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The Role of Community Gardens During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Title (Dublin Core)

The Role of Community Gardens During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Description (Dublin Core)

The pandemic has brought the issues of food insecurity and the fragility of our food system to the forefront. This article discusses how household food insecurity disproportionately affects lower-income families and Black and Hispanic communities. Community gardens are one way to address these issues, providing mental health benefits, social and emotional support, and public health benefits during the pandemic.

Date (Dublin Core)

February 25, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Luz Mercado

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Sharon E. Hunt

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

op-ed article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Food & Drink
English Neighborhoods
English Social Issues

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

collaboration

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

public health
community
garden
gardening
inequity
Black
Hispanic
disparity
income
food
insecurity

Collection (Dublin Core)

Environment
Foodways

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Exhibit (Dublin Core)

Environment and the Pandemic>Gardening and Growing Food

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/31/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/16/2021
09/16/2021
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

02/25/2021

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This item was submitted on July 31, 2021 by Sharon Hunt using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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