Urban Forests and Their Potential to Combat Food Insecurity: Analyzing Street Trees in Baltimore, MD for Their Edibility

Author

Victoria Bearden, Ursinus CollegeFollow

Submission Date

7-23-2021

Document Type

Paper

Department

Environmental Studies

Faculty Mentor

Patrick Hurley

Second Faculty Mentor

Tristan Ashcroft

Comments

Presented during the 23rd Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 23, 2021 at Ursinus College.

Project Description

Food insecure environments, in which residents lack consistent access to nutritious food materials, can occur in urban settings. Literature on urban forests suggests that trees can provide a range of provisioning ecosystem services, including edible uses. We consider this to determine if street trees in Baltimore, Maryland have the potential to provide nutritious food materials to address food insecurity in Healthy Food Priority Areas (HFPA), designated by Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

Recommended Citation

Bearden, Victoria, "Urban Forests and Their Potential to Combat Food Insecurity: Analyzing Street Trees in Baltimore, MD for Their Edibility" (2021). Environment and Sustainability Summer Fellows. 11.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/environment_sum/11