The role of community-supported agriculture in building health and sustainability into UK diets: a mixed methods study

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Mills, S., Furness, E., Clear, A. K., Finnigan, S. M., Meador, J. E., Milne, A. E., Sharp, R. T. and Bellamy, A. S. 2021. The role of community-supported agriculture in building health and sustainability into UK diets: a mixed methods study. Lancet. 398 (Supplement 2), p. S68. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02611-8

AuthorsMills, S., Furness, E., Clear, A. K., Finnigan, S. M., Meador, J. E., Milne, A. E., Sharp, R. T. and Bellamy, A. S.
Abstract

Diets in high-income countries such as the UK are generally both unhealthy and unsustainable, contributing to climate change and an escalating prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Community supported agriculture schemes (CSAs) present a promising sustainable alternative to large-scale intensive monoculture farming. Our study aimed to explore this potential by investigating whether CSA members' diets are more environmentally sustainable, and of higher nutritional quality, than those of community controls.

Year of Publication2021
JournalLancet
Journal citation398 (Supplement 2), p. S68
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02611-8
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Scottish Government
Funder project or codeTransforming Food System Relationships
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online26 Nov 2021
ISSN0140-6736
PublisherElsevier

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