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Creating a container that can be used by the farmer at the farm to store produce and be delivered to market or working directly with farmer’s markets to store and direct display product.

Bethany CasperiteElissa MeyersJohn Pender

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Urban Markets Versus Suburban Markets

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Suburban Farmer’s Market Packaging

– Eclectic variety of boxes– Boxes are used once– Stack able– Non uniform size and shape– Collapsible– Goods are moved from one box to a display container

Urban Farmer’s Market Packaging

– Wax boxes, Wooden crates, cardboard boxes– Boxes are reused ( approximate 15 times)– Stack able– Uniform size and shape– Collapsible– Goods are moved from one box to a display container

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Urban Farming ModelThis is a model of a urban farmthat shows the steps of moving produce from the farm to their stand.

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Consumer

Unpack

Pick Package Transport

Display

Choose Return Trash

Recycle

Return

Trash

Recycle

Payment

Sell

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Pre- Process of Packaging

Post- Process of Packaging Options

Transaction

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Farming Produce PackagingThis graph shows the standards for farming packaging.

Common Name Material Common SizesBaskets wood 1/4,1/2 and peck; 1/2 and 1 bushel

Boxes, Cartons and Hampers corrugated paper, often waved, or wood 1/2 peck to 1 bushelBags paper and polyethylene, often with handles 1/4 peck to 1/2 bushel

paper bags Grocery bages- 2/3 bushel2 bags = 1 quart

Trays corrugated paper 6-8 quartsFruit and Vegetable Baskets corrugated paper with handles 2 to 8 quartsFruit Tills or Cups pulp, cardboard, plastic, corrugated paper

or wood1/2 pint to 4 quarts

Bushel – 8 gallons – 64 pints – 4 pecks–2,150 cubic inches

17”x 17”x 11.5”

Peck – 1/4 bushel– 8 quarts (dry)– 538 cubic inches

8” x 8” x 6.25”

Quart –32 fluid ounces–58 cubic inches

6”x 6”x 3.5”

Pint n/a 4.875” x4.875” x 2.5”

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ObservationsThese are observations of packaging and systems found at Rittenhouse farmer market stands.

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Initial SketchesThese are sketches of packaging

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Initial SketchesThese are sketches of packaging

Paper pulp seeded with the fruit in the package as well as companion plants.

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Concept SketchesThese are sketches of packaging

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Concept SketchesThese are sketches of packaging