Can home gardens scale up into movements for social change? The role of home gardens in providing food security and community change in San Jose, California

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-203

  Gray, Leslie ^a   Guzman, Patricia ^a   Glowa, Kathryn Michelle ^b   Drevno, Ann G ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

food security; home gardens; Latinos; social capital; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895071468     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.792048     Document Type: Article

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