From Resistance to Gentrification: Community Gardens and their Role in Producing Gentrification by Alvaro Martins-LambeSite Description:In the 1970s, Manhattans Lower East Side was a hotbed for politics. Artists, activist and developers were fighting to stake their...
Salem’s Lot(s): Land Inequality and the Moravian Church in Antebellum Salem, North Carolina
Salem's Lot(s): Land Inequality and the Moravian Church in Antebellum Salem, North Carolina by Ben CaineSite Description:Tracing its roots back to the 15th century Bohemian Hussite Church, (the oldest Protestant Church) the Moravian Church was represented in the...
Rome, Florence, and the Nonsite: Land Art and Labor Displacement in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, 1960s
Rome, Florence, and the Nonsite: Land Art and Labor Displacement in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, 1960s Gaia SaravanSite Description:This project examines Robert Smithson's A Nonsite, Pine Barrens, New Jersey (1968), a gallery “nonsite” composed of sand, rocks,...
Growing Salads, Harming Children: Evaluating Pesticide Exposure & Extent of Policy Protection on School Children in Salinas Valley, CA from the 2000s-Present.
Growing Salads, Harming Children: Evaluating Pesticide Exposure & Extent of Policy Protection on School Children in Salinas Valley, CA from the 2000s-Present by Wafiza Julkipli Site Description:Often called “The Salad Bowl of the World”, Salinas Valley,...
Quasi-Private Ownership of the Kern Water Bank: How a 1994 deal led to the privatization of a public water reserve in Kern County, California
Quasi-Private Ownership of the Kern Water Bank: How a secretive 1994 deal led to the privatization of a public water reserve in Kern County, California by Munachim AkannoSite Description:The Kern Water Bank is a large underground drought reserve located in San Joaquin...
Human Rights vs. Market Rules In Agriculture: How Prioritizing Business is Endangering Human Food Security Along Chile’s Mataquito River
Human Rights vs. Market Rules In Agriculture: How Prioritizing Business is Endangering Human Food Security Along Chile's Mataquito River (1999-2010) by Fleurian GermainSite Description:The Mataquito river is located in the Province of Curico, Maule Region of Chile,...
Produce-ing Nutritional Equality: Comparing Grocery Store Strategies in Urban Food Deserts—Philadelphia and the South Bronx, 2000s–2010s
Produce-ing Nutritional Equality: Comparing Grocery Store Strategies in Urban Food Deserts—Philadelphia and the South Bronx, 2000s–2010s by Samantha Horne Site Description:Food deserts, areas without reasonable access to fresh produce and other healthy staples, span...
Crowdsourced *ism
Crowdsourced *ism:An Oink to Boycott the Hog Industry [1] by Devan PatelSite Description: North Carolina is a top producer of turkeys, chicken, and hogs in the United States. Hog farmers in North Carolina store hog waste in lagoons and then spray the liquified waste...