TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Community gardens: lessons learned from California Healthy Cities and Communities
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Twiss, Joan
A1  - Dickinson, Joy
A1  - Duma, Shirley
A1  - Kleinman, Tanya
A1  - Paulsen, Heather
A1  - Rilveria, Liz
SP  - 1435
EP  - 1438
VL  - 93
IS  - 9
N2  - Community gardens enhance nutrition and physical activity and promote the role of public health in improving quality of life. Opportunities to organize around other issues and build social capital also emerge through community gardens. California Healthy Cities and Communities (CHCC) promotes an inclusionary and systems approach to improving community health. CHCC has funded community-based nutrition and physical activity programs in several cities. Successful community gardens were developed by many cities incorporating local leadership and resources, volunteers and community partners, and skills-building opportunities for participants. Through community garden initiatives, cities have enacted policies for interim land and complimentary water use, improved access to produce, elevated public consciousness about public health, created culturally appropriate educational and training materials, and strengthened community building skills.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -