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Sharing results from our @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca project, based on interviews/workshop with urban growers, community orgs and city staff. We found that a promising strategy for urban ag ultimately stalls without leadership and resources to follow-through. @jafscd.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
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Growing pains: Successes and barriers in London, Ontario’s urban agriculture strategy
| Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sharing results from our @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca project, based on interviews/workshop with urban growers, community orgs and city staff. We found that a promising strategy for urban ag ultimately stalls without leadership and resources to follow-through. @jafscd.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
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Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity