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Urban organic community gardening to promote environmental sustainability practices and increase fruit, vegetables and organic food consumption

dc.contributor.authorNova, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorChaves, Benedita
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Margarida
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-10T14:27:52Z
dc.date.available2018-12-10T14:27:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractObjective: To describe the environmental practices of participants in an urban organic community garden at the beginning of their gardening experience and after a period of six months, and to discover their opinion about how this activity influenced the consumption of vegetables, fruits and organic food. Method: Interviews using structured questionnaires were conducted twice with 115 city dwellers: when they started in the vegetable garden and about 6 months later. The questionnaire included questions related to environmental practices. The second evaluation also included questions related to the consumption of organic food, vegetables and fruit. Results: This research showed significant behavioural transformation, including positive outcomes in environmental practices such as recycling and trying to persuade friends or family to recycle, compost leftovers or choose to walk/bike to save petrol. In the opinion of the participants, activities in the organic community garden helped to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and organic food. Conclusion: The study results reinforce the hypothesis that an organic community vegetable garden can induce significant, positive behavioural changes among its users. In particular this research suggests horticulture is associated with positive improvements in personal environmental behaviours, awareness of the environment’s high social priority and increased consumption of organic food, fruit and vegetables.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationNova, P., Pinto, E., Chaves, B., Silva, M. (2020). Urban organic community gardening to promote environmental sustainability practices and increase fruit, vegetables and organic food consumption. Gaceta Sanitaria, 34(1):4–9pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.09.001pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85057012284
dc.identifier.eissn1578-1283
dc.identifier.issn0213-9111
dc.identifier.pmid30471837
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26298
dc.identifier.wos000531103200002
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEnvironmentpt_PT
dc.subjectPreventive medicine & public healthpt_PT
dc.subjectCommunity healthpt_PT
dc.subjectOrganic agriculturept_PT
dc.subjectOrganic foodpt_PT
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthpt_PT
dc.titleUrban organic community gardening to promote environmental sustainability practices and increase fruit, vegetables and organic food consumptionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage9
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage4
oaire.citation.titleGaceta Sanitariapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume34
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person.familyNameSilva
person.givenNamePaulo
person.givenNameElisabete
person.givenNameMargarida
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