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Urban Farming: End of Semester Review
https://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/ns/about_spring_2017.html
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Agenda
• Introduction• Team Garden• Team Structure• Questions and Comments
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Framing the Issue - Food Desert
• Communities underserved by quality grocery stores• Distance to store over 1 miles in urban areas• Disproportionately in poor communities• 55% found in communities with median income
less than $25,000• Limited Options on healthy food
• High calorie, processed unhealthy food available• Creates poor diets and health effects
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Framing the Issue - Food Desert
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Orange =10 miles for rural and
½ mile for urban
Green = 10 miles for rural and
1 mile for urban
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Framing the Issue - Gary, Indiana
• Past• Formed by U.S Steel - 1906• A “model city”• 1960’s High point
• population ≈ 180,000
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Framing the Issue - Gary, Indiana
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Framing the Issue - Gary, Indiana
• Present• Population of 77,000• 81.5% of population is Black• 36% of population lives under the
poverty line• $28,895 median household income for
Gary• $43,995 median household income for
Indiana
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Project Partner - Peace Garden & Farms
• 4 workers
• 6.2 acres of land
• Grows food for 85 families
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Stakeholders
● Marty Henderson
● Gary Youth
● Members of community
○ Healthier food provided
● Re-entry of justice served individuals
● Local grocery stores
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Where EPICS Helps
• Our goal is to build a rooftop garden that is both
beneficial and accessible to those who need it in
the greater population of Gary.
• To do this, we have split into two teams:
1. Garden: in charge of what goes in the garden.
2. Structures: building the garden itself and making
sure the building can support it.
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Urban Farming ProjectFall 2018 End of Semester Design Review
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Farm Design Team Members
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Renae Kramer- Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Alyssa McNarney- First Year Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
Taylor Robbins- Anthropology
Mokammel Sanju- Environment and Ecological Engineering
Neil Sharma- First Year Engineering (Aerospace Engineering)
Bradley Turner- First Year Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
Troy Weber- First Year Engineering (Environmental and Ecological Engineering)
Hajera Zemy- Computer Science
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Problem Statement
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● Determining the best soil type and or organic soil
mixture that is compatible with the weight requirements
of the roof and also meets plant nutritional needs
● Determining crop types compatible for growing in
rooftop conditions i.e different weather patterns and
rainfall.
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Site Visit
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● Omni Ecosystems (Chicago, IL)● Uncommon Grounds (Chicago, IL)
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Specification Development Phase
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● Context○ Rooftop Garden in Gary, IN
● Stakeholder Profiles○ Marty Henderson
○ Citizens of Gary, IN
● Prototype○ Rooftop Garden in Purdue
○ Task analysis
○ Partner approval
● Comparing to other products○ Omni Ecosystems-soil
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Weather Research
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https://en.climate-data.org/location/17511/
Average Summer
Temp
● 25oC
Average Winter Temp
● -3oC
Average Rainfall
● 96cm
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ROOF SURFACEDEGREES FAHRENHEIT ON A SUNNY, 90-
DEGREE DAY
Black roof 140-190
Aluminum reflective coated Up to 68 degrees cooler than black roofs
Gravel 125-140
Unpainted metal138-145, but feels hotter to the touch than a
black roof
Painted Metal (ex: BASF Cool Paint)105-115 or up to 42% cooler than unpainted
metal
White 102-120
Vegetative 90
Data obtained from sentryroof.com
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Weather Research cont.
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Gary, Indiana
Picture obtained from seatle.davidjoel.co
Snow Chart (lbs/ft2)
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Plant Data
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https://www.ufseeds.com/learning/planting-schedules/Zone-5-Planting-Calendar
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Plant Data cont.
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Criteria
Criteria
Weight Cabbage Lettuce Tomatoes
Sweet
Potatoes Green Beans
Collard
Greens Swiss Chard
Ability to grow with
other plant x1 2 5 2 1 2 4 4
Maintenance x2 4 4 1 3 1 3 3
Amount of water x3 4 4 4 2 2 4 4
Nutrition (based on
calories) x4 2 1 5 5 5 4 4
Amount per sq ft x5 5 4 2 2 3 4 4
Total Points 55 49 46 43 45 58 58
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Picture of building
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Soil research
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https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/2010-
2019/WashingtonPost/2017/05/09/LocalLiving/Images/PEATMOSS03.JPG?uuid=q5VXIj
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Midwest trading horticultural soil information
Product code Description Weight
(lbs/ft³
saturated)
Cost per
cubic ft
Water retention
(%)
Water Permeability
(mm/min)
APPS A blend of pine bark, peat moss
and coir, also comes with a
controlled release fertilizer
62.8 4.50 75 17.6
CM63 Grower mix with pine, has bark
and compost I and sand
70.5 3.80 67 11.9
CM66 Grower mix with perlite. Lots of
peat, perlite sand and compost
63.8 4.44 62 12.8
PM35 Planter soil mix with pine, soil
sand and compost
88 3.00 56 15
MW intensive Green roof medial with
lightweight aggregate and
compost
76.7 Unknown 52 19.6
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Laws and Regulations for Producing and Selling
● A scheduled process must be followed strictly throughout the growing and harvest phase, with an accurate record
● Acidified (Pickled) Foods (regulation 1 CFR 114 and 21 CFR 108.25 for FDA regulated products)
● Certain food products and crops will need to be heat treated after harvest
○ Packaged/Canned food
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Survey
● Giving the community a voice ● Participants will be families that Marty Henderson works with through
Peace Garden and Farms ● Survey format will be dependent on optimizing quality and quantity of
information ● Uncertainties about Institutional Review Board (IRB)
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Next steps:
● Test the soil● Plan growing seasons● Plan crop rotations● Create guide for maintenance of garden
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Infrastructures
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Infrastructure Team Members
Alex Pusateri - Civil Engineering (Design Lead)
Tasha Geisler- Civil Engineering
Jake Rokop - Electrical Engineering
Anjas Kapur - Electrical Engineering
Jonathan Moore - Computer Science
Harley Clark - Biomedical Engineering
Claire Bhamani - Biomedical Engineering
Alex Roberts - Environmental and Ecological Engineering
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Overall Team Goal
• To determine if the building is
capable of holding a rooftop
garden.
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Structure Goals
• Determine capacity and maximum safe load
• Capacity must be greater than demand by a certain amount to be considered safe.
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Team Trip
• Army Reserve Building• Took measurements• Looked at building type and roof
reinforcement inside the building
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Infrastructure Semester Breakdown
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Organizing Drawings
• Categorical System:• red- important for structures• blue- important for irrigation• yellow- not important at this time• orange- important for both teams
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Drawing Issues
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Finding the Drawings
• US Army Corps of Engineers• headquarters archive
• “Blueprints for a Civilian Soldier: A Nationwide Historic Context Study of US Army Reserve Centers”• Four drawings given
• printed
• FOIA• at least a year to process
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Structural Engineers Contacted
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Potential Loads
• Determining potential demand on the building• Dead Loads
• Weight of the roof material
• Superimposed Dead Loads• Weight of saturated soil on the roof
• Live Loads• Snow loads, People loads
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Potential Loads - Weights
• Max Load: 339 lb/ft2
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Loads Dead Loads Superimposed Dead Loads Live Loads
Weights 4.36 lb/ft2 196 lb/ft2 for 1 ft of soil
3.79 lb/ft2 for drainage tiles
People: 100 lb/ft2
Snow: 35 lb/ft2
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New Direction
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• Documentation Focus• Mid-Semester Review Suggestions
• Safety and Movement of Materials
• Added Loads• Get Expert Advice
• Sue Khalifah
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Irrigation and Drainage Progress
• Conducted research into different irrigation methods
• Determined cost, efficiency, and weight• Figure out if the existing drainage system
fits into our irrigation system. • Drawings highlighting drainage system
were unclear.
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Irrigation Decision MatrixIrn
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43(https://www.greening-solution.com/mp-s30c-drainage-
cell-green-grid-roof-system/)
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Roof Access
3 main options that we are considering to get materials onto the roof:
1. Winch/pulley system2. Material lift/moving platform3. Conveyor belt system
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https://www.aecinfo.
com/cranky-
portable-winch-
system-
125126/news.html
https://www.genielift.com/e
n/material-handling-
products/material-lifts
Model GH-5.6
← Winch
Material Lift →
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Material Moving Decision Matrices
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Criteria Hand-carry Winch/Pulley Conveyor
Purchase
Conveyor
Rent
Moving
Platform
purchase
Moving
Platform
Rent
Up-front
costs
36 48 41 51 48 50
Long-term
investment
29 55 46 47 51 44
Installation
Time
38 51 42 56 47 54
Total 103 154 129 154 146 148
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Roof Safety
• OSHA- Railing Systems
- Fe26 Iron Railing
- Aluminum Made. Fortress™
Durable.
(https://www.fallprotect.com/techtalk/osha-requirements-for-guardrail-and-
safety-railing-compliance/)
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Importance in Documentation
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EPICS Design Phase
Project Identification:
● Background
Knowledge
● Created Semester
plan
Specification Development
● Researching
Structural capacity/
demand
● Irrigation/Drainage
Research(engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS)
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Next Semester Recommendation
• Potentially high cost for this project• Consider creating a design for 1 roof• Keep design general so it can be modified
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Questions, Comments, and Concerns
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