Vermont students unveil “Occupy Vacant Lots” urban farm shed

“We wanted to make a model for urban farmers to build it themselves.”

By Lucia Suarez
Rutland Herald
December 13, 2011

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POULTNEY — Students from professor Lucas Brown’s environmental build and design course at Green Mountain College had the challenge to build a replicable and transportable urban farm shed during the fall semester. They unveiled the 8-foot by 14 foot Occupy Vacant Lots, or OVaL, shed on Monday.

“I really challenged the students with the idea of a farmer with a pickup truck and a circular saw building this,” Brown said.

The shed includes two greenhouse polygal back walls with 10 shelves for seed germination, a butterfly roof and five teracotta water barrels for water collection, and a solar panel. The framing is designed with a hollow grid system which allows for greater flexibility to fit a customer’s needs.

“It’s made by 2-by-4, 2-by-6 pieces, totally affordable material,” Brown said.

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