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Assessing the Local Food Supply Capacity of Detroit, Michigan

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  • Colasanti, Kathryn J. A.
  • Hamm, Michael W.

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Urban agriculture is touted as a strategy for more locally reliant food systems, yet there is little under­standing of its potential food provisioning capacity. Using Detroit, Michigan as an example, we use secondary data to develop a methodology for estimating the acreage required to supply, as far as seasonally possible, the quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables consumed by city residents. We com­pare these requirements with a catalog of the publicly owned, vacant parcels in Detroit to assess the feasibility of producing significant quantities of the fresh produce consumed within city limits. We demonstrate that if high-yield, biointensive grow­ing methods are used, 31% and 17% of the sea­sonal­ly available vegetables and fruits, respectively, currently consumed by 900,000 people could be supplied on less than 300 acres without incorpo­rating extraordinary postharvest management or season-extension technology. This indicates that urban agriculture could play an important role in food provisioning in many places.

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  • Colasanti, Kathryn J. A. & Hamm, Michael W., 2010. "Assessing the Local Food Supply Capacity of Detroit, Michigan," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 1(2).
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    2. Harris, Greg & Nixon, Denver & Newman, Lenore & Mullinix, Kent, 2016. "Delineating the Southwest British Columbia Bioregion for Food System Design and Planning: A Practical Approach," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 6(4).

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