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More Than Food: The Social Benefits of Localized Urban Food Systems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Localized urban food systems are gaining attention from policy makers, planners, and advocates for benefits that go well beyond food production and consumption.
Lucy O. Diekmann, Leslie C. Gray, Chan Le Thai   +2 more
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Community-supported agriculture as food democratic experimentalism: Insights from Germany

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
This paper analyzes community-supported agriculture (CSA) as a particular form of democratic experimentalism in food systems. Specifically, we explore both primary and secondary CSA initiatives in Germany, based on participatory observation on meetings ...
Philipp Degens, Lukas Lapschieß
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Supporting Agricultural Communities with Workflows on Heterogeneous Computing Resources [PDF]

2014 6th International Workshop on Science Gateways, 2014
In this paper we present a solution for agricultural communities to process large metadata record sets registered on distributed data repositories utilizing distributed computational and storage capabilities. Since significant number of the agricultural web-sites are based on Drupal content management system, we offer the user interface as a Drupal ...
Ákos Balaskó, Róbert Lovas, Mark Gergely, Nikos Manolis   +3 more
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Know the Farmer That Feeds You: A Cross-Country Analysis of Spatial-Relational Proximities and the Attractiveness of Community Supported Agriculture

Agriculture, 2021
While food production and consumption processes worldwide are characterized by geographical and social distance, alternative food networks aim to reconnect producers and consumers.
Christina Gugerell, Takeshi Sato, Christine Hvitsand, Daichi Toriyama, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Marianne Penker   +5 more
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Community supported agriculture membership: The benefits of spousal involvement [PDF]

International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2020
AbstractFresh vegetables originating from alternative food networks (AFNs) are an increasingly popular choice all over the world. Being part of an AFN frequently redefines consumption and participation of family members in food‐related activities. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a type of AFN, providing increased access to produce in a form of
Ilona Liliána Birtalan, Ágnes Neulinger, József Rácz, György Bárdos   +3 more
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Community Supported Agriculture and Food Waste in Curitiba, Paraná [PDF]

Ambiente & Sociedade
Food waste in Brazilian households amounts to approximately 8.7 million tons annually, prompting investigations into sustainable consumption practices and waste reduction.
Dailey Fischer, Roberta Giraldi Romano, Mariana Monteiro Kugler Batista, Mario Prokopiuk, Valerio Alecio Turnes, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio   +5 more
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The Lifestyle and Mobility Connection of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Users

Findings, 2023
Because Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is considered a greener food shopping option, we hypothesized that users would adopt other sustainability-oriented behaviors. We sought, through 16 qualitative interviews with users, to understand whether CSA
Nathalie Nahas, Ugo Lachapelle
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Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture in Russia

European Countryside, 2021
Industrial agriculture contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and is degrading agricultural land. To reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment, a transition to sustainable agriculture is necessary.
Wegren Stephen K.
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Community Supported Agriculture in the City: The Case of Toronto

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
Farming in cities is gaining momentum within North American urban centers. Community supported agriculture (CSA) projects, previously viewed primarily as rural enterprises, are now starting to appear in cities, including Toronto.
Sima Patel, Rod MacRae
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Obesity Subtypes and Longitudinal Trajectories of Function Over Seven Years of Follow‐Up: Data From the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi, for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group   +7 more
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