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Fifteen foot vibrant stalks of corn, delicious eggs all year round, compost, fertilizer, cheaper feed costs and improvement to the soil in the process? Too good to be true? Actually, too good not be done. Eliot has impressed me with his variety of efficient and sustainable models and this one is definitely at the top of the list. For agriculture to be sustainable, an ever-evolving relationship with the land must develop. It has to progress over time through the study of past attempts and future predictions. I've learned that agriculture is not a perfect science, rather, it is a great scientific experiment and as with all science, it is only as good as the evidence suggests. A hypothesis waiting to be disproved. This requires attention to detail, willingness to adjust and simply being there. Today's cheap and innovative greenhouse solution involves taking one of the summer greenhouses and turning it into a winter resort for pasture raised winter layer hens. One of the byproducts of this is to simultaneously create...
