Community and community gardens: some definitional issues
Community is a notoriously difficult concept to define. Nevertheless, its influence in sociological
and geographical research remains pervasive. The term is prominent in the burgeoning
body of work examining Alternative food networks (AFNs) (see Feagan 2007, Maye
et al. 2007, Cox et al. 2008, Harris 2009, Little et al. 2010). This is epitomised by concepts
such as “community food systems” and “community food security” (Mooney and Hunt
2009) and specific activities such as community supported agriculture and community