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Exploring Key Factors Driving Urban Foraging Behavior in Garden and Non-Garden Locations

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FOODS
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods12051032

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alternative food procurement; foraging attitudes; urban foraging

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This study aims to explore the key factors driving food foraging behavior in the U.S. The results indicate that nature and food attitudes predict attitudes toward urban foraging. Leaving food behind is crucial for sustainable foraging practices and promotes fairness in foraging communities.
Since the occurrence of COVID-19 and food price inflation, alternative forms of food procurement increased in popularity. The present study is dedicated to urban foraging and aims to explore key factors driving food foraging behavior in the U.S. Two specific foraging behaviors, namely leaving food behind or taking it all, have been investigated in a gardening and non-gardening location. Leaving food behind is crucial to sustainable foraging practices, as it allows plants and ecosystems to recover and promotes fairness in foraging communities. Data was procured from an online consumer survey and analyzed using SmartPLS 4, which allowed the use of partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). PLS-SEM is particularly suitable for complex exploratory studies as it does not require distributional assumptions. Results indicate that nature and food attitudes predict attitudes toward urban foraging. Foraging attitudes, such as food foraging is challenging and food foraging benefits people and the planet, which are the most important drivers for taking or leaving behaviors in both types of locations. These findings are of relevance to managers in municipalities, landscape designers, horticultural businesses, and other stakeholders who create, shape, and govern landscapes used for food foraging.

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