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Canadian Food Studies, 2023
Home food gardening has seen a resurgence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the preliminary findings from the first 6 months of a 22-month home food gardening study in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Janet Music, Lisa Mullins, Sylvain Charlebois, Charlotte Large   +3 more
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Urban reflections through home gardening; Does Gender Matter?

Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
In the current global pandemic, actions are taken to prevent Covid-19 spread, residents are embracing small-scale gardening activities in their homes; especially in low to middle income communities, 3rd world countries as in Africa, depending on ...
Samah El Khateeb, Mariam Saber, Indjy M. Shawket   +2 more
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Outdoor Home Gardener Preferences for Environmental Attributes in Gardening Supplies and Use of Ecofriendly Gardening Practices

HortTechnology, 2020
Home gardeners’ concerns for the environment are expressed both in the ecofriendly gardening practices they use and in environmental attributes they prefer in the gardening products they purchase.
McKenzie Thomas, Kimberly Jensen , Margarita Velandia , Christopher Clark , Burton English , Dayton Lambert , Forbes Walker   +6 more
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Knowledge of home gardening and anthropometric status of adult women in Odeda Local Government, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2023
A healthy lifestyle and illness prevention depend on adequate nutrition, and homestead food production, including home gardening, is one way to increase access and lower the cost of healthy foods. This study was carried out in Odeda Local Government Area
Jumoke Georgina ILO, Oluseye Olusegun Onabanjo, Aderayo Maryam Hamzat   +2 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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Growing intimate privatepublics: Everyday utopia in the naturecultures of a young lesbian and bisexual women’s allotment [PDF]

, 2014
The Young Women’s Group in Manchester is a ‘young women’s peer health project, run by and for young lesbian and bisexual women’, which runs an allotment as one of its activities.
Church, Andrew, Gabb, Jacqui, Holmes, Claire, Lee, Amelia, Moore, Niamh, Ravenscroft, Neil   +5 more
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Costs and Benefits of Vegetable Gardening

EDIS, 2021
Home vegetable gardening has numerous documented benefits, including savings on the family food bill. How can a gardener calculate cost savings from a garden? Which vegetables cost more to grow in the garden and which cost less?
Kevin Athearn, Hannah Wooten, Liz Felter, Catherine G. Campbell, Jessica E. Ryals, Matthew C. Lollar, Juanita Popenoe, Lorna Bravo, LuAnn Duncan, Christa Court, Wendy Wilber   +10 more
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Cumulative impact assessments highlight the linkages among intentions, behaviors, and benefits of home gardening in the post COVID-19 pandemic era

Wellbeing, Space and Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly heightened people’s awareness of their physical and mental well-being. Numerous studies have demonstrated the multifunctional benefits of home gardening for human health before and during the pandemic.
Luu Van Thong Trac, Chih-Peng Tsou, Tzu-Yao Liu, Quoc Tuan Le, Khuong Lai Trac, Hieu Hoang Trung, Chia-Ni Chou, Tao-Ming Chen, Chen-Fa Wu   +8 more
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Study protocol: can a school gardening intervention improve children's diets? [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The current academic literature suggests there is a potential for using gardening as a tool to improve children's fruit and vegetable intake.
A Demas, A Magarey, A Timperio, AW Fogarty, Birch, C Knai, Charlotte EL Evans, CL Perry, CL Perry, D Ciliska, D Gross, E Bere, E Bere, Foundation BN, G Auld, J Baranowski, J Connolly, J Gregory, J Rasbash, J Wardle, Janet E Cade, JD Skinner, JJ Reilly, JK Ransley, JO Fisher, Joan K Ransley, K Patrick, KD Reynolds, KW Cullen, KW Cullen, L Blanchette, L Wells, M Campbell, M Maynard, M Nelson, M Prelip, Mark Conner, Meaghan S Christian, MR Singer, MW Howerton, National Foundation for Educational Research, P Sahota, R Perera, S Somerset, S Somerset, SA French, SJ Te Velde, ST Yeo, StataCorp, World Cancer Research Fund, World Health Organization   +50 more
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Achieving food security: Household perception and adoption of home gardening techniques in Ghana

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
As global food crises and high food prices continue to impact communities, there is a growing focus on strengthening local food systems and improving livelihoods.
Irene Serwaa Asante, Magdalene Aidoo, Stephen Prah, Margaret Aba Sam Hagan, Charles Kwame Sackey   +4 more
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