The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada

IF 2.4 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
Rachel L.W. Portinga, Charles Z. Levkoe, Lindsay P. Galway
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Abstract

This paper positions community seed saving (CSS) as collective knowledge and practices used to cultivate, collect, conserve, exchange, and advocate for regionally adapted seeds as a foundation of healthy and sustainable food systems. Qualitative research involved twelve interviews with community seed savers in Thunder Bay, Canada. We explored the relationships to participants’ health and wellbeing through themes of physical health, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, and relationships and reciprocity. The findings illustrate that CSS can directly benefit individuals and influence social and ecological determinants of health. We argue that public health should consider CSS a health promotion intervention and an important future direction for research.
社区留种对健康和幸福的贡献:加拿大桑德湾定性研究
本文将社区种子保存(CSS)定位为集体知识和实践,用于培育、收集、保存、交换和倡导适应地区的种子,作为健康和可持续食品系统的基础。定性研究对加拿大桑德湾的社区种子保存者进行了 12 次访谈。我们通过身体健康、心理、情感和精神健康以及关系和互惠等主题,探讨了与参与者的健康和福祉之间的关系。研究结果表明,CSS 可以直接造福于个人,并影响健康的社会和生态决定因素。我们认为,公共卫生应将 CSS 视为一种促进健康的干预措施和未来重要的研究方向。
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Wellbeing Space and Society
Wellbeing Space and Society Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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