TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Understanding Motivations to Participate in Orti Urbani in Palermo
AU - Testa, Riccardo
AU - Migliore, Giuseppina
AU - Schifani, Giorgio
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Community gardens include many benefits, and different motivations seem to underline citizens’ choices to participate. In Italy, political motivations are considered one of the main reasons for participation in community gardens (known as orti urbani). Drawing from the orti urbani experience in Palermo (the largest city in Sicily, Southern Italy), this study aims to understand the main motivations that influence citizens’ participation and to measure the effects of these motivations on fruit and vegetable consumption among participants. Findings reveal that orti urbani attract middle-class participants who possess high amounts of cultural capital but relatively less financial capital. Among the motivations affecting the citizens’ participation, eating safe food is the most important one. Orti urbani represent a solution to the increasing concerns about the safety of food and the urban environment.
AB - Community gardens include many benefits, and different motivations seem to underline citizens’ choices to participate. In Italy, political motivations are considered one of the main reasons for participation in community gardens (known as orti urbani). Drawing from the orti urbani experience in Palermo (the largest city in Sicily, Southern Italy), this study aims to understand the main motivations that influence citizens’ participation and to measure the effects of these motivations on fruit and vegetable consumption among participants. Findings reveal that orti urbani attract middle-class participants who possess high amounts of cultural capital but relatively less financial capital. Among the motivations affecting the citizens’ participation, eating safe food is the most important one. Orti urbani represent a solution to the increasing concerns about the safety of food and the urban environment.
KW - Italy
KW - autonomous space
KW - community gardens
KW - food safety
KW - orti urbani
KW - political consumption
KW - Italy
KW - autonomous space
KW - community gardens
KW - food safety
KW - orti urbani
KW - political consumption
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/362262
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-486X
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - CULTURE, AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
JF - CULTURE, AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
SN - 2153-9561
ER -