For more: http://www.extension.org/67686 Seeing is believing and in August, 2012 a regional field day was held in southern Michigan in conjunction with the Michigan Land Improvement Contractors and Michigan State University Extension to bridge the management practices and new technologies between tile drainage and manure management. Tile drainage contractors, farmers and agri-business had the opportunity to see sub surface drainage installation and also learn about new management technologies to assist in reducing the risks of both manure and fertilizers from reaching tile outlets and surface waters. These technologies included installation of water control devices, bark bed bio-reactors, sub-irrigation to manage dairy waste water, cover crops and tillage to disrupt soil macropoures. The field demonstrations were teamed up with educational sessions under tents. Planning and developing a field event with onsite drainage installations is a time commitment but proves very important for awareness and education on an important topic.
This presentation looks at freshwater issues facing the world as part of the overall food production for the world.
The presentation looks at pollution issue facing the world including the need to provide more solutions to ensure there is more quality water and food for the general population
For more: http://www.extension.org/67686 Seeing is believing and in August, 2012 a regional field day was held in southern Michigan in conjunction with the Michigan Land Improvement Contractors and Michigan State University Extension to bridge the management practices and new technologies between tile drainage and manure management. Tile drainage contractors, farmers and agri-business had the opportunity to see sub surface drainage installation and also learn about new management technologies to assist in reducing the risks of both manure and fertilizers from reaching tile outlets and surface waters. These technologies included installation of water control devices, bark bed bio-reactors, sub-irrigation to manage dairy waste water, cover crops and tillage to disrupt soil macropoures. The field demonstrations were teamed up with educational sessions under tents. Planning and developing a field event with onsite drainage installations is a time commitment but proves very important for awareness and education on an important topic.
This presentation looks at freshwater issues facing the world as part of the overall food production for the world.
The presentation looks at pollution issue facing the world including the need to provide more solutions to ensure there is more quality water and food for the general population
Learn about rain barrels, the 12th annual Tim Harmon 5K Run/Walk and the proper way, and time, to fertilize your lawn. Links to topics mentioned in this podcast can be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
Funding and Implementing an Emergency Hurricane Water FacilityRotary International
After hurricanes Frances and Jeanne struck within weeks of
each other in 2004, Rotary clubs in the Bahamas partnered
with local charities, government, and Rotary clubs in the
USA to build a reverse osmosis water treatment plant.
The facility operates in emergencies only, producing and
distributing free, safe drinking water when hurricanes
interrupt the normal supply. Learn how the partnership and
grant funding developed, what lessons were learned, and
how the plant continues to serve residents of the Bahamas in
times of need.
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Learn about rain barrels, the 12th annual Tim Harmon 5K Run/Walk and the proper way, and time, to fertilize your lawn. Links to topics mentioned in this podcast can be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
Water Matters , Episode II 1-29-2016 Prof Sarah Meyland on Managing Long Isl...Save The Great South Bay
Long Island does nothing to manage its drinking water supply, even as we are poisoning it with toxic spills and wasting it through overuse, chiefly by wasting it on our lawns. We need at last to have a policy, or risk the future of our aquifer, and of Long Island itself.
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
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After hurricanes Frances and Jeanne struck within weeks of
each other in 2004, Rotary clubs in the Bahamas partnered
with local charities, government, and Rotary clubs in the
USA to build a reverse osmosis water treatment plant.
The facility operates in emergencies only, producing and
distributing free, safe drinking water when hurricanes
interrupt the normal supply. Learn how the partnership and
grant funding developed, what lessons were learned, and
how the plant continues to serve residents of the Bahamas in
times of need.
Crowd Funding Campaign on CrowdFunder and Fundable Crowdfunding sites: https://www.crowdfunder.com/ https://www.fundable.com/
for Koi Gardens Energy Ranch for Koi Production for the Water Garden Market using Intensive Fish Culture Means with Vertical Integration of Geothermal Power, Wind Power and Solar Power generally above the fish ponds
update by the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers on sunset cove restoration project as the project is now completed for the phase 1 construction and plans for the volunteer planting and phase 2 construction
Lystek Biosolids Newsletter spring edition 2015Lystek
We are excited to share that 2014 was another exciting year!
In September of 2014, we celebrated our fi rst eighteen months of successful operations of the Southgate Organic Material Recovery Centre (OMRC) with an Open House event. It was attended by over 130 representatives from
Ontario municipalities, agricultural associations, soil and crop advisors, local businesses, politicians, OMAFRA, the MOE, and area growers. We have now surpassed our second, full year of fertilizer production at the OMRC.
“Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant” - Robert Louis Stevenson
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Financing Your Farm
1.
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3. . . . not to
mention lawns!• turf grasses are the single
largest irrigated crop in the
u.s. (11.8.05 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/lawn/)
• nation-wide we use
9,000,000,000 gallons of water
/ day for irrigation (http://www.epa.gov/watersense/pubs/outdoor.html)
• 800 million gallons of gasoline is
burned / year maintaining lawns +
17 million gallons spilled from
4.
5. - February ’14 started pilot
- July ’14 received 5k
grant from Healthy
Central FL Foundation
- January ’15 received 10k
grant from 1% for the
Planet
- Engaged and trained
over 125 volunteers
- Scaling to 15 farmlettes
by ’16
- Over 200 inquiries from
future farmlette hosts
12. MORE INFO, TOOLKIT AND VIDEOS AT:
www.FleetFarming.com
fleet@ideasforus.org
@FleetFarming
Editor's Notes
About + Fleet Farming is a Urban Farming program of the non-profit IDEAS For Us, which utilizes lawns and bike-power to grow organic food in Orlando, Fl.
The idea was proposed by John Rife at a monthly think and do tank that an environmental non-profit hosts at our event space. We were trying to address the environmental impacts related to food production and distribution. We quickly built on the idea and started the pilot of the program in Jan 2014.
With this solution, we also address the negative impacts of lawns, which is the largest irrigated crop in the US, using almost 80x as much gallons of gasoline per year than that which was spilled in the Exon Valdez.
So, the way the program works…*and volunteer power…*and to local distributors.
So, to give you a little background and inside scoop on our startup funding…
…all the money we profit goes back into the organzation…there is a common misconception that nonprofits can’t make money. They can, it’s just that it has to be funneled back into the org somehow.
By no means do I think Fleet Farming is perfect for everyone (there are a lot of resources that have contributed to our profitability in the first year…however, I do think the following aspects of our model contributed to our success.
Labor is probably one of the biggest costs of operating a farm. The program is 100% volunteer run, except for our part-time Farm Manager who received a monthly stipend. Volunteers manage almost every aspect of the program from maintaining the plots during our biweekly SWARM bike rides, processing the produce and marketing. Just be careful because if you are not set up as a non-profit, there are laws that prohibit you from using volunteer farmwork. The difference for us is that we focus more educating our farmers than we do on our profits and way pay our volunteers in produce.
Rollins
TapRoot Foundation
Lawyer drafted our host agreements and waivers
What’s great is that funding is out there for so much and growing food can be linked to so many causes-environmental, health, education, etc.
What has contributed to our success
Starting small – low startup costs
Partnering –community resources. For the future of Fleet, I see campuses taking on the project as an organization. In this case, the University or High School is the partner and a financial resource in terms of funding. Thousands of dollars are allotted to these organizations, and growing food for the community can help further the school’s community engagement goals.
Consider your time and resources and whether you are capable of handing distribution. You lose some income by selling through a distributor, but it can be worth it if the mkt gets rained out, etc, so it’s important to have diverse outlets to secure an end-point for your product and therefore sales.
And if any of you are interested in knowing more about the program or starting your own branch….NOW WE HAVE A TOOLKIT!