Gardening as tool to foster health and cultural identity in the context of international migration: Attitudes and constraints in a female population

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 881, Issue , 2010, Pages 785-792

  Bellows, A C ^a   Alcaraz, G V ^a   Vivar, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Lazos America Unida   (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Food production; Traditional knowledge; Urban agriculture; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053253598     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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