TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban horticulture, from local initiatives to global success stories
AU - Ebel, Roland
AU - Fallahi, Esmaeil
AU - Griffis, John L.
AU - Nandwani, Dilip
AU - Nolan, Donielle
AU - Penhallegon, Ross H.
AU - Rogers, Mary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, American Society for Horticultural Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Urban horticulture describes economically viable horticultural production activities conducted in a city or suburb. It is a growing segment of horticulture in the United States as well as in developing countries, where the enormous growth of megalopolis is not backed by a simultaneous increase of farmland or agricultural productivity. Today, urban horticulture includes food sovereignty in underprivileged neighborhoods, increased availability of vegetables and fruits in big cities, healthy and diverse diets, improved food safety, low transportation costs, efficient resource use, and the mitigation of environmental impacts of horticultural production such as the emission of greenhouse gases. The workshop ‘‘Urban horticulture: From local initiatives to global success stories,’’ held at the 2018 American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) conference in Washington, DC, featured present and historical success stories of urban horticulture from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States.
AB - Urban horticulture describes economically viable horticultural production activities conducted in a city or suburb. It is a growing segment of horticulture in the United States as well as in developing countries, where the enormous growth of megalopolis is not backed by a simultaneous increase of farmland or agricultural productivity. Today, urban horticulture includes food sovereignty in underprivileged neighborhoods, increased availability of vegetables and fruits in big cities, healthy and diverse diets, improved food safety, low transportation costs, efficient resource use, and the mitigation of environmental impacts of horticultural production such as the emission of greenhouse gases. The workshop ‘‘Urban horticulture: From local initiatives to global success stories,’’ held at the 2018 American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) conference in Washington, DC, featured present and historical success stories of urban horticulture from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States.
KW - Botanical gardens
KW - Chinampa
KW - Collective action
KW - Farmer-to-farmer program
KW - Urban agriculture
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U2 - 10.21273/HORTTECH04525-19
DO - 10.21273/HORTTECH04525-19
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85079183890
SN - 1063-0198
VL - 30
SP - 4
EP - 5
JO - HortTechnology
JF - HortTechnology
IS - 1
ER -