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What Is a School Farm? Results of a Scoping Review

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  • Sammy A. Blair

    (Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Gabrielle Edwards

    (Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Katharine Yu

    (Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Eduardo Jovel

    (Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Lisa Jordan Powell

    (Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595, USA)

  • Kerry Renwick

    (Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Annalijn I. Conklin

    (Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
    Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Healthcare Research Institute, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada)

Abstract

As school farms become more prominent programs to teach food education, research is needed to support school farms’ implementation and sustainability. This scoping review included 94 articles on school farms from three bibliometric databases covering broad international literature. Vocational agricultural training, animal husbandry, and crop production were common characteristics of school farms across 103 years of publications. Themes of sustainability, healthy eating, and food systems were more prominent in recent literature. Peer-reviewed studies (1985–2019) provided some empirical research showing school farms’ impact on students. This review discusses school farms’ structures and objectives as promising food education and production programming.

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  • Sammy A. Blair & Gabrielle Edwards & Katharine Yu & Eduardo Jovel & Lisa Jordan Powell & Kerry Renwick & Annalijn I. Conklin, 2023. "What Is a School Farm? Results of a Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:7:p:5332-:d:1111720
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    1. Elizabeth Wall-Bassett & Nancy Harris, 2017. "Promoting Cultural Competency: A Nutrition Education Model for Preparing Dietetic Students and Training Paraprofessionals in an International Setting," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(7), pages 108-108, July.
    2. Morgan L. McCloskey & Hannah Kesterson & Noereem Z. Mena & Jennifer Dellaport & Laura L. Bellows, 2020. "Farm to Early Care and Education Programming: A Descriptive Study of Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Healthful Foods to Young Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-8, September.
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