Social Farming in the Virtuous System of the Circular Economy. An Exploratory Research

Nicolosi, Agata; Laganà, Valentina Rosa; Gregorio, Donatella Di; Privitera, Donatella

doi:10.3390/su13020989

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“…As shown by research on the role and impact of social agriculture on environmental changes carried out in Italy, good social farming practices are often associated with the circular economy model. They spread within a specific economic system and contribute to its success [26]. In the described project it was exactly like that: the practice of social farming was linked to the circular food system model.…”

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Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)

Erälinna

Szymoniuk

2021

Sustainability

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People around the world pay increasingly more attention to health, social, environmental, and ethical issues. As a consequence, they seek value in food that is fresh, less processed, and sustainably sourced. The article presents an experimental project supporting the implementation of a circular food system in the city of Turku, Finland. The outcome of the project is a globally replicable concept of managing a local circular food system in sustainable urban farming. The project had two objectives: (1) to reduce food waste in restaurants in the Turku University Campus; (2) to support local recycling of nutrients by composting food waste generated in the pilot restaurant and reuse the nutrients in the process of urban farming. The presented concept is based on the results of two experimental studies. It ties in with UN and EU sustainable development strategies and policies, e.g., Sustainable Development Goals (2, 11, and 12), the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy, and the concepts of Circular Economy and Sustainable Cities.

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Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)

Erälinna

Szymoniuk

2021

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“…It is striking that residents demonstrated a moderate perception of opportunities for social activities (i.e. social farming), which represents a form of resilience and innovation within rural systems and a tool to support the competitiveness of the production system (Nicolosi et al 2021), and of employment of the foreign workforce, which has a growing relevance, especially in rural and marginal areas (Marongiu 2021).…”

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Public perception of ecosystem and social services produced by Sardinia extensive dairy sheep farming systems

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Dairy sheep farming systems provide a great range of ecosystem services (ESs) and social services (SSs). These are Agro-pastoral Secondary Outputs (ASOs), the promotion of which can help the survival of the systems and the rural regions in which they exist. However, little attention has been paid to understanding which ASOs are recognized by the public, which is the first step to adequately promote them. This study first aims to review previous literature on ASOs relating to livestock in general and dairy sheep farming systems in particular. The literature review, conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework, revealed significant gaps. Second, the research provides evidence of public perception of ASOs of a given dairy sheep sector—i.e. that developed on the region of Sardinia (Italy)—via a questionnaire distributed to a composite sample of 525 stakeholders. We found that cultural and landscape services are the most appreciated services. Multiple correspondence analysis suggests that appreciation of a specific secondary output would imply the appreciation of all the other outputs. Furthermore, we ran a set of logit regressions where each ASO was related to several socio-economic variables. Findings showed, among others, that the ‘subjective knowledge’ of the Sardinian agro-pastoral reality positively and significantly affects appreciation of all the ASOs. Several implications for practitioners, academics and policymakers are derived from these findings.

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“…Creating nature-based spaces and activities, initially benefits the users, while also providing wider societal benefits, including maintaining (natural and healthcare) ecosystem services, mitigating climate change, building community cohesion, and ultimately improving health and wellbeing (see Nicolosi et al, 2021;Russell, Beattie & Heaney, 2021;Seddon et al, 2021;Gianferrara & Boshoff, 2018). GI has therefore been identified as a possible salutogenetic opportunity, enabling health to be managed and conditions prevented, whilst ensuring care is personalised (Howarth, Lawler & de Silva, 2021;Buck, 2016;Robinson & Breed, 2019;Thompson, 2018).…”

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Enabling Urban Social Farming: the need for radical green infrastructure in the city

Mitchell

Houston

Hardman

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Cogent Social Sciences

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With the global population projected to continue growing, there are concerns that health services are beginning to be stretched beyond working limits, particularly in the Global North, where many nations face ageing populations and similar obstacles. One suggested radical method to tackle these issues would be to provide access to Green Infrastructure (GI) interventions, including the development of social farms, particularly within urban areas and across deprived communities; enabling conventional health services to be supplemented by nature-based therapy. Social farms incapsulate this ideology, by enabling spaces for farming practices to also be used for therapeutic outcomes: providing care, rehabilitation, and even educational programmes. This focuses around the concept of social prescribing, with activities within social farms, amongst other spaces, such as community gardens and urban farms, acting as non-medical approaches to aid people with mental health or related conditions. Currently, research across social farming and social prescribing is relatively novel and therefore tends to be based in Scandinavian countries or the USA, in which these spaces are more readily available. This paper focuses on the concept of social farming, which has received increased attention in the UK context, particularly within the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recent 25-year Environment Plan. The paper argues that there is ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Social Farming in the Virtuous System of the Circular Economy. An Exploratory Research

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)

Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)

Public perception of ecosystem and social services produced by Sardinia extensive dairy sheep farming systems

Enabling Urban Social Farming: the need for radical green infrastructure in the city

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