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Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming (2022)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., Clark, A., & Sherriff, G. (2022). Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming. Agronomy, 12(3), e601. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030601

Urban Agriculture (UA), i.e., the production of crops or rearing of livestock in cities, is growing in popularity. Upscaled UA is increasingly gaining support from policy makers, funders, local authorities and other key actors across the globe. Radic... Read More about Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming.

The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations (2020)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Blazejewski, L., & Sherriff, G. (2020). The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations. Journal of Tourism Futures, 6(3), 209-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2019-0113

Purpose This paper aims to identify the need for research that focuses on micromobilities at tourist destinations, charting their recent expansion and exploring development challenges. Design/methodology/approach This discussion draws together... Read More about The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations.

Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity (2019)
Journal Article
St Clair, R., Hardman, M., Armitage, R., & Sherriff, G. (2020). Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity. Urban Studies, 57(2), 350-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019832486

The expanding critical literature on Urban Agriculture (UA) makes links between the withdrawal of state services and the institutionalisation of volunteering, while observing that challenging funding landscapes can foster competitive environments be... Read More about Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity.

Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices (2018)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., St. Clair, R., Adams, D., Armitage, R., Barry, V., Larkham, P., & Sherriff, G. (2018). Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices. North West geography (Online), 18(1), 1-10

Urban agriculture (UA) is a fast-increasing element in many settlements in the Global North. This paper reviews the diversity of UA activity, ranging from legal to illegal, formal to informal. Focusing particularly on current research on UA projects... Read More about Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices.

The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester (2017)
Journal Article
St Clair, R., Hardman, M., Armitage, R., & Sherriff, G. (2017). The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 33(6), 548-557. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170517000291

The rise of Urban Agriculture projects across the UK has led to a surge of interest in their efficacy and resulting social impacts. Real Food Wythenshawe is a Lottery-funded urban food project in the UK that aims to teach the population of Wythensh... Read More about The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.