Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

MIT D-Lab and the Building Technology program released an open-source design for a novel forced-air evaporative cooling chamber for fruit and vegetables, which could enhance food security and smallholder farm income in arid regions.

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