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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Community Food Systems"”.
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Influencers and Barriers to Consumption of Healthful Diets in Rural Youth in Context of the Bioecological Model
… as part of Ignite, a tri-state, five-year, community based partipatory research (CBPR) intervention were conducted with 6th to 8th grade adolescents from an economically disadvantaged community of rural South Dakota. Results were categorized into the context of the bioecological model. …
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A feasibility assessment for the use of the community health worker model for inclusive garden-based food systems programming for Virginia Cooperative Extension
Food systems include food production, processing, distribution, marketing, access, preparation, consumption, and disposal and influences of social, economic, and environmental conditions. Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) has professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers with expertise in …
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An evaluation of the determinants of resilience to drought in Malawi
… the determinants of resilience to drought in community food systems as a basis for contributing towards a more advanced understanding of resilience.<br/><br/>A schematic model linking the key concepts associated with resilience was developed on the basis of literature review. This model was …
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Exploring Food System Change through a Mixed Methods Analysis of Cooperative Extension's Role in the Farm to School Movement
… is a program that connects local and regional foods and other farm products to school meals, develops school gardens, and develops other types of Farm to School experiential learning programs for K-12 students. Since Farm to School began in the mid-1990\'s, Farm to School programs have been …
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A multiscalar, interdisciplinary study of the social and ecological dynamics of urban agriculture in Chicago, IL
… for stimulating economic development, increasing food security and access, and combatting obesity and diabetes, among other social goals. Sites of urban food production, along with other urban landscapes, are also increasingly expected to provide additional ecosystem services, such as stormwater …
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A Case Study of a Beginner Gardening Program in North Carolina
Food insecurity refers to the lack of reliable access to nutritious and affordable foods for people of all backgrounds (Meenar and Hoover, 2012) and is a problem faced by approximately 50 million Americans (Smith, 2011) and thirteen percent of North Carolina households. Food security and poverty …