Research
Human Health and Wellbeing
Brown: Cooking Classes increase fruit and vegeatable intake
Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States
Olsho, L. Evaluation of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Impact of a Community Gardening Project on Vegetable Intake, Food Security and Family Relationships: A Community-based Participatory Research Study. Carney PA, Hamada JL, Rdesinski R, Sprager L, Nichols KR, Liu BY, Pelayo J, Sanchez MA, Shannon J. J Community Health. 2011 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22194063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
LA Sprouts: A Gardening, Nutrition and Cooking...Reduces Obesity
Benefits of Plants
Benefits of Horticulture Therapy
USC-LA Gardening
Nutrition study
Outreach and Inclusion
Messaging with Relevance: Some Considerations for Communicating Issues of Sustainability to Un-Messaged Communities (72KB PDF)
An assessment of the barriers to accessing food among food-insecure people in Cobourg, Ontario. Tsang S, Holt AM, Azevedo E. Chronic Dis Inj Can. 2011 Jun;31(3):121-8. PMID: 21733349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
Growing Community: The Impact of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program on the Social and Learning Environment in Primary Schools. Block K, Gibbs L, Staiger PK, Gold L, Johnson B, Macfarlane S, Long C, Townsend M. Health Educ Behav. 2011 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22167317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Land-Use
Growing Green: An Inventory of Public Lands Suitable for Community Gardening in Seattle, Washington (12MB PDF)
Community benefit. From community gardens to whole foods. Hicks J. Hosp Health Netw. 2011 Oct;85(10):17. No abstract available. PMID: 22111260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
City of Buffalo-Queen City Gardens Report (4,746KB PDF)
School/Youth Gardening
The Effects of School Gardens on Students and Schools: Conceptualization and Considerations for Maximizing Healthy Development
Best practices models for implementing, sustaining, and using instructional school gardens in California. Hazzard EL, Moreno E, Beall DL, Zidenberg-Cherr S. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011 Sep-Oct;43(5):409-13. PMID: 21906553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Growing Community: The Impact of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program on the Social and Learning Environment in Primary Schools. Block K, Gibbs L, Staiger PK, Gold L, Johnson B, Macfarlane S, Long C, Townsend M. Health Educ Behav. 2011 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22167317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
School Gardens Measure Up
Florence MD. Diet quality and academic performance. Journal of School Health. 2008. 78(4):209-215
Garden Based Learning
Policy/Legislation
Law & Regulation Paper: Urban Agriculture in Seattle Policy andBarriers (3492KB PDF)
National Food System Best Practices (University of Buffalo)
Chicago: Urban Agriculture Zoning Code Amendment
Beyond the USDA: How other government agencies can support a healthier, more sustainable food system (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
City of Portland: The Diggable City: Making Urban Agriculture a Planning Priority
- Diggable City Phase III Report (PDF Document, 926kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase II (PDF Document, 582kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 6 (PDF Document, 2,904kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I- Appendices (PDF Document, 3,003kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 2 (PDF Document, 3,006kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 5 (PDF Document, 2,956kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 4 (PDF Document, 497kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 3 (PDF Document, 2,795kb) - 2/4/08
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 1 (PDF Document, 2,511kb) - 2/4/08
Organic Gardening Information 
Tools- to help you run a Community Garden
Volunteer Resources-Seattle