Rapid evidence review of community engagement and resources in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: how can community assets redress health inequities?

R Mughal, LJM Thomson, N Daykin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Community engagement, such as participating in arts, nature or leisurely activities, is
positively associated with psychological and physiological wellbeing. Community-based …

A digital divide in direct market farmers' online sales and marketing: Early pandemic evidence from California

S Pesci, RE Galt, JL Durant, GM Manser… - Journal of Rural …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of the internet for sales and marketing has been on an upward trend in the past
decade. The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted an increase in direct market …

The nexus between traditional foraging and its sustainability: A qualitative assessment among a few selected Eurasian case studies

MA Aziz, G Mattalia, N Sulaiman, AA Shah… - Environment …, 2022 - Springer
Plant foraging is an important human ecological phenomenon being studied by a number of
contemporary ethnobiologists as well as by a few social anthropologists among rural …

The ethnobiology of contemporary British foragers: Foods they teach, their sources of inspiration and impact

Ł Łuczaj, M Wilde, L Townsend - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Foraging in the British Isles is an increasingly popular activity for both personal consumption
and for commercial purposes. While legislation and guidelines exist regulating the …

[HTML][HTML] Building a safety buffer for European food security: The role of small-scale food production and local ecological and gastronomic knowledge in light of COVID …

R Sõukand, R Kalle, MF Fontefrancesco… - Open Research …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The lockdown caused by the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) has created a situation
in which food availability is affected not only by the availability of money but also by the …

Transformations across diets and food systems

J Fanzo, C Davis - Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition: Linking …, 2021 - Springer
This chapter explains how our changing world has shaped food systems and diets. Although
healthy diets and nutritious foods are essential to health, current global dietary patterns are …

Designing edible cities: Exploring the origins and future of urban foraging and wild herbalism in the United Kingdom

A Russo, L McCarthy - Urban foraging in the changing world, 2024 - Springer
Foraging and wild herbalism are important elements of the edible green infrastructure which
could, by design, enhance the urban framework of the edible city. Despite recent attention to …

[HTML][HTML] Going or Returning to Nature? Wild Vegetable Uses in the Foraging-Centered Restaurants of Lombardy, Northern Italy

N Sulaiman, DM Zocchi, S Bonafede, C Nanni… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Wild vegetables (WVs) have been an essential source of human nutrition since ancient
times. Foraging is a millennia-old practice that has gained more attention recently and is …

Rapid evidence review of community engagement in the UK During the COVID-19 pandemic: How can community assets redress health inequities?

R Mughal, L Thomson, N Daykin, H Chatterjee - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Background Community-based engagement has been crucial during the COVID-19
pandemic, fostering informal and local mutual aid between individuals, community groups …

Experience Foraging: Connecting with Nature and Each Other Through Foraging Field Courses in Kent, England

H Harris - Urban Foraging in the Changing World, 2024 - Springer
Foraging field courses, run by wild food experts, have become a popular way to learn about
wild edible species in urban societies. These courses are facilitating greater access to …