Community gardens and their effects on diet, health, psychosocial and community outcomes: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background We systematically reviewed the effects of community gardens on physical and psychosocial health, health behaviors and community outcomes. Methods Quantitative studies that examined associations of health, psychosocial or community outcomes ...
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The effects of COVID-19 on Central Florida’s community gardens: lessons for promoting food security and overall community wellbeing [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 For quite some time, food systems scholars, public health workers, and food justice activists have recognized structural problems in the global food system that can cause food insecurity and inequitable access to nutritious foods.
William D. Schanbacher +1 more
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Community Gardens: A Catalyst for Community Change. [PDF]
Health Promot Pract, 2023 Community gardens are increasing in popularity and are associated with extensive physical and mental health benefits, increased access to fresh produce, and increased social connections. However, evidence is primarily from research in urban and school settings, and little is known about the role of community gardens in rural settings as part of policy,
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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
Gerard Doyle
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A growing opportunity: Community gardens affiliated with US hospitals and academic health centers [PDF]
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015 Background: Community gardens can reduce public health disparities through promoting physical activity and healthy eating, growing food for underserved populations, and accelerating healing from injury or disease. Despite their potential to contribute to
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Growing third places: A qualitative study of experiences and perceived benefits of a campus community garden as a nature-based health intervention. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study explored the experiences and perceived health and wellbeing benefits of participating in a campus community garden among university staff, students, and faculty.
Olivia D'Andrea Brooks +2 more
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Engaging Florida Residents: Motivations and Impacts of Community Gardens in Tampa Bay
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2022 While the impacts of community gardens have been well documented, research has mainly been concentrated in only a few urban areas of the United States.
Jennifer Marshall +4 more
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The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, 2022 Community gardens have emerged as community development initiatives with proven environmental, social, and public health benefits. While many studies evaluate the benefits of community gardens, fewer studies evaluate the success and failure of gardens ...
Danning Lu
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Developing County Associations for School and Community Gardens
EDIS, 2017 Increasingly, gardeners receive attention for the educational, environmental, health, and social impacts that their projects facilitate within schools and communities.
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African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023 South Africa, while nationally acknowledged as food secure, grapples with persistent household food insecurity, particularly in rural areas. Addressing this issue, the implementation of community gardens has gained traction.
Merishca Naicker +2 more
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