Marjorie Kersten
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjorie Kersten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjorie |
| FAMILY NAME | Kersten |
| SIGNATURE | KERSTEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0936-1035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building Capacity for Food Justice
Innovation is needed to build capacity for food justice in urban food apartheid areas. Home gardening programs have the potential to achieve such goals. Chicago Grows Food created the Grow Your Groceries Home Garden intervention in 2022 to improve access to produce in food insecure communities. A mixed-methods, longitudinal investigation was conducted to determine how the program affected food access, cost savings, gardening skills, health, and s…
Evaluation of the Grow Your Groceries Home Gardening Program in Chicago, Illinois
Mutual aid organisations and their role in reducing food insecurity in Chicago’s urban communities during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted food security and food access in urban communities of colour. Loss of income, often associated with food insecurity, has affected Hispanic, Black, low-wage workers, single mothers and women of colour more than other groups of individuals. Mutual aid organisations have proliferated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet a description of the contributions of these organisations in addressing …
How community capacity building in urban agriculture can improve food access in predominantly Black communities
Mutual aid organisations and their role in reducing food insecurity in Chicago’s urban communities during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted food security and food access in urban communities of colour. Loss of income, often associated with food insecurity, has affected Hispanic, Black, low-wage workers, single mothers and women of colour more than other groups of individuals. Mutual aid organisations have proliferated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet a description of the contributions of these organisations in addressing …
How community capacity building in urban agriculture can improve food access in predominantly Black communities
Evaluation of the Grow Your Groceries Home Gardening Program in Chicago, Illinois
Building Capacity for Food Justice
Innovation is needed to build capacity for food justice in urban food apartheid areas. Home gardening programs have the potential to achieve such goals. Chicago Grows Food created the Grow Your Groceries Home Garden intervention in 2022 to improve access to produce in food insecure communities. A mixed-methods, longitudinal investigation was conducted to determine how the program affected food access, cost savings, gardening skills, health, and s…
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Food insecurity (3 works) · Food security (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Focus group (2 works)