Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Natural Sciences
First Advisor
Oberle, Brad
Area of Concentration
Environmental Studies with Biology Secondary Field
Abstract
The New College Food Forest and Carbon Farm, as it was originally coined, was a thesis project planned and installed by Jay McWilliams and Orion Morton in 2016. The intention of the food forest was not only to create a space for fruit and food production, but also to replace the existing lawn area and sequester as much carbon as possible. By estimating the amount of biomass stored and carbon that the FF has been able to sequester since its establishment, the ability of this urban food forest system to combat climate change can be quantified. The litter in the FF was found to contain an average of 1236 ± 116.5 s.e gC/m^2 for a total of 638.023 ± 60.044kgC. The AGB and C stored by the plants in the food forest totals 1357.38 (kg) and 675.56 (kg) respectively with an average annual carbon sequestration rate of 1.88 Mg C ha−1 yr−1 over its .127 acres.
Recommended Citation
Frank, Garcia, "Estimating the Above Ground Biomass and Carbon in New College of Florida’s Food Forest" (2023). Theses & ETDs. 6362.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6362