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Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.
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Wayn-Gurr Derrk
2018Sharnie Bilston · · Australia
Federation University Australia announced the launch of the Wayn-Gurr Derrk (Wadawurrung language 'Good Ground') Bush Tucker Community Gardens.
CommunityFood educationChildren's interest in school garden projects, environmental motivation and intention to act: A case study from a primary school of Cyprus
2018Anthi Christodoulou, Konstantinos Korfiatis · Applied Environmental Education & Communication · Cyprus
This study investigated the interest of 17 elementary school children, aged 11–12, from an urban primary school in Cyprus, in school garden project activities, the reasons for their interest, and its correlation with environmental motivation and intention for environmental action. Using Self-Determination Theory as the theoretical framework, findings suggested a correlation between participants' interest in activities, their motivation, and their intention to act. The satisfaction of psychological needs was concluded to be an important prerequisite for environmental motivation.
Food educationCommunityFood on the Roof : Developing an IT platform to visualize and identify suitable locations for roof farming in cold climates
2018Agatino Rizzo, Marcus Sandberg, Tim Johansson, Johan Wenngren · Diva portal (Dalarna University Library) · Global
This project aimed to explore the smart integration of food production in cold urban environments and to sketch an intelligent platform to guide a comprehensive, city-wide approach to urban farming in winter cities. The challenge involved integrating large databases related to energy consumption, building performance and size, and solar radiation, to visualize data in an easily understandable manner for city stakeholders.
Digital agricultureEconomicsClimate changeFood educationArtes de la madre tierra, construyendo nuestro huerto vertical con los niños y las niñas de los cursos 401 (2017) y 503 (2018) del I.E.D. Julio Garavito Armero J.M.
2018María Angélica Flórez Trujillo, Catalina Andrea García Pinilla · · Colombia (Bogotá)
This report details an internship project conducted in 2017-2018 with 4th and 5th-grade students at I.E.D. Julio Garavito Armero J.M. in Bogotá, Colombia. The project, "Mother Earth Arts," aimed to foster environmental awareness and agricultural knowledge by addressing urban growth's environmental problems. Students created a vertical garden and learned about food security through planting organic aromatic and medicinal seeds.
Food educationDIYFood sovereignty & justiceCommunityIntegration of Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks in Academic School Gardens
2018Peio López-Iturri, Mikel Celaya-Echarri, Leyre Azpilicueta, Erik Aguirre, José Javier Astráin, Jesús Villadangos, Francisco Falcone · Sensors · Global
An autonomous Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) system combined with MySchoolGardenApp was deployed in an orchard in a primary schoolyard for integration into educational activities. Built with EnOcean's energy harvesting modules, the system provides students with parameter observation, data analysis, and processing capabilities. Preliminary trials demonstrated the platform's feasibility as an educational resource in schools, applicable to natural science course content, technological skill development, and extending monitoring capabilities.
Digital agricultureFood educationNutrition
2018G. R. SCHMIDT · · Global
This chapter discusses the role of urban and community-supported agriculture (CSA) in developed countries, noting that these initiatives, while struggling, contribute to nutrition, personal agency, values, and green education. It also addresses the less immediate connections between wild regional resources, wild biodiversity, and their potential for agricultural innovation and nutrition.
CSA & TeikeiHealthFood educationCommunityLa huerta escolar como estrategia pedagógica para fortalecer el aprendizaje
2018Yhonys Zambrano Quintero · Cultura Educación y Sociedad · Colombia (Bogotá)
This article is a qualitative descriptive study focusing on fifth-grade students at Oscar Pisciotti Numa IED in Colombia. It found that the school garden is a positive teaching-learning strategy, enabling students to work on different class topics and acquire better learning.
Food educationCommunityUrban Gardening Treibhaus Luzern: Anbau Eines Gemüsegartens Im Jugendkulturhaus Treibhaus Luzern: Projektbericht
2018Romana Brunner · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Switzerland (Luzern)
This report documents an urban gardening project implemented at Jugendkulturhaus Treibhaus Luzern from October 2016 to November 2017. The project's main goal was to participatively involve youth and young adults in urban gardening, fostering their identification with and appropriation of the space. The report details the project's planning, execution, organization, and the difficulties and insights gained during its implementation.
CommunityFood educationDIYDiseño de una huerta escolar como estrategia pedagógica para fomentar la investigación
2018Petrona Rodríguez · Módulo Arquitectura CUC · Colombia
This study in Remolino-Magdalena, Colombia, aimed to design a school garden as a pedagogical strategy to encourage research among 35 elementary school students aged 8-10. Using observation and field journals, the project found that the vegetable gardens fostered ecological awareness, stimulated investigative capacities, and improved interpersonal relationships among the students.
Food educationCommunityBeyond Productivity: Considering the Health, Social Value and Happiness of Home and Community Food Gardens
2018Georgia Pollard, Philip Roetman, James Ward, Belinda Chiera, Evangeline Mantzioris · Urban Science · Australia (South Australia)
This research investigated the perceived health, social value, and happiness benefits of urban agriculture in home and community food gardens in South Australia. Through an online survey and in-field data collection, dominant home gardener motivations were produce, enjoyment, and health, while community gardener motivations were enjoyment, connection to others, and produce. An overall social connection was the key difference between the two, suggesting that engagement in gardening may provide a preventative or supportive role for gardener health and wellbeing.
HealthCommunityFood educationAgricultura urbana agroecológica: más de una década de trabajo de Facultad de Agronomía (Udelar) junto a diversos colectivos sociales
2018Beatriz Bellenda, Guillermo A. Galván, Margarita García, Inés Gazzano, V. Gepp, Gabriela Linari, Stella Faroppa · Agrociencia · Uruguay
The Faculty of Agronomy at the University of the Republic in Uruguay has implemented activities since 2002 to promote food production, social organization, and agroecological projects. This study analyzed these efforts over more than a decade using qualitative and quantitative methods, including interviews, censuses, and surveys. Findings indicated contributions to participant learning, food and nutritional security, healthy food production and consumption, and strengthened collective projects supported by the university.
Food educationCommunityFood sovereignty & justiceWelfareObstacles for school garden program success: Expert consensus to inform policy and practice
2018John Diaz, Laura A. Warner, Sue Webb, Debra M. Barry · Applied Environmental Education & Communication · Global
This study used a consensus-driven process to identify central issues impeding the sustained success of school gardens. It outlined practical, logistical, and institutional barriers that need to be addressed to ensure their success in supplementing education.
Governance failureFood educationPolicyCommunityLearning Environment by the Future Society: Development of School Grounds in Lithuania
2018Liutauras Nekrošius, Indrė Ruseckaitė, Edita Riaubienė · Landscape architecture and art · Lithuania
This paper examines the educational function and development of schoolyards in Lithuania, noting that many have been "Forgotten Spaces" despite their potential for urban gardening and environmental education. The study found that most schools, built in interwar and Soviet periods, do not meet contemporary spatial needs. Since 2014, VGTU's Faculty of Architecture has facilitated discussions and alternative visions for school space changes, engaging youth in co-creation and maintenance of their environment.
Food educationCommunityDifferentWays of Environmental Issue Management by Active Citizens: Case Studies from Hungary
2018Adrienn Reisinger, Katalin Bándy · Managing Global Transitions · Hungary
This paper illustrated how active citizens in Hungary manage environmental issues through participation in local or national programs, using three case studies: a school garden program, the banning of a planned incinerator by local civic organizations in Szentgotthárd, and the citizen-managed litter collection campaign TeSzedd. The results showed that citizens can actively shape environmental issues, but the most important factor is their personal concern about these issues.
Food educationCommunityImplementación de una huerta escolar como herramienta estratégica para fomentar la investigación
2018Jose Martinez Carbonell · Cultura Educación y Sociedad · Colombia
A qualitative study involving twelve tenth-grade students and their parents at Jose Dadul Agroecological Technique IED in Colombia implemented a school garden as a research tool. The study found limitations during activity implementation, including lack of interest from parents acting as companions, insufficient space and time, and cessation of academic activities. Despite these constraints, it was possible to increase motivation for both parents and students through research and contemporary strategies.
Governance failureFood educationCommunityLa huerta escolar: estrategia pedagógica apoyada en las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para el desarrollo de competencias investigativas
2018Vilma Beatriz Tanillama Jiménez · Cultura Educación y Sociedad · Colombia
This article presents results from using a school garden as a pedagogical strategy to improve students' investigative processes at IED Celinda Mejía López in Barroblanco - Magdalena, Colombia. Surveys revealed that a significant percentage of students lacked knowledge of basic school garden elements and research-related aspects.
Food educationCommunitySemear para educar: potenciar o empoderamento e a cidadania com um projeto de educação não-formal de adultos
2018A. Silva, Clara Costa Oliveira · RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho) · Portugal
A community intervention process "Semear para Educar" was implemented with adults, predominantly of Roma ethnicity, within an existing community garden project at a non-governmental institution in northern Portugal. This project utilized participatory action research methodology, aiming to contribute to the integral formation of individuals in this garden and consequently improve their quality of life through non-formal education.
CommunityFood educationDiseño de una herramienta virtual de aprendizaje sobre agricultura urbana: una propuesta de educación ambiental vinculada al programa de Servicio Social Ambiental (SSA) del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis
2018Galvis Rivera, Andrea Natalia · · Colombia (Bogotá)
This paper proposes the development of a virtual educational tool to promote urban agriculture practices among students participating in the Environmental Social Service (SSA) program at the Bogotá Botanical Garden. The proposal follows a diagnostic instrument to characterize students' prior knowledge of urban agriculture, which has been a focus of Bogotá's development plans since 2004 to ensure food security and promote sustainable agriculture. The Botanical Garden leads environmental education processes with community actors and social service students.
Food educationFood sovereignty & justiceCommunityWho Cares? The Importance of Emotional Connections with Nature to Ensure Food Security and Wellbeing in Cities
2018Kora Uhlmann, Brenda B. Lin, Helen Ross · Sustainability · Global
This paper reviews existing literature on foodscape and biophilia to highlight the need for inter-disciplinary research combining urban agriculture and food literacy. The review suggests that emotional connection with nature benefits human wellbeing and predicts pro-environmental behaviors, and that urban agriculture can improve wellbeing and food security if the next generation has this connection and necessary life skills.
HealthFood educationFood sovereignty & justicePlaying with mud- becoming stuck, becoming free? … The negotiation of gendered/class identities when learning outdoors
2018Katherine Mycock · Children s Geographies · Global
This paper explores how mud is used to form gendered and class-based identities among children aged 3–11 years old during outdoor learning. Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in a school garden and two forest schools during the 2014–2015 school year. The research found that mud kitchens and waterproofs partly governed experiences by creating separations between bodies and mud, though children's encounters sometimes exceeded pedagogical functions, leading to resistances.
Food educationCommunityHealthSustainability at SIT: a Look at the Past, a Plan for the Future
2018Taliesin Haugh · School for International Training Digital Collections (School for International Training) · Global
This paper outlines a 5-year plan for the School for International Training (SIT) to enhance sustainability praxis, building on its 2018 student-led community garden project. The plan aims for SIT to become an experiential ecology center, collaborating with local NGOs and hosting permaculture programs, to address climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
CommunityFood educationClimate changeFood sovereignty & justicePromoting Effective Language Development In English Language Learners Through A School Garden-Based Curriculum
2018Krista Steffen · Digital Commons - Hamline (Hamline University) · Global
This project aimed to design a language-focused curriculum for English Language Learner (ELL) students, delivered through hands-on learning in a school garden. By synthesizing research on ELL, science, and outdoor education, eight best practices were identified to guide the curriculum's development. Findings indicated that garden-based education can effectively promote language development and improve student academics for ELLs when these strategies are applied.
Food educationCommunityWellbeing in school gardens – the case of the Gardens for Bellies food and environmental education program
2018Pernille Malberg Dyg, Karen Wistoft · Environmental Education Research · Denmark
An exploratory multiple case study in Denmark examined the "Gardens for Bellies" school garden program and its role in student wellbeing. The study indicated that the program promotes student wellbeing through positive emotions from being outdoors and positive social interactions, which seemed to affect self-esteem. While the majority of students experienced wellbeing, it is not documented whether these effects influence long-term wellbeing or planetary care, and not all students thrived in the garden's open space.
Food educationHealthCommunityBecoming Garden
2018Kelsey Wapenaar, Aideen DeSchutter · Journal of Childhood Studies · Global
This paper consists of a series of moments evolving from an inquiry with a community garden plot, involving children's, educators', and families' experimentations and processes of "coming to know" the garden. Through this inquiry, it was found that a community garden is open to a plurality of possibilities. This entangled process of coming to know engages the imaginary and involves layers of touching, hearing, seeing, drawing, talking, writing, and storying the garden.
CommunityFood educationDIYA Handbook for Beginning and Veteran Garden Organizers
2018Renee Raiden Boyer, Ben Chapman · VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) · Global
This handbook outlines recommended agricultural practices for food safety in school and community gardens. Topics include food safety, site selection, pesticides and fertilizers, handwashing, water and irrigation, composting, garden design and animals, sanitation, and tools.
Food educationCommunityCompostOrganic cycle