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Esteve G Giraud
School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA

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Estève Giraud is a PhD candidate at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, where her research focuses on care practices in food systems as a resilience strategy. She also works as a Research Associate at the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at ASU. She holds a Master in Economy, Finance and Management from University Pompeu Fabra (Spain), and a Master in Business from Toulouse Business School (France). Her research interests include urban agriculture, food systems, food policy, local food, ethics, resilience and permaculture.

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Journal article
Published: 28 August 2021 in Sustainability
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“Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness”, is what millions of Americans strive for. The onset of COVID-19 has highlighted the disparities that exist among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, which are facing food access inequities. In this paper, we argue that engaging in growing food sustainably can improve food access, support food justice and enhance sense of purpose and well-being. We expand the notion of Food Well-Being (FWB) to include food producers—especially gardeners—and hypothesize that gardening has the potential to enhance FWB, regardless of the racial and socio-economic background. However, without policies tackling social and racial justice issues, structural barriers may hinder this potential. We use three studies to draw a rich profile of sustainable food gardeners in Arizona, USA and their well-being: (a) the children and teachers engaged in school gardens in the Phoenix metropolitan area; (b) sustainable gardeners and farmers in Phoenix and Tucson; (c) Arizona gardeners during the pandemic. The results show a connection between sustainable gardening and eudemonic well-being, and an impact on the five FWB dimensions (physical, intellectual, spiritual, emotional and social). However, without appropriate policies, funding and infrastructure, the impact might remain minimal, volatile and subject to tokenism.

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Esteve G Giraud; Sara El-Sayed; Adenike Opejin. Gardening for Food Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9687 .

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Esteve G Giraud, Sara El-Sayed, Adenike Opejin. Gardening for Food Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9687.

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Esteve G Giraud; Sara El-Sayed; Adenike Opejin. 2021. "Gardening for Food Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9687.

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Published: 11 March 2021 in Humanities
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Urban agriculture is often advanced as a sustainable solution to feed a growing urban population, offering a number of benefits: improved fresh food access, CO2 absorption, social justice and social cohesion among others. Going beyond these direct tangible/objective benefits from urban agriculture, in this paper we ask: How can growing food in the cities teach us about taking care of each other and the natural environment? We use the example of urban food autonomy movements to discuss the transformative potential of a grassroots-led initiative promoting permaculture, which is anchored in three “ethics”: care for the earth, care for the people, and fair share. Through examining the philosophical underpinnings of “autonomy” and “care”, we explore how urban food autonomy initiatives can enable the development of an ethics of care, especially using permaculture inspirations. Our theoretical review and case analysis reveal that “autonomy” can never be achieved without “care” and that these are co-dependent outcomes. The urban food autonomy initiatives are directly relevant for the achievement of the three of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals: “Zero Hunger,” “Life on Land” and “Climate Action”, and contribute to a culture of care. Indeed, urban agriculture can act as a powerful education platform for the engagement of diverse stakeholders while also supporting a collective transformation of values.

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Esteve Giraud. Urban Food Autonomy: The Flourishing of an Ethics of Care for Sustainability. Humanities 2021, 10, 48 .

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Esteve Giraud. Urban Food Autonomy: The Flourishing of an Ethics of Care for Sustainability. Humanities. 2021; 10 (1):48.

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Esteve Giraud. 2021. "Urban Food Autonomy: The Flourishing of an Ethics of Care for Sustainability." Humanities 10, no. 1: 48.