Sunday, January 08, 2006
Sustainable Agriculture / Data / Resources
Sunshine Farm
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (The Land Institute) - The Sunshine Farm Research Program is a 10-year project—its last field season was 2001. We are collecting comprehensive data on the energy, materials, and labor going into 50 acres of conventional crops plus 100 acres of prairie pasture grazed by cattle. The Sunshine Farm's goal is to calculate the amount of productive capacity a sustainable farm must devote to its own fuel and fertility. An extensive final report with computer database and energy budgets will provide crucial data to other sustainable agriculture researchers. It will also be a benchmark against which eventually we can compare our own Natural Systems Agriculture. With this information, a more effective national policy could be formulated for the transition of agriculture to renewable energy. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/01/377bbca63.
See also:
A paper presented at The Ecology of Our Landscape: The Botany of Where We Live, a 1996 symposium sponsored by The Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Texas Christian University. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/1996/12/01/3aa3e5f49.
Sunshine Farm
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (The Land Institute) - The Sunshine Farm Research Program is a 10-year project—its last field season was 2001. We are collecting comprehensive data on the energy, materials, and labor going into 50 acres of conventional crops plus 100 acres of prairie pasture grazed by cattle. The Sunshine Farm's goal is to calculate the amount of productive capacity a sustainable farm must devote to its own fuel and fertility. An extensive final report with computer database and energy budgets will provide crucial data to other sustainable agriculture researchers. It will also be a benchmark against which eventually we can compare our own Natural Systems Agriculture. With this information, a more effective national policy could be formulated for the transition of agriculture to renewable energy. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/01/377bbca63.
See also:
A paper presented at The Ecology of Our Landscape: The Botany of Where We Live, a 1996 symposium sponsored by The Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Texas Christian University. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/1996/12/01/3aa3e5f49.
