Factor e Farm

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• Article Title: 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.

Name

We are not a factory farm. At Factor e Farm, we are growing ideas. We are creating technology for ecology.

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

Those coming for Dedicated Project Visits are advised of the Factor e Farm General Guidelines.

Infrastructure

HabLab

HabLab

Cordwood structure

Hexayurt

Hexacube

• Shelter
  • HabLab
    • Kitchen
    • Bathroom
    • Bedrooms
  • SolarCubes
  • Hexayurts
  • Earthbag hut
  • Cordwood hut
  • Tents
• Workshops
  • Main Workshop
• Greenhouse

• Utilities

• • Water
    • Well Pump and Rainwater catchment
    • 1000 Gallon tank reservoir
    • 2nd water pump brings water from the reservoir tanks to habLab kitchen and bath.

• • Sanitation
    • HabLab has a septic system (please limit/don't use antibacterial soaps!)
    • flush toilets and composting toilets
    • 3 compost bins for cooking scraps
    • Recycling system has outdoor segregated storage for plastics, metals, and paper products, which are brought to local recycling center.

• • Heating/Cooling
    • Wood stoves
    • Thermal mass earth roofs.
    • cross-ventilation

• • Kitchen
    • Stove
    • Sink

• • Electricity (there are two electrical "grids" at the farm)
    • Solar Panels system - 1.4 kW peak
      • charger
      • battery bank
      • 120 V inverter

• • • Gas Generator system (needed for MIG Welders)
      • 72 V Forklift Battery Bank
      • 72 V Chargers
      • 120 V and 240 V Inverters (10 kW, 15 kW)

• • Communications
    • Very low cellphone reception
    • Wireless Internet (DSL)

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

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.

OpenStreetMap View

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
    • Consider Recommended Fabrics
    • 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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• http://www.youtube.com/p/FF0B396794CE6CDE&hl=en
• http://www.youtube.com/p/8222E33C29B683CE&hl=en

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.