Agriculture, Diet, and Empowerment: Understanding the Role of Community Gardens in Improving the Health of Oregon's Urban Latino Community

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dc.contributor.advisorWooten, Stephenen_US
dc.contributor.authorDezendorf, Carolineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T23:34:40Z
dc.date.available2013-10-03T23:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-03
dc.description.abstractAcross the United States, organic gardens are being used to improve community development and develop civic agriculture programs for minority populations, including Latinos. Huerto de la Familia (Family Garden), a community agriculture organization based in Eugene, Oregon, aims to improve the food security and well-being of urban Latino immigrants. This study asks the question: how effective is the organization's Organic Gardening program at improving the mental, physical, and nutritional health of urban Latinos? I analyze how participation in the community gardening program empowers the families involved and provides them access to fresh and culturally appropriate foods. Through active participatory research, semi-structured interviews, and the use of photo journals and receipt collections, this study finds that Huerto de la Familia is beneficial in terms of food justice and improving community integration.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/13289
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectLatinoen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.titleAgriculture, Diet, and Empowerment: Understanding the Role of Community Gardens in Improving the Health of Oregon's Urban Latino Communityen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of International Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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