Baltimore food system resilience advisory report

This report assesses factors that can predict the Baltimore food system’s resilience, including: pre-event system functioning; hazards likely to impact Baltimore’s food system; vulnerable people, places, and resources; preparedness among communities, food providers, and government agencies; and social capital in communities.

It develops a framework to conceptualize food system functioning and identify key system vulnerabilities by using fault tree analysis logic. This report defines a well-functioning food system as one that assures adequate access, availability, and acceptability of food at all times to all people. It identifies the events that could lead to a failure in the system and its vulnerabilities—the characteristics of the system that would make people and facilities more susceptible to such events. Finally, it presents key vulnerabilities in the three main components of food system functioning described in the fault tree framework: Food Access, Food Availability, and Food Acceptability.