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Energy Farms are a response to the dominant agricultural model of the so-called “Green Revolution” that turns soil to dust, chemicals to food, and food to fuel.
Using science, proven tools, and evolving methodologies the Energy Farm Initiative seeks to demonstrate systems of agriculture that can sustain both farms and communities in the face of climate change and peak oil. This program weaves threads of the Relocalization vision into a fabric of local currency, local food and biofuel systems, revitalization of local industry, and community cooperation.
Our aim is to build flexible systems that reduce dependence on high energy inputs and produce food and reliable renewable energy for local users. The steps in which this transition is manifest is the Local Energy Farm Initiative.
Energy Farms Blogs
Posted by jcbradford,I was asked to give a presentation to a group called Leadership Mendocino. Every year about 30 people in our County, usually from a... (read more)- Posted by jcbradford,I have only been growing my own vegetables and preserving them for a few years now. The first thing I thought of was heat... (read more)
Posted by mkbomford,Many farms in this part of Kentucky didn't get electricity until the mid-1940s. A few farmers still remember the strategies their families used to store... (read more)
Posted by c. hansen,In early November, I wrote a brief blog about the drastic inflation in the price of farm inputs, the collapse of commodity prices within the... (read more)- Posted by mkbomford,High tunnels are simple, solar-heated greenhouses. They use much less energy than heated greenhouses. Winter temperatures are warmer inside a high tunnel than outside, but still... (read more)
- Posted by mkbomford,Connie Lemley operates a 1-acre market garden north of Frankfort, Kentucky. She sells her salad greens at the Frankfort farmers' market. Connie is very aware of... (read more)
- Posted by mkbomford,Here's a visual to show just how closely the prices of oil and food commodities have been linked recently. ... (read more)
- Posted by mkbomford,The conversation over lunch today turned to biofuels. ‘I just don't think it's right to turn food into fuel,’ said one of my colleagues. Others nodded in agreement. This is... (read more)
- Posted by c. hansen,In both 2007 and 2008 the world grappled with global inflation in the price of food. Unfavorable weather, scant international grain reserves, increased consumption of... (read more)
- Posted by mkbomford,An old hand-cranked corn threshing machine made quick work of our field corn. [video] ... (read more)
