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Energy & Environment
Matching Energy Needs to Farm Sources
Every farm or ranch has energy needs, and every farm or ranch has energy sources. Long-time organic farmer, Martin Kleinschmit, will draw on his experience, which began with the Small Farm Energy Project in the late 1970’s, to explore how you can meet your energy needs with your own energy sources.
2007 Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
Emerging Energy Issues
Sustainable and organic farmers have been innovative about developing alternatives to synthetic inputs in our food. Can we also solve some of the emerging energy issues on today’s farms? Join Dan Guenthner, CSA farmer, and Terry Foecke, environmental and energy consultant for an exchange of ideas about alternative energy sources and solutions to growing food with an increasingly limited fossil fuel supply.
Biodiesel from the Field to the Farm
Use what you grow for energy and gain independence from high oil prices! Farmer Tom Perlick will show you how to grow sunflowers or canola, and will outline the equipment and processes necessary to extract the oil, convert the oil to biodiesel and what to do with the meal and glycerin.
Harvest the Wind: A Wind Energy “How To” for Farmers
Learn how to determine if your farm can harvest the energy of the wind to produce clean, organic energy. Wind energy expert David Blecker will provide the information you need to understand your wind resource, select a site, and pick a turbine so that you can integrate wind energy as a profitable and sustainable part of your farm’s electrical supply.
Finding Unneeded Watts and Therms: How to Audit Your Energy Usage
Evaluating your energy use in agricultural enterprises will help you determine the equipment and processes that can provide the greatest return on investment for different farm enterprises. Join UW-Madison’s biological systems engineer Scott Sanford for a practical look at how to gather input information and calculate potential energy savings in a wide range of agricultural enterprises.