Kirby, CK orcid.org/0000-0003-4784-123X, Goralnik, L orcid.org/0000-0001-9326-6470, Hodbod, J orcid.org/0000-0001-8899-6583 et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: 2020) Resilience characteristics of the urban agriculture system in Lansing, Michigan: Importance of support actors in local food systems. Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems, 5 (1). e20003. ISSN 2575-1220
Abstract
Urban agriculture is a growing movement in cities across the United States, including the post-industrial Midwest. Maintaining a resilient local food system is a challenge given the environmental, resource, and institutional barriers facing urban farmers. In this descriptive correlational study, we take an in-depth look at the demographics, farm characteristics, motivations, barriers, and resilience indicators of individuals in the urban agriculture system in Lansing, Michigan, a city of the US Midwest with a growing urban agriculture system. Survey responses (n = 92) revealed that support actors, community gardeners, and farmers have descriptive differences in their motivations, with support actors (e.g. non-profits, university extension, or municipalities) being most strongly motivated by social and environmental justice. Community gardeners reported the lowest barriers to engaging in urban agriculture. Individuals who reported stronger motivations for building community and social and environmental justice showed significant correlations to several resilience indicators, indicating that those motivations may be important to system resilience. Urban agriculture support agencies report high barriers and are most often consulted for informational and social support. These results can inform recommendations for organizations, local governments, and researchers working in midwestern urban agriculture initiatives to better assess and promote a thriving system into the future.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2023 15:37 |
Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 15:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/uar2.20003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:200301 |