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F.A. Farm

  (Ferndale, Washington)
Postmodern Agriculture - Food With Full Attention
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Blows Against the Empire

The Big Bale Project is finished. This was all about blows against the empire. Specifically two puny humans, myself and Larry W., both in our 60's, taking apart and spreading out 110 big round bales encased in slimy plastic. These bales had sat in a field for two years and I got them free - delivered too! It was a big job to undo industrial agricutural haybales with just pitchforks, knives and brute force. We worked a little over 2 hours each day and then had lunch. Then Larry went home and I took a nap. Now I have a lot of biomass that will break down into rich soil. 110 bales = about 110,000 pounds or 55 ton. Total cost $445, including taking the plastic to the dump. This is less than half a cent per pound for mulch. A good deal all the way around.

For a slide show on this project go to: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2723460%3AAlbum%3A15450&xg_source=activity

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