Revision as of 20:07, 20 December 2012

Factor e Farm

Full, year round diet for 12 people
Non-food products (fiber, medicine, fuel) sufficient for 12 people
Facilitate regenerative cycles that sustain themselves
Create a replicable, self-funded enterprise to sustain participants through transition towards complete self-sufficiency.

Food swadeshi: growing food for your own self-sustenance, for your community or for a "grow food locally" business.

Data Points: on the way to food swadeshi

Summer, 2012 - FeF produces its own dairy, berries, grapes, 3 pears, a few pounds of apples, edible weeds (purslane, lambsquarter), chicory, mustard seed
Fall 2012 - Dairy continues, grew lettuces, mustard greens, choy, turnips, arugula, radishes, spinach, swiss chard. Harvested and processed rose hips, black walnuts, dandelion greens, wild arugula.

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 =Objectives=
-*produce food, fiber, medicine, fuel, and other resources for 30 humans
+*Full, year round diet for 12 people
-*facilitate regenerative cycles that sustain themselves
+*Non-food products (fiber, medicine, fuel) sufficient for 12 people
+*Facilitate regenerative cycles that sustain themselves
+*Create a replicable, self-funded enterprise to sustain participants through transition towards complete self-sufficiency.
 =Food Swadeshi=