“I like to get my hands stuck in the soil”: A pilot study in the acceptance of soil-less methods of cultivation in community gardens
“I like to get my hands stuck in the soil”: A pilot study in the acceptance of soil-less methods of cultivation in community gardens
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“我喜欢把手插在土壤里”：社区花园无土栽培方法接受度试点研究
DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120585
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
M. Schaefer
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
S. Caputo;H. Rumble;M. Schaefer
本文的目的是调查无土粮食生产方法在城市农业，特别是在由社区团体经营的项目中可以发挥的作用。在过去的几年里，人们追求可持续生活方式的动力导致了城市农业的激增。通常，土壤园艺因其对城市生态的宝贵贡献而受到城市农民的极大赞赏。然而，欧洲各地的一些社区项目正在试验室内无土方法，这为减少水和空间等资源的浪费提供了机会，包括宝贵的绿色空间。在此背景下，本文调查了可能促进或阻碍城市农民无土耕作方法的驱动因素和障碍。我们对文献中的信息进行了三角测量，并进行了小规模的试点研究，该研究基于对英国朴茨茅斯一个社区花园的采访，其中一群经验丰富的农民使用了一个小型水培装置。随后，我们将结果与之前的一项试点研究进行比较，该研究在设计上类似，但受访者在种植粮食方面的经验有限。定性结果显示了对水培单元可以产生的环境优势的普遍赞赏，同时对水培产品的缺乏信心，这在两组中都被认为是非自然的。定量分析表明，90%有经验的农民对无土方法有先验知识，而在更广泛的样本组中，这一比例为42%。我们的结论是，对于试点的参与者来说，更高的无土系统知识并不一定会导致更高的接受度。然而，收集到的反馈表明，人们对无土方法很感兴趣，这似乎与社区花园在其项目中测试新安排和新技术的倾向有关。
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role that soil-less methods of food production can play in urban agriculture, particularly in projects that are run by community groups. Over the last years, a drive by people to engage in sustainable lifestyles has resulted in a surge in urban agriculture. Typically, on-soil horticulture is greatly appreciated by urban farmers for its invaluable contribution to urban ecology. Yet, some community projects across Europe are experimenting with indoor soil-less methods, which offer an opportunity to reduce the waste of resources such as water and space, including valuable greenspace. Against this backdrop, the paper investigates the drivers and barriers that may facilitate or hinder soil-less methods for urban farmers. We triangulate information from the literature with a small-scale pilot study, based on interviews in a community garden in Portsmouth, UK, in which a small hydroponic unit was utilised by a group of experienced farmers. We subsequently compare results with a previous pilot study, similar in design but with interviewees who have limited experience in growing food. Qualitative results show a general appreciation of the environmental advantages that the hydroponic unit can yield and at the same time diffidence towards a hydroponic produce which is perceived as non-natural in both groups. Quantitative analysis showed that 90% of experienced farmers had prior knowledge of soil-less methods against 42% of the wider sample group. We conclude that, for the participants to the pilots, higher knowledge of soil-less systems does not necessarily lead to higher acceptance. Yet, feedback gathered suggests that there is interest in soil-less methods, which appears to be linked to the propensity of community gardens to test new arrangements and techniques within their projects.
基于研究的园艺行动主义：引导公共粮食和土地议程
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
Tornaghi C
通讯作者：
Tornaghi C
游击园艺和绿色行动：重新思考非正式的城市发展运动
影响因子：
9.1
作者：
Hardman M
通讯作者：
Hardman M