Boulevard Farms
HomeHarvestFarms.com - Container gardening and farming systems - Cultivating the change we wish to see in the world in our own homes, schools and businesses.
Sobre ti
Sobre ti
Nombre
Philip
Apellido
Be'er
URL en Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/HomeHarvestFarm
URL en Facebook
Sobre tu organización
Nombre de la organización
Home Harvest Farms
Sitio web de la organización
País de la organización
Canadá, BC, Vancouver
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Canadá, BC, Vancouver
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Tu organización es
Empresa
¿Cuánto tiempo ha estado operando la organización?
1-5 años
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Innovación
Selecciona la fase que describa mejor el momento en el que se encuentra tu emprendimiento
Crecimiento (tu iniciativa piloto ya se está aplicando y se empieza a expandir)
¿Cuánto tiempo se lleva poniendo en práctica tu iniciativa?
Operando entre 1-5 años
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
We make it easy to grow food on rooftops, balconies, decks, gardens, above asphalt and over waterlogged and contaminated ground. Our systems are designed to be resilient. They're low tech by design and robust. Perfectly suited to indoor applications and many challenging environments. Feed people in every city and ideal for Northern communities.
La solución: ¿Cuál es tu solución? Sé específico.
We manufacture container farms that can be used inside and outside. Some of our systems are vertical farms. Hydroponic and aeroponic systems require close monitoring, sometimes difficult to source replacement parts and pumps. Our systems have no moving parts and use soil as the ideal growth medium. Put them anywhere, add heat light and water and anybody can grow healthy, local, organic food. Our systems are modular and are designed to last for over ten years.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Install our container farms on schoolyards, rooftops or along your boulevard. Use them in a warehouse or on the unoccupied floors of an office building. With minimal skills, an urban farmer can grow up to 7000 pounds of produce on 1/10th of an acre. The planters are designed to be moved with ease so that a farm can be relocated when tenure is lost as commonly happens in the urban environment. The systems can easily be turned into greenhouses or can be installed in an existing greenhouse. Less bending down means that farmers can work more quickly. They have fewer weeds to deal with and use far fewer inputs, radically reducing the cost of these inputs. Farming in this mode reduces carbon outputs and we're exploring the possibility of developing a Carbon Offset Protocol that would allow the reductions in carbon dioxide equivalents to be traded.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Terrasphere’s indoor hydroponic food factories and Valcent’s Verticrop system are two examples of competitors. Both use complex hydroponic or aeroponic systems that are bound to an expensive infrastructure and are very vulnerable to process related inconsistencies. They require ongoing maintenance and depend upon pumps and controlled heating to assure success growing. If I were to build an indoor farm in one of Canada's northern regions, I would be concerned about system maintenance and the level of skill required to maintain these systems. Once you lose a crop, it means starting again from the beginning. Home Harvest Farms' systems have no moving parts and require no maintenance and very little in the way of mechanical controls.
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Impacto social
Historia de la fundación: Queremos saber acerca del momento en el que hiciste "¡Ajá!". Comparte la historia de dónde y cuándo el/los fundador(es) vio (vieron) el potencial de esta solución para cambiar el mundo.
There was a moment when I realised that I'm living and working in spaces that are warm enough to grow food and I asked myself, "What would I have to do to grow food in this space?"
Por favor, describe el objetivo de tu iniciativa: un resumen de lo que están tratando de lograr
The cultivation of organic food that is distributed and eaten locally reduces our carbon emissions, it provides employment at all levels. It makes food more affordable and gives everybody access to healthier food. Why not take a look at a presentation that we've prepared that describes these benefits and more: http://www.homeharvestfarms.com/chANGE%20Presentation.pdf
¿Cuál ha sido el impacto de la solución hasta la fecha?
We have installed a number of our systems in Vancouver schools as part of the Growing Chefs program: http://growingchefs.ca/
Cuál es tu impacto proyectado para los próximos 5 años?
We would like to see 185 acres of urban farms using our systems in the BC Lower Mainland area. This would probably generate large enough reductions in CO2 emissions from farming to qualify these savings for Carbon offsetting credits.
Las iniciativas ganadoras presentan un plan fuerte de cómo van a alcanzar y realizar un seguimiento del crecimiento. Identifica tus metas a seis meses para el crecimiento de tu impacto
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a las metas de seis meses.
Tarea 1
Identification of a suitable area of land or a building for our first demonstration farm
Tarea 2
Consolidations of teaching, management, business and farming teams.
Tarea 3
Securing of financing
¡Ahora piensa en grande! Identifica tu meta de impacto a 12 meses.
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a tu meta de impacto a 12 meses
Tarea 1
Ordering of planter systems, deployment and planting
Tarea 2
Initiation of training programs
Tarea 3
First and second harvests
Sostenibilidad
Cuéntanos sobre tus alianzas.
We anticipate that our model will develop into a template that can be sold, together with support services, to cities around the globe that are interested in intensive urban food production. If the carbon offsets can be sold internationally, then we hope to develop that side of our business.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Our solutions are easiest to implement in cities that are motivated to support urban agriculture and where a sufficiently large portion of the population are able and willing to pay a small premium for healthy, locally grown food.
¿Qué tipo de sistema operativo y factores internos de la organización hacen que tu innovación sea un éxito?
We would benefit from a guaranteed market for the produce, like a hospital, a large cafeteria or restaurant, supportive access to capital and complementary financial support from local government, harmonization of bylaws regarding urban farming. A highly motivated workforce would be ideal and we are exploring ways to create this cohesion and collaboration.
Por favor, pon en claro las necesidades u ofertas que hayas mencionado anteriormente y/o sugiere categorías de apoyo que no están especificadas en la lista
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 | 46 weeks ago Philip Be'er said: These systems seem well suited to Northern Communities where access to recently harvested, fresh, organic produce is difficult or ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 46 weeks ago Philip Be'er said: An average family can grow over $500 worth of food in a 4' planter in 500 days so the container gardens are net revenue generators. Even ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 46 weeks ago Philip Be'er said: An average family can grow over $500 worth of food in a 4' planter in 500 days so the container gardens are net revenue generators. Even ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 46 weeks ago Sonia Bianchi said: Love the idea! Just wondering do you have a distribution plan? Are you going to be targeting communities in the North at all? about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 46 weeks ago Amanda Armstrong said: Great idea! How affordable is this product for the average BC family? Also, how do you measure and track the social impact? about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 46 weeks ago Amanda Armstrong said: Great idea! How affordable is this product for the average BC family? Also, how do you measure and track the social impact? about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 52 weeks ago Philip Be'er updated this Competition Entry. |
| 52 weeks ago Philip Be'er submitted this idea. |