The maps would provide an important visual aspect, presenting statistics and research that we have gathered in a clear, straight forward, and creative way, easy for all to understand. I think they could be a way to tie the other sections together, by having "map segments" dispersed through the documentary, possibly summarizing or tying together different aspects of the film. 

        Possibilities:

• survey of local natural resources
  • local farms
  • local edible plants/wildlife
• survey of where people actually obtain their food
  • grocery stores     
  • corner stores
  • farmers markets
  • soup kitchens/charity
  • eat out
  • other- grow their own, scavenging, dumpster diving
• (interview/survey actual residents, door-to-door?)
• the places in-between
  • where do the grocery stores get their products from?
  • where do the corner stores get their products from?
  • warehouses, processing plants,packaging plants- how many places does the food go through before it reaches the grocery stores?
  • local processing/packaging plants- where do they ship to?
  • modes of transportation, miles traveled, gas costs
• presentation possibilities
  • interactive maps showing the food's travels
  • animation, claymation, diagrams, actual maps
  • possibly clips of interviews from surveys- where people get their food
  • clips of myself trying to obtain the information (or audio clips)- grocery stores, warehouses, manufacturing plants.
    • trying to get interviews with people that work there
• in the past
  • how did people living in Baltimore obtain their food?
  • was it more local?
  • maybe try to interview older people about their food experiences growing up.
  • how the city has changed- inner harbor, industry, where the food comes and goes from.
  • comparison interactive maps- then and now and possibly future options
• possible project- following a food truck with a car and filming