A problem facing over 41 million Americans today is food insecurity [15]. The root of this problem lies in the inequitable distribution of healthy and affordable food to low-income neighborhoods because of an industry that is profit-based and lacks a physical connection between the production and consumption of food. Even though 82 percent of consumers live in cities, food is produced in rural areas and transported several times before arriving in the consumer’s hands [03]. Grocery stores are profit-based and invest in locations with higher buying power, resulting in a lack of access to food in low-income areas. In order to create a new attitude around providing food for underserved neighborhoods, the design of a new, highly-visible, sector of food processing must be independent from the existing profit-based food industry. This consolidated and localized system should not only serve as an equitable distributor of food but also as the beacon of security and example of efficiency that the contemporary food system lacks. This thesis explores the utilization of urban resources, in the physical reconfiguration and consolidation of the elements of the contemporary food chain. The resulting solution aims to create an efficient, self-sustaining, and accessible source of nutrition in low-income neighborhoods. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_94316 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Contributors | Butwell, Antonia (author), Roser-Gray, Cordula (Thesis advisor), Tulane School of Architecture Architecture (Degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | electronic, electronic, pages: 44 |
| Rights | Embargo, No embargo |
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