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Revision as of 21:40, 23 July 2012
Gabrielle Leblanc - Farm Manager since June 2012, Farm Director in training.
Farm Director Subsistence Model
Costs of living:
- gas money
- capital investments for agricultural projects
- agricultural resources (materials, tools for repairs, infrastructure, etc)
- store-bought food and drink
Cost reduction strategies:
- Foraging (wild and domestic foods, food banks)
- Driving less, biking more
- Open source vehicle run on biogas
- Limiting consumption of store-bought food and drink
- Emphasizing non-capitalistic exchanges (trade/loan) for things that I need/use
Self-Funding Strategies:
Marketable products: (emphasizing products that are easy to produce, use resources already on-site, and are without codes regulating production)
- Biochar - cost: deadwood, biomass. benefit: $4/lb
- Worm Casting (dry or tea) - cost: biomass, compost. benefit: $25/gallon of tea
- Perennial Cuttings - cost: labor in production and storage. benefit: $7/plant?
- Gooseberries
- Blackberries
- Rasberries
- Elderberries
- Mulberries
- Nuts
- Grape rootstock
- Kombucha starts - cost: nothing, byproduct of Gabi's brewing. benefit: $5/start with instructions
- Fiber - cost: labor of production and processing time. benefit: $25/lb processed fiber
- Flax + wool
- Local consulting/troubleshooting for gardeners