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Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.
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“SITUS MEDIA SOSIAL DAN GERAKAN SOSIAL” (Studi Deskriptif Strategi Komunikasi Gerakan Indonesia Berkebun dalamMensosialisasikan Urban Farming)
2012Antonius Nindito Jati Dennyarso · · Indonesia
This study descriptively analyzed the communication strategies employed by the Gerakan Indonesia Berkebun (Indonesia Gardening Movement) to disseminate urban farming through social media sites. Using a qualitative descriptive research method, it investigated the socialization process on Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo Mailing List, and YouTube. The findings identified communication strategies including the roles of administrators and moderators, participatory message strategies, and media integration strategies. Facebook and Twitter served as forums for urban farming socialization to the general public, while the Yahoo Mailing List was crucial for activists' socialization and movement formation.
CommunityDigital agricultureFood educationUsing Citizen Science to Quantify Community Garden Crop Yields
2012Community Gardening Works! ACGA 2011 Conference, Mara Gittleman, Kelli Jordan, Eric Brelsford · Cities and the Environment · United States (New York City)
This paper is a case study of Farming Concrete, a community-based project in New York City, which has more than 500 community gardens, over 80% of which host food production according to a 2010 GrowNYC survey. Using citizen science methods in which gardeners and researchers jointly designed and conducted the research, the project measured how much food was grown in New York City community gardens in 2010 and 2011.
CommunityDIYFood educationResearch on the Internal Mechanism for Discipline Building and Characteristic Collection of Urban Agriculture Colleges
2012Hui Wang · Anhui nongye kexue · China
This paper examines the internal mechanism for discipline building and characteristic collection at urban agriculture colleges, and proposes a technical approach for constructing characteristic collections.
Food educationPolicy충청북도 생활권 공원녹지 현황과 확충 방안
2012배민기 · 충북 FOCUS · South Korea
A 2012 policy report reviews the state of neighborhood parks and green space in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, and argues for strategic planning to expand and improve them. Noting that since 2005 the quantity of park and green space has increased but its variety remains limited and its distribution regionally uneven, it recommends actively expanding park-type urban agriculture (housing-based, neighborhood-based, downtown, farm-and-park, and school-education urban agriculture parks), expanding roadside green strips and street greening, closing service gaps in park and green space provision, rooftop greening tied to building characteristics, soft measures such as box gardens, seedling distribution, and urban ecosystem education programs, and using green-space-use contracts, "green owner" systems, ordinance development, and budget allocation.
PolicyCommunityFood educationSocial Capital and Community Gardens: A Literature Review
2012Keith Sterling Miller · University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota) · Global
This literature review was conducted to support the design of a Community Garden Social Impact Assessment Toolkit. Its first section reviews key literature defining social capital, including its forms, distinctions, and conceptual limits; its second section reviews the most relevant research literature on social capital and community gardens. The review played three roles in developing the toolkit: providing a conceptual foundation for social capital, informing an interview guide used with community garden stakeholders, and shaping reflection exercise questions within the toolkit. To make the toolkit accessible to a wide and diverse audience, it deliberately avoids the phrase "social capital," instead using language that captures its essence and meaning as defined in the literature.
CommunityFood educationPolicy天津：“农业公园”十一迎客
2012孟兴 · 中国乡镇企业 · China
A news report describes the Binhai Eco-Agriculture Science Park in the Tanggu new town of Tianjin's Binhai New Area, China, where a large glass roof had been completed and interior fitting and climate-control testing were underway ahead of its planned opening for the October 1, 2012 National Day holiday as a 100,000-square-meter urban agriculture park. The park is described as offering dining amid tropical plants, water play in what is called the world's largest indoor hot spring, and organic fruit and vegetable picking and agricultural learning in large greenhouses.
Food educationCommunityPeri-urban agricultureEstablishment of the Practical Teaching System of Applied Talents of Urban Horticulture
2012Zai Xue-ming · Horticulture & Seed · Global
A Chinese report on building a practical teaching system for applied urban horticulture talent, using the College of Horticulture at Jinling Institute of Technology as a case example, addressing systematic skills training, improving the occupational skills of urban gardening talent, and enhancing students' innovation and entrepreneurial capability.
Food educationCommunityRohrbach Library Home: 2013 Kutztown University School Garden Workshop: About the Presenters
2012Dan Stafford · · United States
A library web page introducing the presenters for a school garden workshop at Kutztown University in the United States, describing it as a learning opportunity for educators and parents featuring speakers and demonstrations on building a sustainable community partnership.
Food educationCommunityUrban Farming Yields and Nutritional Benefits in Dakar: A 2012 Replication Study
2012Amadou Diop, Seyni Ndiaye · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Senegal
A study replicating earlier field surveys on crop yields and nutritional benefits of urban farming in Dakar, Senegal, using standardized sampling across selected urban villages. Crop yields from the replicated plots showed an average increase of 15% over initial estimates, with significant variation between crop types such as vegetables versus grains. Nutritional analysis found that urban farming increased micronutrient content in staple foods by up to 20%, particularly in leafy greens and fruits.
CommunityHealthEconomicsFood educationGardening Increases Vegetable Consumption in School-aged Children: A Meta-analytical Synthesis
2012Gail Langellotto, Abha Gupta · HortTechnology · United States
Using peer-reviewed studies of garden-based nutrition education programs delivered to children in the United States, a study applied meta-analytical techniques to examine effects on children's nutrition knowledge, preference for fruit and vegetables, and consumption. Compared with experimental controls (no nutrition education) and nutrition education programs without a gardening component, a vote-counting analysis found most outcomes nonsignificant in the control and nutrition-education-only groups, but positive and significant in the gardening group. The quantitative meta-analysis was limited by the small number of studies reporting full descriptive statistics, but one robust result stood out: gardening increased vegetable consumption in children, while the impact of nutrition education programs alone was marginal or nonsignificant.
Food educationHealthCommunity신도시 내 도시농업 도입에 대한 거주자 지불의사금액 추정
2012임주호, 이경환, 윤인숙, 윤은주 · · South Korea
This study estimated new-town residents' willingness to pay for urban garden plots on public land, using a 1.5-bound dichotomous-choice contingent valuation method (CVM) survey of residents in Bundang and Dongtan, South Korea. 72.6% of respondents said they would use urban garden plots if part of a park or green space were developed and leased as an urban farm, indicating latent demand; willingness to pay was estimated at about 236,000 won per year for one plot (16.5 m2 basis), exceeding rental costs at existing weekend farms near the capital region. Gender, age and occupation significantly affected willingness to pay, while other socioeconomic characteristics, possible visit frequency and desired stay duration were not significant.
CommunityEconomicsFood education都市农业环境下动物医学（兽医）专业人才培养的思考——以北京为例
2012李焕荣, 孙英键 · 教育教学论坛 · China
A 2012 discussion paper in the journal Jiaoyu Jiaoxue Luntan examines how to train veterinary medicine professionals for an urban agriculture context, using Beijing as the example. It reviews the ecological function of urban agriculture and trends in industrial-structure optimization, characteristics of suburban agricultural areas, Beijing's five-year livestock development plan centered on shifting breeding structures to meet urbanization needs, the state and problems of Beijing's pet industry, requirements for veterinary professionals, and features of the 2011 "12th Five-Year Plan" training scheme, concluding with an outlook on future training for urban-oriented veterinary talent.
CommunityFood educationOur School at Blair Grocery: A Case Study in Promoting Environmental Action Through Critical Environmental Education
2012Donovon Ceaser · The Journal of Environmental Education · United States (New York City)
Noting broad agreement on the goals of environmental education (EE) but continued debate over promoting student action, this case study examines how a critical urban farming school — Our School at Blair Grocery in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward — addresses student action through critical environmental education (critical EE), which combines critical reflection with local action on social and environmental problems. The results found that critical learning within an egalitarian, youth-centered community in a disadvantaged area produces students who are more enlightened and empowered to create change. However, concerns about funding and safety led staff to depart from maintaining an egalitarian ethic, undermining the individualism and unpredictability that critical EE depends on and producing "disconnects" in students' education.
Food educationCommunity科技创新 合作共赢北京 市通州区第二届国际都市农业科技节闭幕
2012吕艳 · 农业工程技术：温室园艺 · China (Beijing)
This article reports the closing, on October 21, 2012, of the second International Urban Agriculture Science and Technology Festival, held for one month at the Beijing International Urban Agriculture Science and Technology Park in Tongzhou District, Beijing, China. The festival was co-organized by the Tongzhou District People's Government and China Agricultural University, with cooperation from several government bodies and institutions including the Ministry of Agriculture's Foreign Economic Cooperation Center and the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, and public-interest support from the China Guanghua Science and Technology Foundation. The item covers only the event's organizers and timeline; it gives no attendance figures or specific outcomes.
PolicyCommunityFood educationA Study on Assessment of Urban Agriculture Education Program: Focused on Urban Agriculture Instructor Course at Gyeonggi Provincial Agricultural Research & Extension Services
2012Bo-Gyung Jang, Yoon-Ji Choi, Cheng-Chu Cho · 농촌지도와 개발 · South Korea
This study surveyed 40 trainees of the urban agriculture instructor course at the Gyeonggi Provincial Agricultural Research & Extension Services, South Korea, on October 7, 2011, analyzing the importance and performance of the urban agriculture education program using an IPA (importance-performance analysis) model. Based on the findings, it proposes reforms to the instructor course: teaching should be practice-oriented rather than theoretical so trainees can apply learning in actual urban agriculture, teaching materials should be practical rather than purely theoretical, and since theoretical content is already covered in materials, instruction should emphasize hands-on practice.
Food educationCommunityImpact Analysis of School Garden Programmes on Nutrition Knowledge and Food Security Among Primary School Students in Mozambique Rural Areas
2012Ferdinan Dos Santos · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Sub-Saharan Africa
This study examines the impact of school garden programmes on nutrition knowledge and food security among primary school students in rural Mozambique. While such programmes have been implemented across various regions with mixed results, this study used a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys with primary school students and their parents or guardians. Students showed a statistically significant improvement (p<0.05) in nutrition knowledge, with an average score increase of 20% on the post-intervention survey compared with pre-test results. The findings indicate that the school garden programmes positively influenced students' nutritional knowledge and contributed to their families' food security in Mozambique's rural areas. The authors state that further studies should examine long-term impacts and potential barriers to implementation.
Food educationHealthWelfareCommunityLearning to Apply: From "School Garden Instruction" to Technology-Based Learning Environments
2012· · Global
A theoretical discussion grounded in structural-functionalist sociology (Fend, 1980; Parsons, 1959) addresses the two functions schools and universities serve for society and the individual: qualification and integration-enculturation. It engages the proposition that people learn for life rather than for school, but the abstract text itself contains no specific description of school gardens or technology-based learning environments.
Food educationCommunityUrban Agricultural Event
2012Kevin Camm · VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) · United States
This report examines the Urban Agriculture Day (UAD) program, run by Virginia Cooperative Extension for fifth-grade students in Lynchburg City Schools, Virginia, which provided hands-on agricultural education meeting several requirements of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL). Using Rogers's (2003) diffusion of innovation theory as a framework, the report examines how teachers perceived the relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability of UAD for teaching SOL content.
Food educationCommunityEffectiveness of Food Sustainability Education among Grade School Students
2012Loran Mary Luehr, Sylvia B. Smith · Journal of Student Research · United States
A study examined the effectiveness of a four-week interactive food sustainability education program covering local foods, gardening, recycling, and world hunger, delivered to 85 elementary-age students at two schools in southern Illinois. Using a within-subjects repeated-measures design with pre- and post-program surveys analyzed in PASW (Version 18.0) and a significance level of p<0.10 given the exploratory design, the program was found most effective with fourth graders, who showed significant change across all four measured areas: understanding world hunger, effects on their surroundings, understanding of community supported agriculture (CSA), and awareness of stores carrying more local foods. Eighth graders showed significant change in two areas (effects on their surroundings and CSA understanding), and sixth graders showed significantly higher scores only in CSA understanding. The paper reports positive results for the youngest age group while flagging the more limited results among sixth and eighth graders as warranting further research.
Food educationHealthCommunityLouisiana 4-H Seeds of Service School Gardens: A Descriptive View
2012Melissa Cater, Janet Fox, Bobby Fletcher · Journal of Extension · United States
A process evaluation of Louisiana's 4-H Seeds of Service School Gardens program, a K-12 Learn and Serve grant initiative, described curriculum implementation fidelity, program reach, use of garden produce and materials, and teacher characteristics. Eighty-seven percent of participating classrooms planted vegetable gardens using the Junior Master Gardener curriculum, and the evaluation found that school gardens can be effective in supporting classroom curriculum.
Food educationCommunity地域固有の食文化が観光の対象となるまでの形成過程に関する一考察：大和の伝統野菜を事例として
2011Katakami T. · 観光研究 (Journal of the Japan Institute of Tourism Research) · Japan
Using Yamato traditional vegetables, examines the process by which place-specific food culture becomes a tourism resource, stressing the role of key persons creatively managing how the culture is supplied to others.
Heirloom & landraceCommunityEconomicsFood educationGrowing what you eat: Developing community gardens in Baltimore, Maryland
2011Corrigan M. P. · Applied Geography 31(4):1232-1241 · United States
Qualitative study of Baltimore community gardens via interviews and observation. Gardens contributed to individual, household and community food security but needed added support through education, policy and funding.
WelfareCommunityFood educationThe Effects of School Garden Experiences on Middle School-Aged Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Associated With Vegetable Consumption
2011Ratcliffe M.M. · Health Promotion Practice · USA
A study of garden-based education for middle school-aged students; 236 completed a Garden Vegetable Frequency Questionnaire and 161 a taste test, showing improved recognition, attitudes, preferences, and willingness to taste vegetables, plus greater variety eaten.
Food educationHealthGreening Buffalo's Vacant Lots
2011Chris Szczygiel · eCommons (Cornell University) · United States (Buffalo)
Greening vacant lots is one of the most cost-effective ways for the city of Buffalo to improve its neighborhoods. A program to clean up, green up, and maintain vacant lots can combat blight, raise property values and tax revenue, lower crime rates, and improve residents' quality of life. Greening lots can provide various community benefits, including jobs, educational opportunities, and a local source of fresh, nutritious food.
CommunityEconomicsFood educationHealthThe Impact of a School Garden and Cooking Program on Boys’ and Girls’ Fruit and Vegetable Preferences, Taste Rating, and Intake
2011Rachael Jaenke, Clare E. Collins, Philip J. Morgan, David R. Lubans, Kristen L. Saunders, Janet M. Warren · Health Education & Behavior · Australia (New South Wales)
This study investigated gender differences in the impact of a school garden and nutrition curriculum on fruit and vegetable intake, willingness to taste, and taste ratings among 127 children (11-12 years, 54% boys) in regional New South Wales, Australia. A significant gender difference was found only for carrot taste rating, with girls rating it higher, but no significant gender differences were observed for fruit and vegetable consumption or willingness to taste other vegetables. While a group effect was seen for overall willingness to taste and taste ratings for several vegetables, no significant treatment-time effect was found for vegetable intake in either gender.
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