Essays about: "Rebecca Laycock"

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  1. 1. The tip of the iceberg lettuce : what direct and indirect factors enable knowledge and skill sharing in community gardens?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Rebecca Laycock; [2013]
    Keywords : action research; social development; urban agriculture; sustainability science; Canada; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Concerns about the decline in knowledge concerning food growing stemming stem from the Green Revolution, as well as the rapid urbanization since the beginning of the 20th Century. There is a gap in the literature about community gardening in industrialized English-speaking countries, and since sharing of knowledge is a well-documented achievement of community gardens, the aim of this thesis is to find out what direct and indirect factors enable knowledge and skill sharing in community gardens. READ MORE