Who practices urban agriculture? An empirical analysis of participation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) disrupted the food system motivating discussions about moving from a dependence on long food supply channels toward shorter local supply channels, including urban agriculture. This study examines two central questions regarding the adoption of urban agriculture practices at the household level during the COVID-19 pandemic: whether the outbreak of the novel coronavirus elicited participation in urban agriculture (e.g., community growing and home growing) and what are the characteristics of individuals who participate. To answer these questions, we conducted two online surveys in Phoenix, AZ, and Detroit, MI. The first round occurred during 2017 and the second during the lock-down in 2020. Using bivariate probit models, we find that (1) considerably fewer

SUBMITTER: Chenarides L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753488 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature