Full interview with the Microgreens Farmer. He started in his parent’s basement and quickly expanded to a 2,000 sq. ft. grow space. Over the last two years he’s added new products such as sprouts and selling Easy Sprouter brand sprouting racks. He sells at farmer’s markets and makes home deliveries to coolers on customer’s doorsteps. Local restaurants buy through large food service companies so he goes direct to customers. His profit margin is very high (70-80%) because his main cost is seeds which are very cheap. His main advice is to smart small with a few varieties such as sunflower seeds and pea shoots, and only add new varieties after you master the process.
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SIP Structures To Go
Structures To Go, a Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) manufacturer in Port Angeles, WA, provides building kits and completed buildings. These “pop up” building can be erected in less than 30 minutes, deployable with a roll-deck truck to anywhere anytime.
These DIY Machines Let Anyone Recycle Plastic Into New Products
In a workshop in downtown Chang Mai, Thailand, designers turn plastic trash–mostly plastic bags they collect from the street–into marble-like coasters and tabletops. In a maker space in Lviv, Ukraine, designers use DIY equipment hacked from old industrial parts and a shopping cart to recycle plastic trash into bowls. In Seoul, designers use a mobile plastic recycling cart for education.
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock
Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed dozens of tiny houses on wheels in the woods within driving distance of Boston, New York City and Washington DC. “The cabin”, explains Staff, “reminds us of a time when we didn’t have to respond to something within an hour, let alone 24 hours, when we didn’t have to do conference calls on our vacations.”
Homemade Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Cost Nothing At All To Build (And Feeds Small Multitude)
An oil drum (barrel) and a bit of metal pipe is all you need to make a really simple but effective pizza oven. It may not look very fancy but it works well and it will cook a whole lot of pizza. Also, instead of waiting for days/weeks for your clay oven to dry enough to use, an earth bermed barrel oven can be made and used on the same day. Which is really handy if you have a few people coming round.
Off The Grid Cabin In New Zealand Paradise
Hidden amongst the spectacular mountain ranges of the Kahurangi National park of New Zealand, this beautiful off-the-grid cabin sits in paradise.