Through analyzing historical climate data and forecasts, we can document how agricultural conditions are changing globally, with crop species and imports/exports shifting. This includes understanding how foreign foods are becoming local staples as productivity increases nearer the poles. Examining where the foods in diverse neighborhoods like East Harlem originate reveals how communities reflect larger globalization trends in their diets and demographics.

1. Cereal Imports
Fruit Exports Fruit Imports
Vegetable Exports
Cereal Exports
Current Conditions Changing Conditions
Through an understanding of where climate has come from, and predictions of where it is going, we can begin to
document the changing conditions of agriculture around the world, of the movement of crop species globally, of
the foreign becomming local. We begin to understand the time of new nativity.
Vegetable Imports From Worldmapper.org
Movement of agricultural
productivity toward poles

2. Global to Local
Offset and Consolidation Potential
NYC Foodshed Diagram with Immigrant Origins Shown by Urban Design Lab
East Harlem Demographics:
Hispanic: 55%
White: 7%
African American: 33%
Asian: 3%
Other: 2%
Global origins of fresh foods sold in East Harlem
Global
to
Local