Growing food to grow cities? The potential of agriculture foreconomic and community development in the urban United States

Developing a Social Enterprise Performance Scale and Examining the Relationship Between Entrepreneurs’ Personality Traits and Their Perceived Enterprise Performance

“…They are innovative agents that engage the market and harness its wealth-generating powers to serve disadvantaged social groups and achieve social transformation (Pelchat, 2005). SEs use business methods to advance their social, environmental, and human-justice agendas (Vitiello & Wolf-Powers, 2014). They create non-profit-sector jobs, foster workforce development, and assist people in generating supplemental income, often by strengthening ties between entrepreneurs and the formal economy and building social capital.…”

Agricultural Land and the New Urban Paradigm: Coexistence, Integration, or Conflict?

“…This simple definition however, belies the complexity of the practice. Urban agriculture lies between many issues which are seen as critical to the ongoing sustainability and livability of our urban environments: public health, healthy food access, green space, air and water quality, economic development, and community engagement [52]. Urban agriculture represents a tangible, accessible opportunity for city residents to become involved in issues of food provenance and food security and to reconnect with a food system that many feel is somehow out of their context.…”

Urban gardening: reinstate agricultural act in the city

“…48 Aux États-Unis, où la production alimentaire à grande échelle (community food production) est très documentée (McClintock, 2010 ;Corrigan M.-P., 2011 ;Guitard et al, 2012 ;Smith et al, 2013 ;Vitiello and Wolf-Powers, 2014), des individus ou des communautés toujours plus nombreux s'engagent dans la production de nourriture dans un objectif de sécurité alimentaire. Si l'essor des jardins collectifs à Montpellier constitue bien une illustration de celui de cette production à grande échelle, l'enjeu de sécurité alimentaire n'y est cependant pas prioritaire, comme nous l'avons vu plus haut.…”