Designing for Food Security
The global pandemic has brought about how acutely our societies are interdependent with one another. At the same token, it has brought attention to each nation having to stand independent, having its own systems and infrastructure in place to sustain itself. Right now, there's a few outbreaks in meat processing plants in Alberta and news of farmers having to throw away crops because of a weak market. Each province/ locality or region should develop holding and storage facilities to secure food, if they do not have it already. Having these facilities guarantees the food supply and it helps protect food suppliers, the farmers and the agriculture industry . As an architect, I have been involved in these projects. These buildings are cold storage facilities, refrigerated buildings that have multiple technical requirements. For big volume capacities, the site needs a vast land area. The building have huge floor areas as well. Cold storage facilities needs to pass food safety