Sunday, March 18, 2018

How do food justice and civic ecology come together in community gardening?

Over the next couple of weeks, my goal is to finish a major essay on how aspects of food justice and civic ecology are reflected in community garden projects in higher education contexts. Two themes in the essay are sustainability pedagogy and bridging scholarship & activism, which come from thinking about community gardens as sites of learning and action. My aim is to pick out some of the assumptions, arguments, and connections in the literature and make meaning of them. It sounds like a lot, and it is. However, with moral support from my doctoral student colleagues, I am preparing to surmount what has been quite a hurdle in this scholarly journey.

In order to stay on track and sustain the sense of community that is so important to this work, I have set up a series of virtual, drop-in, co-working sessions. These are listed in my calendar, so if you are a student, writer, or practitioner in any field who would benefit from a mutually supportive environment like this, please join in. The intention is to spur productivity by staying inspired, which is especially important with this lingering New England winter.

One more motivation... Seeds!

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