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Database research record2014·United States (San Diego)

Challenging Inclusivity Urban Agriculture and Community Involvement in San Diego

Bruno Monardo, Anna Laura Palazzo

Advanced Engineering Forum

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This article discusses how urban agriculture is being used across US cities—shaped by 'food deserts' that limit access to fresh, local, healthy food—to give new perspectives to blighted post-crisis neighborhoods and address social distress linked to migration. Focusing on the New Roots Community Farm in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, it highlights the farm's potential to combine social inclusion with physical and economic redevelopment.