Post by NFA on Mar 30, 2024 18:39:57 GMT 8
The game-changing engineer/inventor started farming ten years ago with 36,000 acres over four counties. In addition to fruit, vegetables and field crops he has 10,000 sheep and unspecified numbers of cattle.
4000 acres are "wild" to sustain bees and other insects; there are 15km of dry stone walls that provide niches for little birds and beasts, and there are 400 km of hedges for biodiversity and shelter.
There is maximum recycling with an anaerobic digester that produces enough gas to power 10,000 homes, the waste heat from power generation warms the greenhouses and the grain-drying barn.
There are 14 acres of greenhouses, 450m long with 850 rows of strawberries, ultraviolet light controls mould and a robot bug distributor places bugs on the plants to eat the other bugs that you don't want to eat the fruit.
16 robot pickers collected 200,000 strawberries in a month, checking for colour and ripeness
Enjoy!
Rafe Champion
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Warning!
Wind watching can be time-consuming and habit-forming.
Watch responsibly.