Permaculture and Community Garden-Farming for Urban Food Production

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dc.contributor.advisorCammock, Radilaite
dc.contributor.authorDuff, Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-23T23:16:25Z
dc.date.available2022-02-23T23:16:25Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2022-02-23T04:30:35Z
dc.description.abstractThis research project explored whether permaculture can be applied to community garden-farming for food production in urban environments. The research included a review of the local and international literature and interviews with community garden leaders and permaculture teachers. The results of this research project are intended to inform and guide the development of food systems, address food insecurity and increase access to fruit and vegetables. This research project used qualitative descriptive methodology. Eight participants, four community garden leaders and four permaculture teachers were recruited for this project. In-depth, unstructured interviews with open-ended questions were used to gather data. Four themes and associated sub-themes were identified using thematic analysis: • Theme 1 - It will take a village: community, involvement, and connections • Theme 2 - What is valuable differs from what is valued: moving beyond direct economic benefit • Theme 3 - Self-determination is governed by who has title and control • Theme 4 - ‘Crisis’: A vehicle for change Based on a qualitative analysis, this thesis shows some potential ways that permaculture ethics, principles and design techniques can be applied to community garden-farming for urban food production. Permaculture and community garden-farming were found to provide food systems with ethical underpinnings to the three pillars of sustainability. More research is needed to investigate further ways permaculture can be applied to community garden-farming for urban food production and how policy can be implemented to achieve the ‘safe operating space’ and ‘protected space’ of community garden-farming.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/14937
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPermacultureen_NZ
dc.subjectCommunity garden-farmingen_NZ
dc.subjectCommunity gardenen_NZ
dc.subjectFood systemsen_NZ
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_NZ
dc.subjectAnarchyen_NZ
dc.subjectUrban food productionen_NZ
dc.subjectSelf-determinationen_NZ
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_NZ
dc.subjectQualitative descriptionen_NZ
dc.subjectThematic analysisen_NZ
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_NZ
dc.titlePermaculture and Community Garden-Farming for Urban Food Productionen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Healthen_NZ
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