Urban Gardening: A Valuable Activity, But...

Authors

  • Alan Hallsworth University of Portsmouth
  • Alfred Wong Friends of Aboriginal Health

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2013.032.010

Keywords:

Community Gardening, Urban Agriculture

Abstract

Urban gardening has a high popularity among civic politicians as well as certain vocal advocates. However, there is no basis to expect that this food-supply concept could ever deliver fresher food and/or lower cost foods to most people living within the contemporary structure of a modern urbanized society.

 

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Author Biographies

Alan Hallsworth, University of Portsmouth

Visiting researcher, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.

Alfred Wong, Friends of Aboriginal Health

Friends of Aboriginal Health, Vancouver, Canada.

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Published

2013-03-25

How to Cite

Hallsworth, A., & Wong, A. (2013). Urban Gardening: A Valuable Activity, But. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 3(2), 11–14. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2013.032.010

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013): Open Call Papers

Section

Viewpoint

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