According to a team of researchers at the University of Utah, people who take on community gardening have a lower body mass index (BMI) as well as offer a variety of social benefits to the residents of the community.
The study starts to provide insight on the benefits of the choices individuals and families make about their eating and physical activities. The findings are published online in the American Journal of Public Health.
Programs that clear slums and renew or rehabilitate old housing and other structures in blighted and depressed sections of the community in order to provide a safe, sanitary and pleasant place for people to live and work and to attract private investment in business and industry. Brownfields Redevelopment; Community Revitalization; Model Cities; Slum Clearance; Urban Homesteading; Urban Redevelopment; Urban Renewal; Urban Revitalization
The proposed Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) has UK civil society and social organizations stirred up this season. The supposed tax relief on investment in social impact bonds will support the UK social economy.
New Findings Suggest Community Gardening Boosts More Than Nutrition