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The difference in civic conventions is evident in interviews and documents from the three cities’ garden programs

When civic conventions are built into the local governance infrastructure, such as the mandates of various agencies or the procedures for urban planning, these formalized conventions are an aspect of the local political opportunity structure. That is, civic conventions involve … Continue reading

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The strong economy in Seattle has been critical to the expansion of its community gardening program

While Milwaukee had never made urban agriculture illegal, as many other cities had, gardening activities were still technically constrained in the industrially zoned areas with most of the large vacant lots, so the land use policy task force worked to … Continue reading

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The workers on every level of the ladder worry about factors over which they lack control

The crew bosses are under constant supervision from the crop managers, although they can take short bathroom breaks and they often carry on light-hearted conversations with coworkers. Most crew bosses are US Latinos, with a few mestizo Mexicans and one … Continue reading

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Several farmers also raised issues related to how well soil tests were calibrated to their type of farm

Among these farmers that responded with a list of key nutrients, some talked about having their nutrients “lined up” as part of their fertility program. This approach involved keeping nutrients “in balance,” such as for example, monitoring pH to ensure … Continue reading

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The specimen cups were placed in a dark incubation chamber at 20oC

This approach increased the production pool as little as possible while also ensuring sufficient enrichment of the NH4 + and NO3 – pools with 15N-NH4 + and 15N-NO3, respectively, to facilitate high measurement precision . Due to significant variability of initial … Continue reading

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The initial field visit typically lasted one hour and was completed with all thirteen participants

The Farmer First approach recognizes multiple knowledge forms and challenges the standard “information transfer” pipeline model that is often applied in research and extension contexts . We used an open-ended, qualitative approach that relied on in-depth and in-person interviews to … Continue reading

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Larger scale growers may also be favored when farmers are paid to implement specific practices

Tomatoes are likely a better proxy for other vegetable crops , though each will have its unique requirements . As we imagine a shift towards dry farm agriculture in California, it is also important to consider how land that is … Continue reading

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Samples were homogenized and a sub-sample was immediately put on ice for transport to the lab

Changing climates have caused droughts that not only result in massive financial losses , but also raise major concerns for farmers’ ability to maintain continuity in their farming operations. Because California’s waters are over-allocated even in years of typical rainfall, … Continue reading

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The undergraduates I worked with in the lab and field were also a source of inspiration

Amidst an increasingly industrialized food system, farmers and activists the world over have advocated and struggled to move agricultural production towards diversified farming systems. Agroecology–a form of agriculture based in small-scale, thought-intensive, diversified farming systems and the socio-political movements necessary … Continue reading

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Two key questions exist when designing policy to target agricultural water resiliency

Florida himself acknowledged that creative cities tend to have higher levels of inequality as the economy is increasingly bifurcated into a creative class and a service class . People in creative cities who do not belong to the creative class … Continue reading

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