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Database research record2013·Global

How Does Your Garden Grow? Environmental Justice Aspects of Community Gardens

Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Rob Porter

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Urban Farm DB summary

This conceptual paper focused on the benefits of community gardens, informed by participant observation and literature from the environmental justice movement. Community gardens are stated to be models for improving health through growing and eating local produce, and instruments for generating social awareness and community change.