Food insecurity is a growing problem in the United States. In Worcester, the Regional Environmental Council started a Mobile Farmers' Market to sell, local grown, nutritious food to food insecure neighborhoods. To help them diversify the products they carried and increase the profitability of the operation, we designed a solar powered refrigeration system and a new product storage system.

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Creator

• Adhikari, Ritesh
• Anaya, Jerome Michael
• Coughlin, Matthew Daniel

Subject

• Well-Being
• Community
• Sustainability
• Energy
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050113-175533

Keyword

• Food security

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2013

Center

• Sustainable Food Systems Project Center - IQP
• Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Regional Environmental Council

Date created

• 2013-05-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-09