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Committed to a sustainable and fair food system: First insights from interviews with initiatives in Dortmund
Authors: Ann-Kristin Steines, Annika Eisenberg, Barbara Schröter The JUST GROW hub in Dortmund, Germany is researching how urban agriculture can contribute to food security. Over the past few months, we have been conducting interviews with different actors involved in urban agriculture in Dortmund and the surrounding area. We would like to give you an insight into the first results of our research and introduce you to three initiatives: the Food Policy Council Dortmund und Region e.V.,… read more
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From Uji’s Tea Gardens to Workshops in Helsinki
Authors: He Yukun, Kiyoyama Yohei The JUST GROW hub at Kyoto University, Japan is currently researching the cultural sustainability dimensions of urban agriculture and we’ve been busy! This June, we focused on the Keihanshin region where we conducted a field visit to the urban tea gardens in Uji City, Kyoto prefecture. Following this, we traveled to Helsinki, Finland to share our progress on the JUST GROW project at SRI2024. Shortly after, we conducted another field visit… read more
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Notes from the Field: Saturday morning at the African Alliance of Rhode Island’s pop-up market
Authors: Rose Jennings, Sheriff Aliu, and Patrick Baur The JUST GROW Providence hub, currently investigating how to better center equity in governance and policy networks for urban agriculture, made a fun and informative site visit last weekend to the African Alliance Rhode Island (AARI)’s pop-up farmers market in Roger Williams Park. Three members of our University of Rhode Island team were present: Patrick Baur, site and project lead; Rose Jennings, postdoc fellow; and Sheriff Aliu, doctoral… read more
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