Community garden volunteering for food security
This study looks at whether volunteering in a community garden can help improve food security and well-being. If you join, you'll help in the garden and answer a few surveys over the study period.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You live in Arkansas and are between 18 and 95 years old.
- You live within 1 mile (about a 15-minute walk) of a participating community garden.
- You are able to speak and read English well enough to complete surveys.
- You are willing to volunteer at the garden during the study (the time commitment will be explained).
- You have not volunteered at this garden in the past 6 months.
- You sometimes worry about or struggle to get enough food (this is called food insecurity).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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