The arts strengthen the lines between food production and consumption.
The integration of arts and creative processes in thinking about food production and consumption stimulates the generation of new partnerships, ideas, and products.
Centering creativity in agriculture means more innovation.
The growing "creative agriculture" movement, which unify agriculture and the creative arts, can increase innovation, integration with community, and satisfaction with agricultural projects.
Culture + food = heritage conservation and identity.
Research shows that a healthy food tourism movement develops and sustains regional identities, encourage agricultural diversification, enhances environmental awareness, and increase the social and cultural benefits associated with connection to traditional heritage.
The presence of public art encourages more local gardening.
In Seattle, community gardens with significant public artworks tend to be larger gardens with more members, and to have at least one annual community celebration.
Bringing the arts into the garden creates better K-12 students.
Education acquired in the garden can increase students' overall academic performance. Students expand their ways of thinking or habits of mind to include curiosity, flexibility, open-mindedness, informed skepticism, creativity, and critical thinking.
Arts and food combine to improve regional identity and conserve heritage.
Research shows that a healthy food tourism movement develops and sustains regional identities, encourage agricultural diversification, enhances environmental awareness, and increase the social and cultural benefits associated with connection to traditional heritage.