Minneapolis Agritecture Workshop Team 3

7/23/2019 Minneapolis Agritecture Workshop Team 3

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The worlds only self-sustained food

system

loopGRO


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Team

Dean Dovolis

ArchitectLucas Gastaldi

Sales

Steve Snider

CFO

Jeff MastinGrower

Blair WolframSC

!ate Gur"eCSO

Mauricio LeonDesi#ner

Shona SnaterGrower

Julia JohnsonMar"etin#

loopGRO


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Location and conte$t %&' Acres


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Overall (lan view


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Overall (lan view


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Overall (lan view


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Overall (lan view


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Waste to nutrients s)stem dia#ramloopGRO

Holding

Tank

Mix

tank

60k gal. Inbound tanker truck

Anaerobic

digester

600K gal.

Anaerobic Digester

Outbound tanker truck

1MW

To farm

To farm

*itrifier

To farm

+asteuri,er

From farm

+asteuri,er Field irrigation


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Farm s)stem dia#ram loopGRO

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Tra)s

Front access Side view


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Business model

+rovide )ear round fresh/ local/ or#anic ve#eta.les&

Create local 0o.s with liva.le wa#es& Foster sustaina.le a#ricultural education/ and local communit) access& Transform or#anic waste into food (roduction and clean ener#)& +romote car.on neutral (ractices and new sustaina.le .usiness develo(ment&

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TA-G1T C2STOM1-S

S(ecialt) #roceries Direct retail

VERTIGRO

RICHFIEL ! LOC"L#RO$CE

-estaurant3nstitutional

HO%#IT"L


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Business model

+osition (roduct mi$ as a (remium .rand of local/ )ear round/ fresh (roduce& +ricin# sli#htl) a.ove mar"et to su((ort .rand (ositionin#&

+ricin# and volume assum(tions are reflected in the (roforma +4L&

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S(ecialt) #rocers 6 Bu) direct7shi((ed 891-TG-O .randin# or (rivate la.el:& Farmers Mar"et 6 Bu) direct7(ic" u( COO+ 6 Bu) direct7shi((ed& CSA 6 Bu) direct

MA-!1T*G MAT1-ALS We.site +rint materials 6 Mailers7Fliers

MA-!1T*G MAT1-ALS

+ress releases 6 Local radio 8;


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The worlds only self-sustained food

system

loopGRO

Fostering sustainable agri

education, and local commun

Transforming organic waste into food

production and clean energy.

Promoting carbon neutralpractices

A.out us Our +roducts Farmers Mar"et

Providing year round fresh, local, organic vegetables.

reating


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5ield 1stimate 6 Cro( list loopGRO


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Social m(act loopGRO

= acres of communit) #ardens

>?@3=@@ (lots

Communit) center for educational

(ro#rammin#

Store fronts reserved for -ichfield

small .usinesses

Dail) Mar"et

=7wee" Farmers Mar"et events

Concerts/ (icnics/ theater

Donate e$tra food to shelters/

school events/ communit) events


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1nvironmental m(act loopGRO

Divertin# %@ tons of or#anic waste a da)

from landfills

1ner#) .ein# (roduced directl) on site

> MW of electricit) from di#ester ?@@ !W

from solar (anels

'/> MBT2 heat #eneration from di#ester

-educed su((l) of food from outside cit).oundar)

Sound .arrier for air(ort

Storm water recover) for fields irri#ation

Bio fertili,er use from di#ester inh)dro(onic and soil farms


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1conomic m(act loopGRO

Jo. creation ?@ onsite 0o.s

9ertical farm Farmers mar"et

Communit) (ro#rammin#

Small .usiness owners

Anaero.ic di#estion

Grows (roduct for local .usinesses to sell

ncreases access to food


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Minneapolis Agritecture Workshop Team 3