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We took our produce containers to Solly Brothers farm and interviewed Bob about our

containers. He was pleased  and happily critiqued our design.  We found it interesting

that our lid design was good enough for larger produce and produce that stands on end

such as asparagus.  Also he liked the idea of how it can be taken from the field and put

directly to display.  Watch and see his opinion on our urban produce container.

Urban Farming Containing at Solly Brothers Farm from PirateDesign on Vimeo.

How To set up a Produce Container from PirateDesign on Vimeo.

This is a video on how to setup our produce container box once it’s placed

on the display table.  The farmer rotates the metal handles through the

bottom of the container to create a leg for the container to be tilted.

This is a model that we designed to figure out the size and shape of the produce container. We placed a ledge around the box that allowed them to lock in place when stacked. We also designed a lid that has two openings for hands. Also, we are still figuring out the side ledge locks for the wire to fit in.

This is an initial rendering of our container prototype.

We created a rendering to understand how the locking

mechanism connects the two containers. Also the containers

are going to be injection molded plastic. The CAD program

Rhino allows us to build the containers with fillets and

chamfered edges to be molded when in production. We are

currently working on final prototype models and possible wall

skeletal forms to reduce weight and keep structure.

This system demonstrates how an Urban Farmer moves produce from the farm to the market.  We researched the interaction between the packaging and the urban farmer on  a single sale day.  We learned that the two groups, consumer and urban farmer, reuse and dispose the packaging differently.