Community gardens: a fresh approach to better nutrition?
NCT ID NCT06455215
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether joining a community garden can help adults in low-income areas eat more fruits and vegetables and have better access to healthy food. About 138 adults will take part in an 8-week program with gardening, cooking demos, and social activities. Researchers will compare their diets and food access to a control group that gets the program later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community garden activities
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that community gardens are a practical way to improve diet and food access in underserved neighborhoods.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage behavioral study with only 7 gardens. Results may not apply to other settings, and diet changes may be modest or short-lived.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 138 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 95 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Arkansas resident aged 18-95; 2. live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden; 3. speak English; 4. willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period; 5. not previously participated in the garden as a volunteer in past 6 months; 6. scores as food insecure on 1 of any of the food security measures (i.e. food did not last, could not eat balanced meal, cut the size or skip meals and frequency at which this happens, eat less than you think you should, were hungry but did not eat); 7. written informed consent; 8. working phone, home address, and email; 10\) willingness to complete all survey assessments. Exclusion Criteria: * Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGLittle Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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