Vieques, Puerto Rico suffers from poverty and a high rate of unemployment. Our goal was to assess the feasibility of a mushroom farm that would provide employment to the people of Vieques by recommending a plan for the facility. Based on our objectives which focused around three areas of concentration: engineering, economy and community support, we established methods that included detailed research on renewable energy, rainwater collection, costs for equipment, as well as conducting surveys which gave us information about community support. The data lead to a detailed plan for further research and an initial determination for the likelihood of a mushroom farm being successful enough to employ 10 people.

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Creator

• Suarez, Matthew James
• Muse, Sarah Katherine
• Soltero, Serena Melissa

Subject

• Environment
• Industry
• Sustainability
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121615-131701

Keyword

• Renewable energy sources
• Community development
• Educational surveys--Design
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Mendoza-Abarca, Karla
• Hart, Frederick L.

Year

• 2015

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Para la Naturaleza

Date created

• 2015-12-16

Location

• Isabel Segunda

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-07