VISUALIZING HOUSEHOLD FOOD RESILIENCE
For my Honor’s Capstone project, I wanted to combine my interest in sustainable food systems and my educational background in design to create a cumulative final exploration. Over the past four years, I have practiced my visual communication skills and thought now would be the perfect time to apply this to a topic to directly better the Western Washington campus and greater Bellingham communities.
To do this, I teamed up with a group of students in a Food Security Planning Studio. The group worked diligently to gather information for their Modular Household Food Security Plan for Whatcom County. I took this collected data and separated it into two main graphics: a Bellingham Food Map and a Seasonality Calendar.
The intention for the graphics I have created is to leave documentation that can be referenced and easily understood by our wide range of community members. I want to help individuals begin their personal food resilience journey by better understanding their access to food resources based on location and seasonality.
I also used this project to cook some locally and sustainably sourced food some some of my dear friends and mentors!
