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| Outside of Greenhouse as of January 3 (note solar on roof) |
Over seventy people supported the building of our winter greenhouse through Kickstarter., We'd like to thanks all backers for your pledge of support for this project which makes this all possible:
- Regina Fitzgerald
- Ruth Solie
- Sheryl Goldade
- Vipul
- Robert Khoe
- Erica Akella
- Lindsey Ekland
- Sandy McCartney
- Neil Lindscheid
- Carlton Solle
- Kerri Prigge
- Pairing to Perfection
- Mandi Hibbert
- Bob Bonawitz
- Sally and Phletus Williams
- Deb Wallwork
- David Fluegel
- John Bennett
- James, Mostly Harmless
- Charis Wuerffel
- Judy Popelka Corrigan
- Dennis Kelly
- Jen
- Alex Johnson
- Katherine Blanchard
- Kitt Hodsden
- Dan Fabian
- Mary Haney
- Susan and Tom Ladwig
- Dale and Kerry Johnson
- David and Natalie Hilber
- Hans Johansson
- Peg Furshong
- Matt Kane
- Lisa Malecha
- Brett Miller
- Helen Foltz
- Greg Schweser
- Cynthia Brosowske
- Walt and Renee Fuchs
- Stephanie Andresen
- Goats
- Kent and Linda Solberg
- Kateri Kormann
- Anna and Joel Sellin
- Jason Walker
- Liz Templin
- Mick Fielding
- Nicole Reinan
- Daniel Metzler
- Ignacio Diaz
- Ken Chan
- Paul Tu'ivai
- Paul DeLaVergne
- Chandra G
- Abby Gold
- Richard and Diane MacGregor
- Andy and Berry Hayner and Noelle Hardin
- David and Dawn Froslie
- Peter Sasso-Lundin
- Brian Ng
- Peter Stadler
About the project (read more and contribute at http://kck.st/1peQpEg)
We would like to take winter vegetable production in Northern Minnesota to a new level. A number of other farms in our region have built "deep winter" greenhouses, a passive-solar design which successfully uses a warm air pumped into a heat sink underground to moderate temperatures (info on current designs). In a climate where we can reach -20 to -30 degrees and long stretches of sub-zero weather, we propose to add another heating layer to our friends' current designs by adding solar thermal panels. The greenhouse will allow us to grow cold-tolerant greens through the entire winter. We will complement these greens with storage crops from an attached root cellar, which is also part of the project. Since we are veterans of vegetable production in Minnesota, we feel this is the right move to extend our season and meet the needs of local eaters in search of good food at a time of the year when we most crave it. Backers can benefit directly by becoming members of our winter CSA or indirectly by supporting this low-energy solution to winter food production. We will translate our learnings to other farmers.
We would like to take winter vegetable production in Northern Minnesota to a new level. A number of other farms in our region have built "deep winter" greenhouses, a passive-solar design which successfully uses a warm air pumped into a heat sink underground to moderate temperatures (info on current designs). In a climate where we can reach -20 to -30 degrees and long stretches of sub-zero weather, we propose to add another heating layer to our friends' current designs by adding solar thermal panels. The greenhouse will allow us to grow cold-tolerant greens through the entire winter. We will complement these greens with storage crops from an attached root cellar, which is also part of the project. Since we are veterans of vegetable production in Minnesota, we feel this is the right move to extend our season and meet the needs of local eaters in search of good food at a time of the year when we most crave it. Backers can benefit directly by becoming members of our winter CSA or indirectly by supporting this low-energy solution to winter food production. We will translate our learnings to other farmers.
