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Seeds of change: fostering nutritional education through school kitchen gardens

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Dear Sir / Madam Eighty-two percent of adolescents are at risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) due to physical inactivity and low fruit and vegetable intake Research has consistently shown that vegetable consumption in children is well ...
Maira Mubashir, Romaina Iqbal, Sabahat Naz   +2 more
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The impact of a school garden program on children's food literacy, climate change literacy, school motivation, and physical activity: A study protocol.

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveFoodACT aims to investigate how school gardens affect children's food literacy (FL), climate change literacy (CCL), school motivation (SM), and physical activity (PA).DesignIt comprises a multimethod, quasi-experimental inquiry into an existing ...
Anna Stage, Marie Caroline Vermund, Mads Bølling, Camilla Roed Otte, Alberte Laura Oest Müllertz, Peter Bentsen, Glen Nielsen, Peter Elsborg   +7 more
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Interventions to Strengthen Environmental Sustainability of School Food Systems: Narrative Scoping Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
School food systems play a role in the wider food system, but there is a scarcity of literature exploring interventions that aim to improve the environmental sustainability of school food systems.
Grace Gardner, Wendy Burton, M. Sinclair, M. Bryant   +3 more
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The effects of school gardens on fruit and vegetable consumption at school: A randomized controlled trial with low-income elementary schools in four U.S. states

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
This randomized controlled trial examines the effects of a school garden intervention on children’s fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption at school over two years.
Nancy M. Wells, Lauren E. Todd, Charles R. Henderson, Jr., Beth M. Myers, Karen Barale, Brad Gaolach, Gretchen Ferenz, Martha Aitken, Laura Hendrix, Cayla Taylor, Jennifer L. Wilkins   +10 more
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Realizing a Holistic Approach to Food through School Gardens and Growing Activities

Children, Youth and Environments, 2023
:Garden-enhanced education in schools is increasingly recognized as a promising strategy for promoting healthier eating and environmental awareness for children.
Mat Jones, E. Weitkamp, R. Kimberlee, D. Salmon, J. Orme   +4 more
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School gardens produce food and lessons

California Agriculture, 2000
California Agriculture - All ...
G Feenstra
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School Garden—Plastic Wading Pool Hydroponics

EDIS, 2016
School gardens are a great way to get youth interested in where their food comes from. Hydroponics, or the cultivation of plants in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil, is a fascinating way to teach students about food systems.
Edmund L. Thralls
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“What we raise ourselves”

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022
This paper employs the concept of food sover­eignty, as conceived by La Via Campesina and developed by First Nations in North America and peasant farmer groups around the world, as a lens to assess the level of local control over the produc­tion ...
Emily Holmes, Mary Campbell, Ryan Betz
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The healthiness of New Zealand school food environments: a national survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the healthiness of New Zealand school food environments. Methods: In 2016, primary and secondary schools were invited to complete a cross‐sectional questionnaire.
Erica D'Souza, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Boyd Swinburn   +2 more
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Bibliometric Mapping of School Garden Studies: A Thematic Trends Analysis

Horticulturae, 2023
This paper analyzes the thematic trends in school garden studies over the past few decades, using a relational bibliometric methodology on a corpus of 392 articles and review articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection.
Dante Castillo, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Nicolás Contreras-Barraza, Mario Torres-Alcayaga   +4 more
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