Urban Farm DB
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Database research record2016·Global

Growing urban food as an emerging social practice

Karin Dobernig, E.J. Veen, Peter Oosterveer

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This chapter examines urban food growing as a social practice, addressing how it relates to practice theory and social change. It explores what "urban food growing" means as a social practice and how it interacts with other existing social practices in urban contexts. The text notes that while urban food growing is often framed as an emerging movement, it has historical precedents like victory gardens and allotment gardens.