Task 4.1

The Edible City, Shawn Harrison

Shawn Harrison

Shawn Harrison, a founder and co-director of Soil Burn Farms, came up with starting a farm in a city. It was a simple ideal. He mentioned that resources are needed to feed the growing population in th
e society, 1 in 6 Americans are food insecure. The community needs food.
60% of Americans die from diet related. Many are disconnected from the food, and he feels that the people should know the source where the food came from. Food is important since we existed, food is our lives.
In the span of 200 years, the people who were on the agriculture dropped from 90% to 2%.

The project aims to:

• Harvest in Sacramento City. The city has the perfect conditions to grow food
• Feed the hungry people with the harvest
• For the school, school has budgets and the food can provide the nutrients to the generations
• Legalize the production of food in urban, to sell and educate
• Economy, provide the people with jobs that is working
• Designing a city that connect with food, education value of the places we live and work

Overall, the project aims to promote healthy, long-term well-being.