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Hydroponics In Jail, Hannah Wooten
Hydroponics In Jail, Hannah Wooten
Urban Food Systems Symposium
According to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 83% of state prisoners were arrested at least once within nine years following their release. Reducing recidivism rates by providing educational training is one method to reduce the tendency of a criminal to reoffend. Only 7% of local correctional facilities provide vocational training for the incarcerated population. Correctional facilities in urban areas have the capacity to provide vocational training to inmates in urban agricultural techniques. The John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Seminole County, Florida maintains a partnership with University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/ IFAS) Extension …
Comparing Resource Use For Tomato Production On Urban, Peri-Urban And Rural Farms In Georgia, Usa, Nicole Kennard
Comparing Resource Use For Tomato Production On Urban, Peri-Urban And Rural Farms In Georgia, Usa, Nicole Kennard
Urban Food Systems Symposium
The large-scale urbanization of the global population has created convoluted and often inefficient food supply chains, where food is brought from rural areas across the world into cities. These food supply chains are vulnerable to shocks and stresses, as seen with the COVID-19 pandemic. These stresses are only expected to increase with the effects of climate change. Farmers are being pressured to grow more food for a growing global population whilst conserving natural resources. Thus, there has been increased effort to promote local agriculture to build food self-sufficiency in cities. However, the sustainability of different scales of local agriculture, such …