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Energy Farms are a response to the dominant agricultural model of the so-called “Green Revolution” that turns soil to dust, chemicals to food, and food to fuel.
Using science, proven tools, and evolving methodologies the Energy Farm Initiative seeks to demonstrate systems of agriculture that can sustain both farms and communities in the face of climate change and peak oil. This program weaves threads of the Relocalization vision into a fabric of local currency, local food and biofuel systems, revitalization of local industry, and community cooperation.
Our aim is to build flexible systems that reduce dependence on high energy inputs and produce food and reliable renewable energy for local users. The steps in which this transition is manifest is the Local Energy Farm Initiative.
Energy Farms Blogs
Posted by miriamvolat,Yesterday we confirmed that the rape/canola plants and seeds growing in the energy garden are indeed free of Monsanto’s Round Up Ready genes. We are... (read more)
Posted by mkbomford,I just spent three days talking about biofuels with other scientists who work at historically black land grant universities. These institutions exist in most southern... (read more)- Posted by mkbomford,The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that Americans consumed about 105 exajoules (EJ) in 2006, and predicts that energy consumption will exceed 120... (read more)
- Posted by mkbomford,The Kentucky State University Energy Farm project is just beginning its first field season. We grew vegetables through the winter in our solar-heated high tunnel;... (read more)
Posted by jcbradford,It is somewhat amusing to see the Wall Street Journal cover this topic. After all, they are the paper of Wall Street, which I imagine has a... (read more)
Posted by c. hansen,Last year we developed a toolset that allowed us to clear an abandoned baseball field of perennial sod and convert it into a vegetable producing mini-farm. This... (read more)
Posted by joshpuckett,The attached PDF contains: - crop layout - calculations of plant numbers - planting successions - theoretical calore yield - theoretical compost yield - calculation of share numbers - planting calendar -... (read more)- Posted by joshpuckett,At the Sebastopol Energy Garden eggs account for a large portion of the calories that we produce. Of the estimated... (read more)
- Posted by c. hansen,Brookside Farm has accomplished an initial goal of getting our veggies to young children and into a local institution! North Coast Opportunities pre-school has agreed to purchase... (read more)
- Posted by jcbradford,I saw this today, had a morbid laugh, then got pensive. (cartoonists web site: http://www.ibdeditorials.com/cartoons.aspx#cararch) A couple of years ago, biofuels were hot. There were the... (read more)
