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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. | 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 village of Maysville, Mo is a 50 minute walk, 20 minute bike-ride, or a 5 minute car-ride away. | ||
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Revision as of 23:15, 16 July 2012
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.
Marcin Jakubowski - part 1 from East Bay Pictures on Vimeo.
Name
Factor e Farm is not a factory farm. But a place where we create the technology for ecology.
Those coming for Dedicated Project Visits are advised to be aware of the Factor e Farm Participation Standards and Rules of Conduct.
Infrastructure
- Shelter
- Workshop
- Tents
- Hexayurt
- Earthbag hut
- Cordwood hut
- Workshops
- Main Workshop
- Lathe Workshop
- 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
Location
NOTE: It is NOT ok to visit Factor e Farm without an invitation. Please see Visit Factor e Farm.
View Factor e Farm in a larger map
OpenStreetMap View
NOTE: It is NOT ok to visit Factor e Farm without an invitation. Please see Visit Factor e Farm.
Climate
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.
- Pack appropriately for the season.
- 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
Embed
See also
See the weblog for the latest updates.
You can view videos from Factor e Farm on our Youtube Channel.
Pictures from Factor e Farm.