2014
This project aims to address the issue of an excess of vacant homes and seafood security by assessing the feasibility, profitability, and community impact of a small-scale indoor shrimp aquaculture system in an abandoned home in Detroit. The findings will have larger implications for post-industrial cities grappling with urban decay, and will hopefully serve as a model for sustainable development through accessible, community-based small-scale urban aquaculture.
Principal Investigator
- Lizzie Grobbel, Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Candidate, University of Michigan; Tauber Institute for Global Operations; Dow Sustainability Fellow
Advisors and Collaborators
- Lutgarde Raskin, Altarum/ERIM Russell O'Neal Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan (Faculty Advisor)
- James Diana, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan; Director, Michigan Sea Grant (Faculty Advisor)
- Avery Robinson, Master of Arts in Judaic Studies Candidate, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, University of Michigan (Food Systems)
- Matt Friedrichs, Community Organizer, M.O.S.E.S. (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength), Detroit (Community Relations)