TY - JOUR
T1 - Gathering Baltimore's bounty
T2 - Characterizing behaviors, motivations, and barriers of foragers in an urban ecosystem
AU - Synk, Colleen M.
AU - Kim, Brent F.
AU - Davis, Charles A.
AU - Harding, James
AU - Rogers, Virginia
AU - Hurley, Patrick T.
AU - Emery, Marla R.
AU - Nachman, Keeve E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Northern Research Station) grant number 118751 ; National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health grant number 1UL1TR001079 ; and the GRACE Communications Foundation . The funders had no role in study design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; preparation of the manuscript; or decision to publish. The authors would like to thank Eric Kelly and Victoria Greba of Charm City Farms for their review of and feedback on the study survey tool.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier GmbH
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - As a component of urban food systems, foraging—the collection of plant or fungal materials, such as berries and nuts, not deliberately cultivated for human use—may promote positive cultural, ecological, economic, and health outcomes. Foraging behaviors, motivations, and barriers in the urban context remain under-characterized despite emerging literature on the subject. We surveyed 105 self-identified foragers in Baltimore, Maryland about species, quantity, seasonality, and preparation of collected materials; frequency and locations of foraging activities; foraging experience; motivations for and barriers to foraging; and contributions of foraged materials to diets. Respondents collected from a diverse array of species (170 taxa) which, in some cases, constituted an important fraction of the overall diet. This study contributes to the quantitative foundation needed for future work exploring relationships among foraging, public health, and urban ecosystems. This work could inform policy regarding the use and management of urban landscapes.
AB - As a component of urban food systems, foraging—the collection of plant or fungal materials, such as berries and nuts, not deliberately cultivated for human use—may promote positive cultural, ecological, economic, and health outcomes. Foraging behaviors, motivations, and barriers in the urban context remain under-characterized despite emerging literature on the subject. We surveyed 105 self-identified foragers in Baltimore, Maryland about species, quantity, seasonality, and preparation of collected materials; frequency and locations of foraging activities; foraging experience; motivations for and barriers to foraging; and contributions of foraged materials to diets. Respondents collected from a diverse array of species (170 taxa) which, in some cases, constituted an important fraction of the overall diet. This study contributes to the quantitative foundation needed for future work exploring relationships among foraging, public health, and urban ecosystems. This work could inform policy regarding the use and management of urban landscapes.
KW - Alternative food systems
KW - Land use
KW - Urban foraging
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.10.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032200632
SN - 1618-8667
VL - 28
SP - 97
EP - 102
JO - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
JF - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
ER -