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Mind Map #2 - Urban, Gabriel Lavoie, Christophe Pellerin - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Cheaper and easier
    - - Fundraiser with junk food
    - - Promoting the easy and fast junk food
        
        Starting the process of an urban garden will take years to transform the plot of land into a suitable plot of land and soil
- - - - Causing school \ community gardens and dreams to be more and more out of reach
        
        Some of the only available land is too far gone
        
        Overly polluted with chemicals, and physical properties
        
        The initial cost, knowledge, and skills to transform our dying urban soils into suitable growing areas
    - - Community
        
        Sustainability
      - Ecology
      - Education
        
        The current conditions of soils in urban areas can also be an opportunity for change and for a brighter and more connected community
- - - - PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
        
        Caused by organic pollutants that form when organic materials aren't burnt completely, meaning theirs leftover fuel which isn't able to turn into carbon dioxide and water.
        
        Wood
        
        Oil
        
        Gas
        
        Coal
        
        Garbage
      - The historical context of the soil
        
        What was the land being used for in the past? what might have this process done to the soil, good or bad?
    - - Making soils poisonous for growing food
        
        Cadmium
        
        Arsenic
        
        Lead
    - - Alkalinity caused by concrete
      - Ash
      - Salts
  - - - Lower levels of organic matter
      - Low microbial activity
      - Lower nutrient levels
      - Poor soil structure
      - Poor water infiltration
  - - - Demolition
        
        Causing mixing of unconventional parent materials and undesirable soil properties
        
        Unconventional Parent Materials
        
        Industrial Waste
        
        Rubble
        
        Asphalt
        
        Undesirable Properties
        
        Reduced Microbial Activity
        
        Loss of Organic Matter
        
        Unpredictable Texture and Structure
        
        Compaction
      - Sealing
      - Construction
      - Historical Properties of the land and unpredictability of soil.
        
        Often soils are so heavily disturbed that "viable" and "nonviable" Urban soils can be just meters away from each other.
- - - - Healthy cafeteria
      - Salad bars (Michelle Obama - Let's Move)
      - Ban junk food vending
      - Both aim to rebuild healthy food system
        
        Promote food justice
        
        Gives students access to healthy, nutritious and local food
        
        Focus on environmental sustainability and health
        
        Healthy school food programs depends on healthy urban soils
    - - Healthy meals at low cost
      - Teaching growing, eating and cooking
        
        Healthier diets, food literacy, connection, teamwork, recuperation, lifelong habits, healthier living, trying new foods and cultures
      - Giving food to the school
      - Teaching diet and nutrition
    - - Creative education program for food literacy
      - Worm composting
      - EarthBoxes (indoor vegetables kits)
      - Visit local farms to inform kids