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Urban Agriculture: Using Community Systems of Agriculture as a Solution to Homelessness and Unhealthy Food Sources

Ian Michael Mearns

University of Washington Tacoma Digital Commons (University of Washington Tacoma)

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This paper proposes urban agriculture as a community system, similar to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), to provide homeless citizens with access to food, housing, vocational opportunities, and social resources. It suggests that urban agriculture can address the lack of employment, nutritional food sources, and housing resources that have contributed to increased homelessness over the past decade.