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2. Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dorr, Erica (author), Hawes, Jason K. (author), Goldstein, Benjamin (author), Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnèsa (author), Fox-Kämper, Runrid Cohen, (author), Specht, Kathrind (author), Fedeńczak, Konstancja (author), Caputo, Silvio (author), Cohen, Nevin (author), Poniży, Lidiae (author), Schoen, Victoria (author), Górecki, Tomaszi (author), Newell, Joshua P. (author), Jean-Soro, Liliane (author), and Grard, Baptiste (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-01
- Published:
- United States: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12838
- Journal Title:
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 17pgs, There is a lack of data on resources used and food produced at urban farms. This hampers attempts to quantify the environmental impacts of urban agriculture or craft policies for sustainable food production in cities. To address this gap, we used a citizen science approach to collect data from 72 urban agriculture sites, representing three types of spaces (urban farms, collective gardens, individual gardens), in five countries (France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, and United States). We answered three key questions about urban agriculture with this unprecedented dataset: (1) What are its land, water, nutrient, and energy demands? (2) How productive is it relative to conventional agriculture and across types of farms? and (3) What are its contributions to local biodiversity? We found that participant farms used dozens of inputs, most of which were organic (e.g., manure for fertilizers). Farms required on average 71.6 L of irrigation water, 5.5 L of compost, and 0.53 m2 of land per kilogram of harvested food. Irrigation was lower in individual gardens and higher in sites using drip irrigation. While extremely variable, yields at well-managed urban farms can exceed those of conventional counterparts. Although farm type did not predict yield, our cluster analysis demonstrated that individually managed leisure gardens had lower yields than other farms and gardens. Farms in our sample contributed significantly to local biodiversity, with an average of 20 different crops per farm not including ornamental plants. Aside from clarifying important trends in resource use at urban farms using a robust and open dataset, this study also raises numerous questions about how crop selection and growing practices influence the environmental impacts of growing food in cities. We conclude with a research agenda to tackle these and other pressing questions on resource use at urban farms.
3. Is mobile phone use associated with spacial dimensions? A comparative study on mobile phone use in five European countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fortunati, Leopoldina (author), Manganelli, Anna Maria (author), and de Luca, Federico (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06314
- Journal Title:
- Information, Communication and Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(9) : 1057-1075
4. Managing your image
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beth, Katjo (author), Leroy, Adrien (author), Madsen, Jens (author), and Read, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- International: John Deere (European Edition in English language)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06584
- Journal Title:
- Furrow
- Journal Title Details:
- 120(2) : 14-18
- Notes:
- Includes 2014 research results involving consumer trust of farmers in countries throughout the world.
5. Medias, green algae, and the Breton agricultural model
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Alexandre, Brun (author) and Jean-Paul, Haghe (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11793
- Journal Title:
- Espace Geographique
- Journal Title Details:
- 46(2) : 1-15
- Notes:
- Abstract online via Ebscohost., Authors analyze 490 television news broadcasts featuring Brattany's "green algae" between 1986 and 2015. "The problem has evolved over the past thirty years. It was first depicted as a hindrance to tourism due to urban pollution. It then was classified as an ecological disaster caused by agricultural productivism. Finally, it is currently considered a possible launch pad for sustainable development projects at the territorial level. The media have shaken up the region's political agenda and in so doing, they have hastened the reassessment of the 'Breton agricultural model'."
6. New data highlights rift between consumers' perceptions, science about food choice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dekker, Colleen Parr (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2017-03-29
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09411
- Notes:
- ENOUGH Movement, Elanco, Greenfield, Indiana. 6 pages., Reports results of a multi-country Truth About Food survey by Kynetec.
7. Print and paper in a digital world: an international survey of consumer preferences, attitudes and trust
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International: Two Sides North America, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D11534
- Notes:
- 16 pages., Online from publisher website., "This survey provides insight into how consumers around the globe view, prefer and trust paper and print, from reading for leisure or gaining information to news or marketing collateral." Findings based on a representative international survey of more than 10,700 consumers in 10 countries.
8. Why are American farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Weingarten, Debbie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12-06
- Published:
- International: Guardian News and Media Limited, The Guardian - U.S. edition
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09436
- Journal Title:
- The Guardian
- Notes:
- Via online edition. 10 pages.