Miguel Castro Jr Work Plan
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Preparation and Planning
- Build a rocket mass heater in the California location to enable replicable heating methods for a worm farm at FeF during the winter.
- Train 2 worm farmers to operate and grow system to full production.
- Insulate worm room
- Build sprayer system for soil/worm food holding area
- Finish processing and packaging area
- Finalize price points with retailers
- Educational aquaponics demo setup for Nevada County resilience gathering on 6/10
- Attend Greenermind Summit 2012 to reinforce networks understanding of project goals
Arrive at Factor e Farm
- Select soil supplier after soil inspection
- Build ~300 sq ft building with sheltered processing area(doubles as my living quaters until full production is reached and utilizes the entire space; approx. 6 months)
- Build rocket mass heater
- Work with Marshall Hilton to design bicycle-powered harvester for processing the worm castings and increase efficiency by an estimated 50-60%