Factor e Farm

Introduction

The Factor e Farm (FeF) experiment aims to take everything that civilization has learned to date, to create a working blueprint for communities that work. Starting with 30 acres of raw land in rural Missouri, we are building a path to Evolve to freedom.

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Name Factor e Farm is not a factory farm. But a place where we create the technology for ecology.

• Factor => Enabling action.
• e => The transcendental number.
• Farm => Where we begin.

Those coming for Dedicated Project Visits are advised to be aware of the Factor e Farm Participation Standards and Rules of Conduct.

Infrastructure

Cordwood structure

Hexayurt

Hexacube

• Shelter
  • Workshop
  • Tents
  • Hexayurt
  • Earthbag hut
  • Cordwood hut

• Workshops
  • Main Workshop
  • Lathe Workshop

• Greenhouse

• In progress
  • Hab Lab
  • Shop

• Utilities
• Water
  • Rainwater catchment
  • 1000 Gallon tank
  • Pressurized tank.
  • Shower
• Sanitation
• composting toilets
• 3 compost bins
• Heating/Cooling
  • Wood stoves
  • Thermal mass earth roofs.
• Kitchen
  • Stove
  • Sink
• Electricity
  • Solar Panels - 1.4 kW peak
  • Generators
  • Power Cubes - 20 kW
  • Inverter Chargers
  • Forklift Battery
• Communications
  • 3 bar cell phone signal
  • Wireless Internet

• Food
  • 400 tree fruit, nut, and berry orchard (still growing)
  • Grapes, tomatoes
  • Free-range chickens - eggs;
  • We buy food that we don't grow on the farm
  • We try to eat together

Finances

• Finances and food are handled individually.
• 1000 True Fans campaign provides ongoing funding.
  • We have 420 True Fans (September, 2011)

Governance

• Priorities of the Global Village Construction Set determine direction, time investment and funding allocation.

Legal

• Legal structure and land tenure is discussed at Transparency

Learning

• We are a learning community, and we are all expected to help each other grow in practical, mental, emotional, and spiritual techniques.
• Highly value Education

Tools

See Factor e Farm Tools

Location

NOTE: It is NOT ok to visit Factor e Farm without an invitation. Please see Visit Factor e Farm.

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NOTE: It is NOT ok to visit Factor e Farm without an invitation. Please see Visit Factor e Farm.

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Climate

Nearby weather station

See also Temperature

What to Bring

Think "Camping with Power Tools". The HabLab has a kitchen, bathroom, common area, bedrooms and storage space. The kitchen has a full oven, a top loading refrigerator, and a sink with filtered drinking water. The bathroom has 3 dividers between 2 flush toilets and 2 stand up showers, the bathroom also has 2 sinks. The common area has couches seats and tables, there are also standard electrical outlets. The bedrooms vary in size, there are 4 couple rooms and 2 single rooms, there are about 4 desks and 6 beds too.

There is parking are for about 10 cars. Of the 30 acres about 8 acres is forested. The forested area is nearby hablab and the workshop, and there is space for tents and hammocks.

The village of Maysville, Mo is a 50 minute walk, 20 minute bike-ride, or a 5 minute car-ride away. The town of Cameron, MO is 90 minute bike-ride, or 20 minute car-ride.

• Workshop Safety Gear
  • Safety Glasses
  • Steel toe boots
  • Workshop clothing (jeans, long sleeves, steel-toed boots)
  • Shared gear includes: work gloves, welding gloves, welding helmets

• Clothing
  • Pack appropriately for the season.
    • Temperatures can vary wildly,
    • Summers are hot and humid. (about 80-95 Fahrenheit, with rain about twice a month)
    • Winters are freezing.

• Electronics
  • Camera
  • Laptop (low-power if possible) (screen-size is a large part of laptop power consumption)
  • mp3 player
  • cell phone (poor cellphone reception, Skype phone number strongly recommended)

• Tools
  • large and small notebooks
  • pens/pencils
  • Multi tool
  • Flashlight

• Food
  • Try to limit food that must be refrigerated.
  • Ask about current farm status (if anything will be ready for harvest soon, and how much.)
  • There is potential to produce all food on-site.
  • It is a 5 minute drive to
  • water bottle

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See also

• Factor E Farm Site Plan
• Distillations
• History

Blog Presentation:

See the weblog for the latest updates.

You can view videos from Factor e Farm on our Youtube Channel.

Pictures from Factor e Farm.