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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2014 Community food production (CFP) is emerging worldwide as a key component of programming designed to address community food insecurity. CFP resources in the form of home gardens, community gardens, and school gardens continue to gain wide support and ...
Vincent M. Smith, John A. Harrington
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'Cultivating health' : therapeutic landscapes and older people in northern England. [PDF]
, 2004 While gardening is seen, essentially, as a leisure activity it has also been suggested that the cultivation of a garden plot offers a simple way of harnessing the healing power of nature (The therapeutic garden, Bantam Press, London, 2000).
Milligan, Christine +2 more
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 IntroductionThere has been growing interest in community gardens as an effective and affordable health promotion strategy. However, most available evidence is derived from qualitative studies, whereas quantitative research on this subject is limited ...
Tarsila Lampert +5 more
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, 2019 Community gardening is the cultivation of edible and ornamental plants commonly, although not exclusively, by groups of non-professional gardeners in urban or peri-urban areas. This entry is divided into four sections. The first one is a short historical
Tornaghi, Chiara; id_orcid +1 more
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High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording +4 more
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Développement Durable et Territoires, 2020 Since early 2000’s, the inhabitants of Lyon (France) are increasingly involved in city greening with community and street gardening. Public authorities support and supervise this involvement through charters and financial assistance. Yet, to put together
Amélie Deschamps
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Later life gardening in a retirement community: Sites of identity, resilience and creativity
, 2018 This chapter explores the experience of gardening in later life, focusing on how older people who move to a retirement community maintain or reinterpret their gardening identity.
Buys, Laurie +7 more
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Community gardening as social action: the Australian community gardening movement and repertoires for change. [PDF]
, 2011 There has been a resurgence of community gardening activity in Australia over the past decade. This coincides with increasing concern about food security, urban sustainability, social isolation and the preservation of community space. Community gardening
Nettle, Claire Elizabeth
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