This thesis is based on research that utilises social innovation theory to examine the role and potential of community gardens and community supported agriculture (CSA) in transitioning toward more sustainable food systems, with a geographical focus on Wales. The research originates from the rationale that there is an urgent need for transforming the current food systems into more sustainable ones, and that community-based socially innovative initiatives may become drivers for such a transformation. The main objective is to demonstrate what is the socially innovative role of community gardens and community supported agriculture in Wales and what is their potential for making a societal change toward food sustainability, thus aiming to contr...
The growth of localized food systems and alternative food networks reconnects farmers and consumers,...
Literature tends to assume that all community gardens are essentially the same and focuses on their ...
This thesis is an exploration of the social, technical and economic dynamics of the organic agricult...
PhD ThesisCommunity Supported Agriculture (CSA) has not spread rapidly in the UK, and in the north e...
In this thesis I focused on the Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) as an alternative form of farming...
Growing concern about issues surrounding climate change and the environment has led to a recent focu...
Urban agriculture is an emerging topic and it is widely argued that it has considerable potential fo...
Current mainstream food systems are increasingly under pressure, and the number of new production an...
This thesis interrogates the potential of, and constraints upon, Community Supported Agriculture (CS...
Urban Agriculture (UA) has been promoted as an activity with the potential to bring food production ...
This paper seeks to orientate research on local food networks more firmly towards ideas of grassroot...
In cooperative food activities, the pervasive term ‘community’ plays a performative role in stimula...
This paper uses a multiple case study approach to researching people's everyday lives and experience...
Rural areas are faced with the rising demographic, economic and social challenges such as aging soci...
Social innovation is gaining attention as a perspective that stresses the relevance of transforming ...
The growth of localized food systems and alternative food networks reconnects farmers and consumers,...
Literature tends to assume that all community gardens are essentially the same and focuses on their ...
This thesis is an exploration of the social, technical and economic dynamics of the organic agricult...
PhD ThesisCommunity Supported Agriculture (CSA) has not spread rapidly in the UK, and in the north e...
In this thesis I focused on the Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) as an alternative form of farming...
Growing concern about issues surrounding climate change and the environment has led to a recent focu...
Urban agriculture is an emerging topic and it is widely argued that it has considerable potential fo...
Current mainstream food systems are increasingly under pressure, and the number of new production an...
This thesis interrogates the potential of, and constraints upon, Community Supported Agriculture (CS...
Urban Agriculture (UA) has been promoted as an activity with the potential to bring food production ...
This paper seeks to orientate research on local food networks more firmly towards ideas of grassroot...
In cooperative food activities, the pervasive term ‘community’ plays a performative role in stimula...
This paper uses a multiple case study approach to researching people's everyday lives and experience...
Rural areas are faced with the rising demographic, economic and social challenges such as aging soci...
Social innovation is gaining attention as a perspective that stresses the relevance of transforming ...
The growth of localized food systems and alternative food networks reconnects farmers and consumers,...
Literature tends to assume that all community gardens are essentially the same and focuses on their ...
This thesis is an exploration of the social, technical and economic dynamics of the organic agricult...