Camp Washington Art and Mobile Produce (CAMP)

Team led by Joseph Gorman

What is the CAMP?

Camp Washington Art and Mobile Produce (CAMP) is a mobile, health-centric food distribution center. It serves as a community mapping, food and nutrition education, and art activity hub.

The purpose of the CAMP project is to increase healthy produce access for Camp Washington residents living in a food desert. Produce is grown and made available through a close partnership with the Camp Washington Urban Farm and its other local agricultural partners, Barr Farm, Apple Street Market, Camp Cupboard and others.

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A rolling piece of art, the mobile produce cart will physically bring to families fresh produce, as well as offer make-it-take-it arts and crafts activities related to food awareness and education.

The CAMP project also aims to educate and raise food consciousness. They will use the Food Mapping method: a community-based activity that creates art while mapping food sources and conversing with neighbors about the personal health, community, economic, and ecological impacts of our food systems.

The CAMP project targets real problems within the Camp Washington community in a non-intimidating, creative, and fun way. By incorporating art education elements, they plan to increase access to fresh food in a welcoming and engaging manner.

Visit the CAMP cart on Saturdays at the Camp Washington Pool.

What is Food Mapping?

Food Mapping is a participatory, psychogeographic exercise that engages communities in creating art, while simultaneously mapping food sources and related community assets. Maps help frame conversations about the availability and affordability of healthy, locally produced food, and food security and justice issues. The goal of this activity is to stimulate conversation about the personal health, community, economic, and ecological impacts of our food systems. Where is food grown? How is it produced? How much are the farmers, farm workers, fast food, and restaurant staff paid? Why don’t we harvest the “wild edibles?”

Many food maps, including the ones posted below, identify grocery and convenience stores, restaurants and fast-food establishments, community and school gardens, meat processing and packaging facilities, and even food pantries. This map also highlights edible fruit and nut trees such as mulberries, peaches, apples, and black walnuts, as well as community assets — The Camp Washington Urban Farm, the Salt Dome, community centers, and cultural and artistic centers (The Swing House, Wave Pool, and the American Sign Museum).

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