Pandemic Victory Gardens: Potential for local land use policies

Janet Music, Erica Finch, Pallavi Gone, Sandra Toze, Sylvain Charlebois and Lisa Mullins

Land Use Policy, 2021, vol. 109, issue C

Abstract: This viewpoint examines citizen empowerment by gardening in times of crisis, namely, the adoption of the idea of Victory Gardens as a means of resistance to COVID-19. Fear of the collapse of the Canadian food chain supply at the beginning of the pandemic led to an increase in urban gardening. The government-created Victory Garden program of the Second World War urged citizens to contribute to the war effort by growing their own food. Social media use of hashtags associated with victory gardening are shown as citizen engagement or intent to engage with local gardening programs and home food production. While a scaled-down victory garden-like program might see a resurgence in urban geographies, if local planning policies and government-led community gardening efforts supported growth in this area.

Keywords: Food supply system; Local Government; Community COVID-19 response; Citizen empowerment; Victory Garden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105600

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