Young City Growers: Practices in Stakeholder Engagement as an Emerging Urban Food Project

Lauren Ames worked with Young City Growers, a then new urban agriculture project in Waterloo, Ontario to detail the opportunities and challenges of an emerging urban farm initiative trying to build foundational partnerships. The resulting research report, published in January 2017, summarizes and analyzes interviews with key project partners and stakeholders about their relationship with Young City Growers and its core mission. The report also consider areas for improvement and propose key recommendations for strengthening partnerships moving forward.

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