Edible landscaping: student themes and implications for decolonization

My project researched and analyzed Humboldt State University (HSU) student themes related to transforming traditional non-edible landscape to edible landscape as a means to address the growing issue of food insecurity among university student populations. Data was gathered by conducting structured interviews with HSU students at one on campus CalFresh Enrollment Event. Using iterative thematic analysis I analyzed the findings to formulate final themes representative of a broad category of academic departments at Humboldt State. Findings confirm that students support investing resources and time to increase edible landscapes on the HSU campus by acknowledging HSU's commitment to the environment, as well as the need to provide for students that may be unable to sustain themselves nutritionally. I also included implications for Decolonization, the active resistance to colonial paradigms in order to repair and restore the knowledge of Indigenous populations that were supported by the final findings.