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Designing for Food and Agriculture: Recent Explorations at Ryerson University

June Komisar, Joe Nasr, Mark Gorgolewski

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This paper describes how Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, has explored agricultural and food issues as design challenges in various student projects. These projects, ranging from community investigations to thesis projects, integrated food-related strategies like community gardens and edible landscapes, demonstrating their utility in addressing broader design challenges such as social inclusion and sustainable building practices.