Community Gardening as an Organizing Strategy

Illness Crisis & Loss, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2025

Community gardening is a novel application to community organizing. The point of this article place mode organizing in community-based perspective. By becoming community-based, strategy will become organic and help strengthen bonds promote collective action. In project, local knowledge control are paramount. But for change occur proper, underlying philosophy must be developed. Without philosophical change, many projects that strive merely community-situated. This also discussed, so can bona fide initiative.

Язык: Английский

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How Food Insecure Are People Living in Australia?

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 12, 2025

ABSTRACT Food insecurity has been an overlooked problem in Australia, with the extant literature voicing concerns around reliability of official measure food insecurity. I provide population prevalence estimates Australia using fresh data on Insecurity Experience Scale reported, for first time, 2020 Household Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey. A single parameter Rasch model is estimated to establish validity FIES as a tool Australia. Cross‐nationally comparable estimates, based FAO's global reference scale, indicate that 2020, one sixteen people experienced moderate severe Using Australia‐specific thresholds national eleven were insecure. Severe concern South Queensland are most food‐insecure states. Certain subpopulations, such lone persons, at higher risk Household‐level measures may hide intrahousehold hardship. The single‐item underestimates Experiential US Security Survey Module must be validated national‐level prior their application instruments security policies context specific.

Язык: Английский

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News media framing of food poverty and insecurity in high-income countries: a rapid review

Health Promotion International, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 38(6)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023

Abstract Food poverty and insecurity have become a public health emergency in many high-income countries. News media coverage can shape political views towards such issues. This rapid review synthesizes the evidence on how food are represented news media. Peer-reviewed publications were accessed through three electronic databases, with reference lists of all included studies screened. Primary research conducted countries published English since 1995 included, no restrictions study methods. A combination deductive coding to Entman’s framing theory inductive analysis was used. Ten studies, mostly rated as low quality, review. Newspapers only type examined. The findings showed largely absent nuanced understanding insecurity, problem often defined by bank use consequences mainly focused physical health. causes attributed structural factors, solutions charitable aid. discourse recipient (un)deservingness aid evident. Articles contained from government officials charities, individuals’ experiences absent. this highlight that major shift print is required. More balanced critical reporting required present more realistic picture including its multi-dimensional nature, limitations charity need for important issue.

Язык: Английский

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Between headlines and hunger: Media framing of food poverty on the island of Ireland

Media Culture & Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2024

Food poverty has emerged as public health issues in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern (NI) last decade. Concurrently, food a significant news story across broadcast media both ROI NI. While research relation to how is framed media, there dearth literature on this Irish context. This article seeks address gap by setting out understand ways which emerges island Ireland. Through gathering material from archives, between November 2017 April 2023, deployed analysis using Entman’s framing theory priori framework. In doing so, much tended orientate around discursive frames relating working poor, ‘deservingness’ help through banks or government failure. From these findings, makes two central recommendations: (i) voices those affected need be centrally included stories when it helpful (ii) production cultures focus more constructive journalism approaches.

Язык: Английский

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« Compliqué de manger à sa faim » : la vulnérabilité alimentaire des étudiants au prisme de la presse française nationale et régionale

Sciences de la société, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 108

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2021

Cet article porte sur la médiatisation de vulnérabilité alimentaire des étudiants en France 2013 à 2023. Il se situe dans le sillage études qui ont montré quoi l’alimentation est devenue une affaire publique et fait l’objet savoirs divers mis remis circulation par différents acteurs sociaux biais nombreux médias. cherche également contribuer réflexion les implications sociales politiques désignation certains groupes comme vulnérables. À partir d’une analyse sémio-communicationnelle d’un corpus d’articles publiés Le Monde La Voix du Nord, il examine aspects avant presse, témoins convoqués ainsi que formes narratives utilisées pour rendre compte l’expérience l’insécurité jeunes adules milieu universitaire. Les résultats cette révèlent volonté presse visible étudiants, jusqu’alors peu publicisée mode micro-récit largement emprunté proposer compréhension qu’en font sous un registre pathos permette briser l’indifférence, mais plus alarmiste qu’explicatif ou engagé.

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