Designing an Aquaponic Greenhouse for an Urban Food

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Abstract

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.