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Article: The organic/eco farm of the 21st century.
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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The organic/eco farm has the potential to be the cornerstone of the rural revival. Let's look into the future to try to describe some of the characteristics of the organic/eco farm of tomorrow.
If the 21st century organic farm is to be completely ecological, it should generate all its own power, on-site. It must trap the non-polluting forms of energy such as the sun, the wind and gases that are the by-products of the decomposing wastes.
The windmill (or wind generator), once a common sight On farms, will be back on tomorrow's organic farms, trapping the wind's energy for use in a variety of ways. All kinds of new ideas are cropping up which make the wind ...