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2. Impact indicators for community garden programs: Using Delphi methods to inform program development and evaluation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Diaz, John (author), Webb, Susan (author), Warner, Laura (author), Monoghan, Paul (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10348
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(6) : 852-859
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Via online journal., With growing interest in food system solutions to address poor health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases, organizations and researchers are examining the value of community gardens as interventions to promote individual and community health. Research suggests that participation in community gardens improves access to fresh, healthy foods and increases fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition to these physical benefits, research also documents a variety of social and communal benefits, by expanding social capital, stabilizing neighborhoods, and cultivating relationships. Unfortunately, most of these studies focus on a specific case, cross case, or intervention studies within a geographically specific locale. Learning lessons from successful community garden programs can be difficult because community gardens often rely on the synergy of a complex network of support agencies that assist in various technical and educational capacities. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the use of a framework for program development and evaluation that stakeholders, including extension, can adopt to show program outcomes. The framework used a Delphi approach with a diverse panel of community garden stakeholders to reach consensus about program outcomes. The study demonstrated that the panel could reach consensus on a variety of short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.
3. Knowledge of pollinator conservation and associated plant recommendations in the horticultural retail industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Westerhold, Carter M. (author), Wortman, Samuel (author), Todd, Kim (author), Golick, Douglas A. (author), and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10328
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(4) : 529-535
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Via online journal., Pollinating insects are integral to the health of all terrestrial ecosystems and agriculture worldwide. Urbanization can greatly reduce nutritional resources and habitat for pollinators. However, these losses can be mitigated through targeted landscape practices, such as planting nectar- and pollen-rich plants and managing pollinator habitat in urban areas, especially home landscapes. As homeowners attempt to conserve pollinators through horticultural practices, they often seek the advice and guidance of horticulture retail employees. The knowledge horticulture employees have about pollinators and the recommendations they provide to customers is largely unknown. A nationwide survey was developed and distributed with the objectives to 1) assess employee knowledge about pollinators and pollination biology, 2) discover what plant and management recommendations employees were giving customers pertaining to pollinator conservation, and 3) determine where to focus possible education and outreach, as well as which topics to focus educational programs on. Our findings suggest, among our respondents, that overall knowledge was adequate, with a mean score (±sd) being 8.37 (±3.23) of a possible range of 0–14 points. Uncertified and part-time employees were identified as having significantly lower scores. The subject of plant selection was found to have the largest gap in knowledge, with a mean score of 1.82 (±0.62) of a possible three points. We identified several opportunities for educational outreach, aimed at improving employee and customer knowledge on this important subject.
4. The effectiveness of using workshops to change audience perception of and attitudes about Xeriscaping
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- McKenney, C. (author), Terry, R. (author), and Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Department of Agricultural Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08627
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(4) : 327-329
5. Variations on technology: reaching urban audiences with interactive information directories
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Adams, N. (author), Cuperus, Gerrit (author), Johnk, J. (author), Koelsch, C. (author), Merchant, M. (author), Porter, M.M. (author), Smolen, M. (author), and Oklahoma County Urban IPM Coordinator}Texas Agricultural Extension Service, College Station}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service}Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08832
- Notes:
- The 93rd annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists --Communications Section. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 4-7, 1996; p. 32-37