Urban AgricultureBattling Food Insecurity with Integrated Geospatial Technologies

摘要

An astonishing 18 million households in the United States were labeled "food insecure" in 2011. This means that at some point during the year, they were unable to feed every member of the household. It means they were hungry.In sunny California—where fruit trees thrive and residents often have a bigger harvest than they can consume— CommUniverCiry San Jose aims to do something about this. A key part of the organization's Garden to Table initiative involves identifying andmapping fruit trees on residential properties, working with home owners, mobilizing volunteers to pick the fruit, and delivering the harvest bounty to a local food bank. CommUniverCiry is a collaborative project of the Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace communities, San Jose State University (SJSU), and the City of San Jose.