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Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture [PDF]

, 2003
Health professionals increasingly recognize the value of farm-and garden-scale urban agriculture. Growing food and non-food crops in and near cities contributes to healthy communities by engaging residents in work and recreation that improves individual ...
Anne C. Bellows, Jac Smit, Katherine Brown   +2 more
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Gardening for Food and Community

Landscape Review, 2016
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Robin Tregenza
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Our Community Garden [PDF]

The Vernal Pool, 2019
Author(s): Gutierrez, Wendolin | Abstract: We tend our community garden for our seedlings to sprout. Proud, high sunflowers, nurturing fruit trees.
openaire   +3 more sources

Partnerships for Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture (P4S) Phase II: 2019 annual report [PDF]

, 2020
First annual report of ...
Bayala, Jules, Chabi, Adeyemi, Dembele, Catherine   +2 more
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Alternative community-based gardening and water banks for micronutrients intake among women in northern Ghana

Dialogues in Health
Objectives: Worldwide, women experience high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies due to poor quality diets and elevated needs of the subpopulation. In Ghana, micronutrient deficiencies are pronounced in northern Ghana especially during the prolonged
Clement Kubreziga Kubuga
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In the garden: capacities that contribute to community groups establishing community gardens

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
Based on case studies in Dublin, Ireland, this paper examines the motives for individuals to establish community gardens therein. The paper also outlines the capacities required for community groups to successfully establish and sustain community gardens in Ireland.
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Sustainability impact assessments of different urban short food supply chains:Examples from London, UK [PDF]

, 2017
Greater London has a vibrant food scene comprising of many different types of urban and peri-urban ‘short food supply chains’ (SFSCs). This paper reports on exploratory research, which used examples of SFSCs from London to build a more detailed ...
Alexandra Doernberg, Carla Sarrouy Kay, Coley, Deakin, Florin, Ingo Zasada, Kneafsey, Morgan, Moya Kneafsey, Renting, Ulrich Schmutz   +10 more
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Resource Allocation Trade‐Offs and Rewired Mycorrhizal Networks Underlie the Adaptation of Paphiopedilum purpuratum to Ex Situ Conservation

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Paphiopedilum purpuratum Mediates Adaptation via a Dual‐Fungal Strategy: Confronting a physiological trade‐off (↑seed set vs. ↓photosynthesis), Paphiopedilum purpuratum restructures its root microbiome. Mycorrhizal fungi stabilize into a resilient core network, whereas non‐mycorrhizal fungi shift to a dynamic beneficial periphery.
Yong Tan, Junxi Liang, Wentao Wang, Jianing Tian, Qifei Yi   +4 more
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No Buts About It...The Value of Urban Food Production: Response #4 to Hallsworth and Wong’s viewpoint

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: In their provocative essay, Alan Hallsworth and Alfred Wong (2013) contend that academics, activists, and policy makers exaggerate the benefits of urban food gardening.
Evan Weissman
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Refugees, Food Insecurity, and Community Gardens [PDF]

, 2011
Nearly nine in ten resettled refugee households endure food insecurity, meaning that they are without “access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.” Because western New York resettles hundreds of refugees per year ...
Rolston, Dorian
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