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Co-Producing Sustainability: Involving Parents and Civil Society in the Governance of School Meal Services. A Case Study from Pisa, Italy

Francesca Galli,
Gianluca Brunori,
Francesco Di Iacovo and
Silvia Innocenti

Sustainability2014, 6(4), 1643-1666;https://doi.org/10.3390/su6041643

26 March 2014

There is a rising awareness of the power of the public sector in enhancing sustainable consumption and production practices, in particular related to food procurement and its social, ethical, economical and environmental implications. School meal ser...

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Do Local Food Networks Foster Socio-Ecological Transitions towards Food Sovereignty? Learning from Real Place Experiences

Juliana Lutz and
Judith Schachinger

Sustainability2013, 5(11), 4778-4796;https://doi.org/10.3390/su5114778

7 November 2013

Drawing on transition theory, we conceptualize local food networks as innovations that initially function and develop in local niches within a given food regime. As niche-innovations local food networks induce socio-ecological changes on the local le...

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Civic Engagement and Social Connectedness in Rural Communities: The Role of Sociodemographic Factors and Social Determinants of Health in Rural Areas of the United States

Emma C. Lewis,
Galen D. Eldridge,
Deyaun L. Villarreal,
Meredith L. Graham,
Johanna Y. Andrews Trevino,
Sara C. Folta,
Jay E. Maddock,
Meg S. Patterson,
Elena Andreyeva and
Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler

Soc. Sci.2025, 14(11), 674;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14110674

19 November 2025

This study examined whether civic engagement (CE) and social connectedness (SC) differ by sociodemographic characteristics and social determinants of health (SDOH). Baseline data were drawn from a rural community-randomized controlled trial (n = 2381...

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A Perspective on Urban Agriculture at the Scale of the Urban Park: Landscape Architectural Strategies for Degrowth Transitions

Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad,
Francesca Ugolini and
Alessio Russo

Urban Sci.2025, 9(11), 487;https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9110487

18 November 2025

Urban agriculture is increasingly recognized not only for its role in enhancing ecological resilience, food security, and social inclusion, but also for its potential to challenge dominant urban development paradigms. Agroparks, as a spatial typology...

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