Niñez, Vera, “Household-level food production”, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 7, no.3. 1985.  Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/156482658500700306

This article discusses both the historical and cultural significance of home gardening, comparing it to other local methods of food production as a way of showing its necessity in terms of food security. This article will act as a great resource for my group’s project because it provides a background for why it is essential to growing food in small places. In addition, it discusses how smaller gardens fit into economics and nutrition.

 

Perini, Katia, et al. “Vertical Greening Systems, a Process Tree for Green Façades and Living Walls.” Urban Ecosystems., vol. 16, no. 2, Chapman & Hall, June 2013, pp. 265–77, doi:10.1007/s11252-012-0262-3.

This article takes a broader approach to our group’s topic by discussing the capacity for food production in a larger system such as a city by creating vertical greening systems. This article discusses the different applications of urban food production, discussing green roofs, façades and living wall systems. This article is helpful because it broadens the scope of the project. Although we intend to use Carlisle as the audience of our project, it is important to see how the concept of vertical food production can be adapted to a larger-scale system and the creative ways in which that is being accomplished.