I think it is a very good initiative, except for that they advocate using -and eating fish: "produce vegetables and.. fish year around" [Quote from the 'The Farm of the Future: Earthship-Inspired Greenhouse'-video].
Surely it is not the fish purpose in this world to be confined, used and eaten. Just like it is not our purpose to be confined, used and eaten.
I recommend this:
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/what-are-the-roots-of-freedom-and-slavery/
And the wonderful book World Peace Diet (http://www.worldpeacediet.com/ )
Me and my wife plan to become totally self-sustained somewhere in the States, and live 'off-the-grid'. We also plan to sell some of our produce and start a vegan café.
My comment to this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lejuwaan/the-farm-of-the-future-earthship-inspired-greenhou
Self sufficient. Grow 6000 pounds of fruits and vegetables per year on 300 m^2 (1/10 of an acre): http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/03/urban-homestead-being-self-sufficient.html
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Thanks Veronique!
It is also impossible for me and my wife for the moment since we live in an apartment.
However, we plan to buy ourselves our own plot of land in about a year (I will quit my job and hope to be completely off-the-grid, self-sustained, and also some income from selling crops). We plan to buy it in the US for about 5000 USD and then build a geodesic dome (6m diameter x 3m height strawbale dome can be done for about $861, and then some additional costs for housing infrastructure ).
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Geodesic_domes
And in parallell with building/after building we will buy seeds and start all the planting.
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Urban homestead, being self-sufficient by planting 6000 pounds of vegetables on 4000 square-feet
I found an interesting video clip.
Here is part of the content.
It is about a family that grow everything they need on 4000 square-foot , a 10'th of an acre.
It feeds a family. Revolutionizes what you can do in a city.
Started 10 years ago. They grow almost all the food they need. They produce organic.
Sustainably. 400 variets of vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. 6000 pounds a year., Enough to feed themselves, with plenty over. They also sell to restaurants.
They make 20 000 dollars from their front-yard sell.
In the beginning he didn't believe he could do it.
He didn't want them to eat GMO-food.
A decade later he is off the grid. He calls it the path to freedom.
They do canning. The menu depends on what is in season. No micro-waves.
The electricity from solar-panels.Less than 12$ month.
They can sense that something is off with the climate. Bugs come at different times.
Their whole food traveled 100 feet.
He plans a village of home-steads. Their family, their extended family, and other people in the same village. 'Urban homestead'.
[Unfortunately they also domesticate and use animals, e.g. chickens and bees; and unfortunately their garden is not veganic.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM
Another article to read
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/04/my-thoughts-about-farm-of-future.html
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More of my thoughts:
Here is part of the content.
It is about a family that grow everything they need on 4000 square-foot , a 10'th of an acre.
It feeds a family. Revolutionizes what you can do in a city.
Started 10 years ago. They grow almost all the food they need. They produce organic.
Sustainably. 400 variets of vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. 6000 pounds a year., Enough to feed themselves, with plenty over. They also sell to restaurants.
They make 20 000 dollars from their front-yard sell.
In the beginning he didn't believe he could do it.
He didn't want them to eat GMO-food.
A decade later he is off the grid. He calls it the path to freedom.
They do canning. The menu depends on what is in season. No micro-waves.
The electricity from solar-panels.Less than 12$ month.
They can sense that something is off with the climate. Bugs come at different times.
Their whole food traveled 100 feet.
He plans a village of home-steads. Their family, their extended family, and other people in the same village. 'Urban homestead'.
[Unfortunately they also domesticate and use animals, e.g. chickens and bees; and unfortunately their garden is not veganic.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM
Another article to read
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/04/my-thoughts-about-farm-of-future.html
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More of my thoughts:
"This
is good. Especially the starting up a vegan cafe! " Thanks!
The first
of my links showed a family that sustained their self and also earned 20000 USD
per year only of their produce on 1/10 of an acre (only 400m^2).
I think
that we should transform all our system to small-scale farming. To create a
grass-root-movement that shows that small, sustainable veganic gardens are
possible.
The small
veganic garden highly reduces the environmental impact and harm, including reduces
the harm and death caused to the animals that are killed when harvesting with
big machines, and reduces the amount of fossile fuels neeeded (e.g. harvesting
by one's hands compared to harvesting machines).
I don't
believe in the GMO-'farming meat from living tissue'-movement. It perpetuates
viewing animals as resources, the antithesis of veganism and our goal to make
everyone view animals with love and compassion. Veganism is making everyone
seeing animals as individuals and this goals can't be used by advocating
something that is perpetuating the animals being viewed as resources.
When it
comes to animal food: Dogs thrive on a vegan diet, and many cats (not all) also
do very well on a vegan diet:
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/03/vegan-diet-for-dogs-and-cats-what-is.html
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