to examine the role of community gardens in addressing the effects ...
Angie Mejia, Manami Bhattacharya, Amanda Nigon-Crowley, Kelly Kirkpatrick, Chandi Katoch   +4 more
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The economic performance of urban gardening in three European cities – examples from Ljubljana, Milan and London [PDF]

, 2018
Urban gardening is not a new phenomenon but it has received considerably more practical and academic interest in recent years. Studies on economic aspects such as crop yields, inputs and outputs of production, productivity, gross margins and the ...
Corsi, Stefano, Glavan, Matjaž, Guzman Rodriguez, Paola Andrea, Kneafsey, Moya, Monaco, Federica, Pintar, Marina, Schmutz, Ulrich, Williams, Sarah, Čenič-Istenič, Majda   +8 more
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Fecal and soil microbiota composition of gardening and non-gardening families

Scientific Reports, 2022
Historically, humans have interacted with soils, which contain a rich source of microorganisms. Fruit and vegetable gardening is the primary interaction humans have with soil today.
Marina D. Brown, Leila M. Shinn, Ginger Reeser, Matthew Browning, Andiara Schwingel, Naiman A. Khan, Hannah D. Holscher   +6 more
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Citizen Science and Urban Home Gardeners’ Attitudes Toward Gardening

HortTechnology
Citizen science is a participatory research method that enlists community members as scientists to collect data at a scale that would not be possible for researchers on their own and in research contexts that are difficult for researchers to reach ...
Catherine G. Campbell, Daniela Perez Lugones, Celina Gomez   +2 more
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Temporal Dynamics and Motivations for Urban Community Food Gardens in Medium-Sized Towns of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Land, 2018
Urban agriculture is said to be increasing with global urbanization. However, there is little examination of the temporal or spatial dynamics of urban agriculture.
Sky Roberts, Charlie Shackleton
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