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Local Food and Fitness: Bridging Broken Bonds Through Community Participation

Local Food and Fitness: Bridging Broken Bonds Through Community Participation

Sabine Ursula Ohara, Ashley D. Milton, Tia D. Jeffery
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522534549|ISBN10: 1522534547|EISBN13: 9781522534556
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3454-9.ch007
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Ohara, Sabine Ursula, et al. "Local Food and Fitness: Bridging Broken Bonds Through Community Participation." Changing Urban Landscapes Through Public Higher Education, edited by Anika Spratley Burtin, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 144-169. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3454-9.ch007

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Ohara, S. U., Milton, A. D., & Jeffery, T. D. (2018). Local Food and Fitness: Bridging Broken Bonds Through Community Participation. In A. Burtin, J. Fleming, & P. Hampton-Garland (Eds.), Changing Urban Landscapes Through Public Higher Education (pp. 144-169). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3454-9.ch007

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Ohara, Sabine Ursula, Ashley D. Milton, and Tia D. Jeffery. "Local Food and Fitness: Bridging Broken Bonds Through Community Participation." In Changing Urban Landscapes Through Public Higher Education, edited by Anika Spratley Burtin, Jeffery S. Fleming, and Pamela Hampton-Garland, 144-169. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3454-9.ch007

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Abstract

The 11th Street Bridge Park is an ambitious project that will connect Washington DC Wards 6 and 8 by replacing a retired bridge across the Anacostia River. The new 11th Street Bridge will be the city's first elevated public park built on the piers of the old bridge. The Bridge Park will feature local food, recreation, health, and the arts. The UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) is a key partner in the project and has worked with community groups to anchor the bridge park through community gardens, food production workshops, and nutrition classes. Over 200 raised bed gardens have been built, and Ward 6 and 8 residents have learned to grow and prepare food. While the Bridge Park builds a physical bridge, the community work of CAUSES brings the social and cultural aspects of the project into focus. This chapter describes the transformative work of empowering urban residents to grow food and to use their local expertise in collaboration with CAUSES land-grant specialists to improve their economic condition and adopt healthier lifestyles.

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