Tag: Urban agriculture
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Hama-cha Fieldwork: Co-Creating Cultural Sustainability in Urban Agriculture
浜茶フィールドワーク：都市農業における文化的持続可能性をともに編む By He Yukun, Kiyoyama Yohei, Mr. Ishida (local tea farmer), He Yuzhong 著者：何 鈺昆／清山 陽平／浜茶コラボレーター Read the full Field Notes report on our Resources Page and pdf linked here Based on research conducted 2024–2025 フィールドノーツ（活動記録）全文はリソースページからご覧ください → ここ 本稿は 2024–2025 年の調査に基づくフィールドノートです Rethinking Engagement in Urban Agriculture 都市農業への“関わり方”を再考する Urban agriculture often faces challenges of aging labor,
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Shaping the Future of Urban Agriculture in Stockholm
Authors: Michael Martin, Mosen Farhangi, Vivek Voora, and Natalie de Brun Skantz (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute) As cities around the world face increasing pressures from climate change, population growth, and food insecurity, urban agriculture is emerging as a promising solution. In Stockholm, interest in growing food locally is on the rise — from schoolyards
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Can urban agriculture live up to its inclusivity aspirations?
Authors: Stijn van den Oever, Beste Sabir Onat, Adam Calo *An introduction from Stijn: Over the past year and a half, I had the opportunity to work for the JUST GROW project at the Radboud University, first as a research assistant, and later as an intern. It has been an incredibly enriching experience. I’ve learned
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Visiting GrünFrau — an urban farm supporting women and community
Written by Rose Jennings; Edited by Ann-Kristin, Jörg Lüling and Patrick Baur So much more than soup! Care to venture a guess on who procured this pot of gold? No, it wasn’t the researchers that cut the “schnibble” (vegetable bits) and that laughed around the fire as we put it all into a cast-iron pot.
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Urban Farms as Third Teachers: Learning and Sustainability at Voll Gård
Authors: Beste Sabir Onat, Adam J. Calo, Stijn van den Oever, Heidi Vinge Despite rapid urbanization and the high commercial value of city-center spaces, Voll Gård in Trondheim, Norway, a pedagogical farm and competence center for urban agriculture, stands as a testament to the power of urban agriculture. Supported by policymakers and the government, this
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Is there a connection between mobility and land access in urban farming?
Authors: Stijn van den Oever, Adam Calo, Heidi Vinge, Beste Sabir Onat The JUST GROW team based in Norway and the Netherlands is investigating how urban agriculture is mediated by land access and labour equity. During the summer period the pace of our research has slightly slowed down, but now that everyone is back (and
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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
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