The Need to Grow

• Biochar maker - 1 ton per day yield from pyrolysis machine, which produces electricity from burned pyrolysis gas - burned with engine/generator
• 3 acres of pv equivalent
• Biochar + biodigested algae are the fertilizer
• Wood is the external input. To call system fully-closed is not accurate.
• '4-5 days for what a normal biodigester does in a month' in terms of biodigestion rate?
• People in film:
  • Stamets - fungi
  • Alegria Microfarm Master - Erik Cutter
  • Michael Smith - The Green Powerhouse
  • Larry Santoyo
  • Vandana Shiva
  • David King - Seed Library of LA
  • Lexicon of Sustainabiliy -
  • Kellogg Garden Products - huge organic farm - Kathryn Kellogg Johnson
  • Jeffrey Smith - author, Seeds of Deception