The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada
This paper positions community seed saving (CSS) as collective knowledge and practices used to cultivate, collect, conserve, exchange, and advocate for regionally adapted seeds as a foundation of healthy and sustainable food systems. Qualitative research involved twelve interviews with community see...
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| author | Rachel L.W. Portinga Charles Z. Levkoe Lindsay P. Galway |
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| description | This paper positions community seed saving (CSS) as collective knowledge and practices used to cultivate, collect, conserve, exchange, and advocate for regionally adapted seeds as a foundation of healthy and sustainable food systems. Qualitative research involved twelve interviews with community seed savers in Thunder Bay, Canada. We explored the relationships to participants’ health and wellbeing through themes of physical health, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, and relationships and reciprocity. The findings illustrate that CSS can directly benefit individuals and influence social and ecological determinants of health. We argue that public health should consider CSS a health promotion intervention and an important future direction for research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d967978fdfc044b8984e74e2eb723aaa2025-08-20T02:37:02ZengElsevierWellbeing, Space and Society2666-55812024-12-01710022710.1016/j.wss.2024.100227The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, CanadaRachel L.W. Portinga0Charles Z. Levkoe1Lindsay P. Galway2Corresponding author.; Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B5E1Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B5E1Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B5E1This paper positions community seed saving (CSS) as collective knowledge and practices used to cultivate, collect, conserve, exchange, and advocate for regionally adapted seeds as a foundation of healthy and sustainable food systems. Qualitative research involved twelve interviews with community seed savers in Thunder Bay, Canada. We explored the relationships to participants’ health and wellbeing through themes of physical health, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, and relationships and reciprocity. The findings illustrate that CSS can directly benefit individuals and influence social and ecological determinants of health. We argue that public health should consider CSS a health promotion intervention and an important future direction for research.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558124000459Community seed savingPublic healthHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthEcological determinants of healthNorthwestern Ontario |
| spellingShingle | Rachel L.W. Portinga Charles Z. Levkoe Lindsay P. Galway The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada Wellbeing, Space and Society Community seed saving Public health Health promotion Social determinants of health Ecological determinants of health Northwestern Ontario |
| title | The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada |
| title_full | The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada |
| title_fullStr | The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada |
| title_short | The contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in Thunder Bay, Canada |
| title_sort | contributions of community seed saving to health and wellbeing a qualitative study in thunder bay canada |
| topic | Community seed saving Public health Health promotion Social determinants of health Ecological determinants of health Northwestern Ontario |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558124000459 |
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