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    1. Chicago marketplaces: advancing access to healthy food

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Roubal, Anne (author) and Morales, Alfonso (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08845
    Notes:
    Pages 191-211 in Dawson, Julie C. and Morales, Alfonso (eds.), Cities of farmers: urban agricultural practices and processes. United States: University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 333 pages.

    3. Impact indicators for community garden programs: Using Delphi methods to inform program development and evaluation

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    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.