What started as a theoretical question posed on the obstacles to global housing-for-the-poor has reached fruition as voting closed June 15th on the 300House project. Contestants around the world were challenged to design a house that could be constructed for less than US$300. Prize money of $25,000 was shared among the top sixteen ranked ideas, with two-week prototyping workshops worth $15,000 for the first, second and third designs ranked by the online voting community, and three awarded the Jury Prize.
The problem of housing is one faced by two billion people around the world. Initially a conceptual argument by bloggers Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar, the hypothetical idea of a house constructed for under US$300 received an overwhelming response and they began to bring together a collective of thinkers, designers and investors from around the world. Eventually, with partners Jovoto, a crowd-sourcing forum for sponsored design competitions, and US$25,000 prize money underwritten by international industrial firm Ingersoll Rand, a challenge was thrown down to bring affordable housing to the world's poor.
The detailed briefing was to provide a dwelling that was weather-proof & fire-proof, sustainable, secure, durable (up to fifty years) replicable and dignified, with a guideline cost of $300. The dwelling should be standardized, and yet take into consideration differences in region and available materials. It should therefore also be affordable, and self-improvable. It should be no smaller than 2.2 meters square (23.68 sq ft), with space to sleep and cook, access to light, drinking water and electricity and be secure. Sanitation was not part of the briefing, however, as it was envisaged as part of a centralized communal facility.
2011年4月20日星期三
Cooper farms tell story at today's Rotary Meeting
Cassie Jo Arend, a communications coordinator for Cooper Farms spoke during the weekly Rotary meeting today. Arend spoke about the ever changing agricultural business.
Arend gave compared today's farms with farms of the mid 1900s and showed that the $98 billion industry in Ohio is strong and continues to grow.
Cooper farms was started in 1938 by Virgel and Birginia Cooper and continues to be a family operated company to this day. What started as a hatchery grew to four divisions located in Van Wert, St. Henry, Ft. Recovery and Oakwood.
The company operates 27 farms in five counties and annual produces 15 million poults, 200,000 breader hens and 12,500 sows which produce 300,000 piglets.
The operation prides themselves on the quality of life they provide for their animals along with the quality of food they produce. Their production lines consist of special air purifiers that provide clean air and a virtually bacteria free environment.
Recently, the company constructed a 50,000 square foot facility in Van Wert and cooks 1.2 million pounds of turkey per week or 52.4 million pounds per year. 95 percent of their product is sold to a private label.
Arend gave compared today's farms with farms of the mid 1900s and showed that the $98 billion industry in Ohio is strong and continues to grow.
Cooper farms was started in 1938 by Virgel and Birginia Cooper and continues to be a family operated company to this day. What started as a hatchery grew to four divisions located in Van Wert, St. Henry, Ft. Recovery and Oakwood.
The company operates 27 farms in five counties and annual produces 15 million poults, 200,000 breader hens and 12,500 sows which produce 300,000 piglets.
The operation prides themselves on the quality of life they provide for their animals along with the quality of food they produce. Their production lines consist of special air purifiers that provide clean air and a virtually bacteria free environment.
Recently, the company constructed a 50,000 square foot facility in Van Wert and cooks 1.2 million pounds of turkey per week or 52.4 million pounds per year. 95 percent of their product is sold to a private label.
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