Researcher(s):
Tasha Addington-Ferris Jay Horita-Chu Maya Bon
ENVS course(s): 220 Initiated: November 2015 Completed: Go to project site
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What are the societal impacts of urban gardening and who, specifically, is experiencing these impacts? The spacial and temporal existence of urban agriculture suggests that it must contain inherent goodness and in some way promote well-being. Our project, group BonAddChu, works in tandem with the ENVS 220 group Gold Squad’s project to provide an understanding of the relationships within Portland’s urban garden community. Between our two groups, we are splitting Portland community gardens with group Gold Squad studying those located in low socio-economic areas and group BonAddChu studying those located in middle and high socio-economic areas. Our group will be using a more focused question of, how communal urban gardens in middle to upper socio-economic areas create community and impact overall health and wellbeing? This question will work to collaboratively answer our larger framing question.