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,...
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...
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s by Arthanious ShafikSite Description:Mansheyet Nasser is a district of Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is one of the largest metropolises in the middle east. Known as the...
Cleaning up Newark Water
Cleaning up Newark Water: A reconstruction project to replace lead water pipes. by N. ThomasSite Description: Three years after Newark noticed its tap/drinking water showed unsafe levels of lead in its water they have decided to uproot about 23,000 lead pipes in the...
Following Flint’s Failures
Flint’s dirty water, just the tip of the iceberg: How different cities exhibiting lead contamination shows a larger problem than previously expected (2017-2021) by Nico OberholtzerSite Description: By now, I don’t believe there is a single person who hasn’t heard the...
Community Garden?
Community Garden? Skepticism of Common Culture in Garden State Suburbia by Gabriella GambinoSite Description: The Community Garden of the South Branch Preserve lies on Wolfe Road in Hackettstown, New Jersey and is an extension of the Raritan River’s North Branch...
Farms to Cradle
Farms to Cradle: Inequity in Preserving the Garden State’s Green Belt by Donovan KirklandSite Description: This project examines the inequities of farmland preservation and New Jersey. As defined by the state, “New Jersey’s farmlands are the foundation for a strong...
Newark’s Anheuser Busch
Newark’s Anheuser Busch: The Unsuspected Leader In Sustainable Brewing Practices by Patrycja Dziewa Site Description: Due to my involvement in the American craft beer industry, working on a paper related to beer is interesting and a great way to say focused and...
Where to Grocery Shop
Where to Grocery Shop?: Exploring Food Insecurity in Newark From the 1930s to Present Day by Cara Willis Site Description: I am interested in exploring the relationship with food and the citizens of Newark New Jersey. I plan on doing this by analyzing over time the...