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Rooted: Cultivating Social Inclusiveness + Food Equity, Andrew Newman
Rooted: Cultivating Social Inclusiveness + Food Equity, Andrew Newman
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
From great tragedy comes greater opportunity. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, New Orleans found itself in the midst of an unprecedented civic disaster after being abandoned by the state and ignored by the federal government. Outrage and concern about the slow political response culminated in the creation of a citizen-driven food network. This local food network consists of community-based farms and organizations that devoted their resources and time to providing under-served residents with sustained access to fresh produce. These local farms and gardens primarily began to sprout up in the hardest hit and most restricted of neighborhoods. …