Raccooning On An Urban Farm
Contrary to what Urban Dictionary thinks, raccooning is the fastest way to failure on an urban farm.
Engineering
Pride Goes Before The Fall
After I destroyed an oven trying to make my own bronze chain I used actual bronze chain to hang a poultry waterer – because chain is chain.
Jurassic Farm – Life FINDS a Way
In Jurassic Park, a good urban farmer is an engineer, a biologist, a psychologist, and a chaos theorist.
Mezzacello Energy Farm and Bioreactor Project
The next phase of Mezzacello will include the energy farm and the 3D Printing Infrastructure.
The New Neighbor Who Has 100 feet
Well year two of #ProjectMartian has been a learning experience to be sure! My original idea was to test if we could send greens and browns to Mars to recreate compost and soil on Mars (we can). But I neglected one key plot point; Life will stow away. To cut corners this busy year I …
The Manure That Infected Mars
#ProjectMartian really worked well. Especially during the COVID19 isolation. Last year every bit of manure and green and brown for compost went through the #Bioreactor. I was mocked for using it. I was chastised for calling it that. But it did work. This year I used compost from the bioreactor in all of my 24 …
The Rule of Sustainability – 3 and 5 Strategy
Sustainability is a really important topic in the world right now. We need more of it, but we need better metrics to define what “it” is. Like the word, “nice” sustainability means many different things to many different people. At Mezzacello I have developed a rule of thumb that helps me better define sustainability. I …
Redefining Mezzacello
Mezzacello is more than an urban farm. It is more than a group of enclosed sustainable ecosystems. It is also a learning lab dedicated to advancing and innovating agricultural and technology solutions for urban food deserts. That takes improvements in infrastructure and resources. Over the past two weeks I have been pulling down buildings and …
