Seeds and the city: a review of municipal home food gardening programs in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

J Music, L Mullins, S Charlebois, C Large… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, home food gardening articles have
saturated popular media outlets. Home food gardening is more popular than ever, and …

COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflicts on agriculture: A trio of challenges to global food security

D Paudel, RC Neupane, S Sigdel, P Poudel… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global food security is a worldwide concern. Food insecurity is a significant threat to poverty
and hunger eradication goals. Agriculture is one of the focal points in the global policy …

[HTML][HTML] Physically apart but socially connected: Lessons in social resilience from community gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Joshi, W Wende - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces, like community gardens, received increased attention during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from an ethnographic study on participating in community …

Home and wild food procurement were associated with improved food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in two rural US states

MT Niles, AC McCarthy, J Malacarne, S Bliss… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Both food insecurity and home and wild food procurement (HWFP), including gardening,
increased in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic; yet little evidence has …

Food sovereignty and solidarity initiatives in rural Ukraine during the war

N Mamonova - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines coping strategies and solidarity initiatives in rural Ukraine during the
full-scale war with Russia. Based on primary qualitative data conducted remotely, it explores …

Supply chain responsiveness to a (post)-pandemic grocery and food service E-commerce economy: An exploratory Canadian case study

S Charlebois, M Juhasz, J Music - Businesses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The focus of this study looks at the motivations and rationale from a national survey of over
7200 Canadians in November 2020 into why they use online services to purchase food. As …

Perceived COVID-19-related stress drives home gardening intentions and improves human health in Taiwan

CF Wu, LW Chou, HC Huang, HM Tu - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has added a layer of mental health problems and perceived
stress. Home gardening is considered a good method to reduce perceived stress. The …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

D Bieri, N Joshi, W Wende, F Kleinschroth - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Community gardens are growing in popularity worldwide, especially in densely populated
urban areas. They provide semi-public spaces for joint gardening activities and serve as …

Barriers and enablers for private residential urban food gardening: The case of the City of Hobart, Australia

I Goodfellow, V Prahalad - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Home food gardening is an important component of urban agriculture and sustainable food
systems. However, globally there has been limited research into the barriers and enablers to …

Review and analysis of the motivations associated with urban gardening in the pandemic period

V Cattivelli - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper examines people's motives for urban gardening during the pandemic waves of
2020 and 2021. Interest in this practice has often ebbed and flowed in response to changing …