Food for all?: Critically evaluating the role of the Incredible Edible movement in the UK

• Autores: Michael Hardman, Mags Adams, Melissa Barker, Luke Beesley
• Localización: Urban gardening and the struggle for social and spatial justice / Chiara Certomà (ed. lit.), Susan Noori (ed. lit.), Martin Sondermann (ed. lit.), 2019, ISBN 978-1-5261-2610-8, págs. 139-153
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The practice of Urban Agriculture (UA) – the growing of food and/or rearing of livestock within the city context – is on the rise globally (Hardman and Larkham, 2014 ). Arguments for UA vary, ranging from its potential to contract the food supply chain by relocating production closer to urban consumers, to the potential for improved social engagement, through bringing communities together on allotments, communal gardens and other growing spaces (Gorgolewski et al., 2011 ; Wiskereke and Viljoen, 2012 ).