Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic through Community Gardens
Udall Center: The Udall Center’s Dr. Stephanie Buechler, who also holds a
position with the School of Geography, Development, and Environment
(SGDE), is leading the Tucson-focused applied research project
"Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic through Community Gardens: A
Lifeline to Food Security" in collaboration with the Community Gardens
of Tucson (CGT) NGO. Twenty qualitative interviews are being conducted
with under- and un-employed gardeners to investigate the effect of
gardening on vegetable-produce accessibility for gardeners and their
household members, limitations experienced gardening under COVID-19 and
climate change conditions, and strengths and weaknesses of social and
institutional networks related to gardening during COVID-19. These
interviews were complemented by four others with CGT staff on the
financial effects of water meters subsidized by the Tucson Water.
Funding for the project comes from SGDE, the Udall Foundation, the
Spicer Foundation, and the University of Arizona Center for Regional
Food Studies
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