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Database research record2012·United Kingdom

Growing alone, growing together, growing apart?: Reflections on the social organisation of voluntary urban food production in Britain

Richard Wiltshire, Louise Geoghegan

Research Portal (King's College London)

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This chapter explores the social organization of voluntary urban food production in Britain, identifying two dominant modes: collective activities and individual allotment gardens. It notes that the organization of unpaid labor is an under-researched aspect and a key restraint on urban agriculture's expansion. The study found that relations between these two modes can be antagonistic, particularly when land is scarce.