This project supported the Worcester Roots Project’s effort to build an aquaponic greenhouse at Stone Soup Community Center by designing a greenhouse and prototyping a modular aquaponic growing system. The team collaborated with Worcester Roots and Technocopia to develop a vision for the greenhouse project, evaluate options and determine appropriate designs for the system. We proposed a design for a wooden greenhouse with several growing systems using cheap, readily available materials, and successfully built a prototype growing system that to be by a future cooperative incubated by Worcester Roots. This project will enable growing local, fresh food in the City of Worcester and provide a starting point for developing a cooperative food business.

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Creator

• Chatani, Rashid Gogen
• Kumykov, Khazhismel
• Hoxha, Redon Ilirjan
• Rieger, Blaine Christian
• Demeneghi Ludke, Gabriel

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Community
• Sustainability
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050115-121838

Keyword

• Farm management
• Agriculture
• Food security

Advisor

• McCauley, Stephen M.
• Higgins, Lorraine D.

Year

• 2015

Sponsor

• Stone Soup Community Center

Date created

• 2015-05-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright