Research & reports

Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.

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• Proximity of Urban Farms to Hazards With and Without Heavy Metal Contamination in Baltimore, Maryland

  2021

  Jonathan Hall, Isabel Shargo, Niya Khanjar, Jianna Howard, Laura Schmidt, Ashley Deng, Camryn Edwards, Isabelle Berman, Joseph Galarraga, Sacoby Wilson · Environmental Justice · United States

  This study in Baltimore, Maryland, used GIS mapping and spatial analysis to assess the proximity of urban farms to environmental hazards, including those with heavy metal contamination. Analyses indicated that contamination of urban farms is a possibility due to proximity: more environmental hazards were found in census tracts with urban farms, and low-income communities of color had hazards near urban farms. Historically industrial areas showed a higher concentration of environmental hazards with heavy metal or unknown contamination.

  Contamination & food safetyHealthCommunityUrban–rural linkagePolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.1089/env.2020.0036

• Práticas agrícolas e análise socioeconômica e ambiental de canteiros urbanos: um estudo de caso dos horticultores do bairro Mangueira – Grajaú/MA

  2018

  Jonas Aleixo da Silva · · Brazil

  This qualitative case study analyzed urban agriculture practices in the Mangueira neighborhood, Grajau-MA, Brazil, through visits, observations, and interviews. The study found that while urban horticulture provided benefits like income and product quality, it faced difficulties including reliance on borrowed land, soil depletion, and the use of agrochemical products, indicating that production was not free from chemical fertilizers.

  Contamination & food safetyCommunityEconomicsHealthWelfareUrban–rural linkage
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