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Des jardins partagés dans les quartiers d’habitat social : un moyen de repenser les pratiques alimentaires ?

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  • Nicole Darmon

    (UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, NORT - Nutrition, obésité et risque thrombotique - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale)

  • Pauline Martin

    (AMU - Aix Marseille Université, INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, TELEMME - Temps, espaces, langages Europe méridionale-Méditerranée - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pascale Scheromm

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Florence Ghestem

    (PADES - Programme d’Autoproduction et Développement Social)

  • Paul Marchand

    (AMU - Aix Marseille Université, TELEMME - Temps, espaces, langages Europe méridionale-Méditerranée - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Jean-Noël Consalès

    (AMU - Aix Marseille Université, , TELEMME - Temps, espaces, langages Europe méridionale-Méditerranée - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Social inequalities in diet are attributed to sociocultural determinants, economic constraints, and unequal access to healthy food. Fruits and vegetables are lacking in the diets of disadvantaged populations. The objective was to test the hypothesis that, in poor neighborhoods, community gardeners will have larger supply of healthy food, especially fruit and vegetables, than non-gardeners. We examined community gardens from the perspective of production, economics and nutrition, and social and symbolic dimensions, through multidisciplinary investigations involving women with access to a community garden plot in a poor neighborhood of Marseille, France. Gardeners' monthly household food supplies (purchases and garden production) were analyzed and compared with those of women with a similar socio-economic profile living in the same neighborhoods, without access to a garden. Twenty-one gardeners participated. Only eleven of them harvested during the month of the study, and the amount they collected averaged 53g of produce per household member per day. Whether they harvested or not, most gardeners gave preference to diversity, taste and healthiness of produce over quantity produced. Interviews revealed a value assigned to social, cultural and symbolic dimensions: pride in producing and cooking their own produce, related self-esteem, and sharing their produce at the meal table. The only significant difference between the food supplies of gardener and non-gardener households was seen for fruit and vegetables (369 vs. 211g/d per person). This difference was due to larger purchases of fruit and vegetables, and not to higher quantities produced. In spite of the cross-sectional nature of our study and the small quantities harvested, our results suggest that having access to a community garden could encourage socio-economically disadvantaged women to adopt dietary practices that more closely meet dietary recommendations.

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  • Nicole Darmon & Pauline Martin & Pascale Scheromm & Florence Ghestem & Paul Marchand & Jean-Noël Consalès, 2018. "Des jardins partagés dans les quartiers d’habitat social : un moyen de repenser les pratiques alimentaires ?," Working Papers hal-01769297, HAL.
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