RE: Integrating chickens into greenhouses

Kelly, Debi (KellyD@umsystem.edu)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:40:43 -0500

There is a book called "Solviva: How to Grow $500,000 on One Acre & Peace on
Earth" by Anna Edey, ISBN 0-9662349-0-1. It has just about everything in it
concerning heating a greenhouse with animals. There is a couple in
Southwestern Missouri that are making an attempt to do something similar.
They received one of the MO Sustainable Ag Demonstration Award Grants a
couple of years ago. I'm not sure how they are making out but could always
find out if needed. debi kelly, MAC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PetersFarm@aol.com [SMTP:PetersFarm@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 8:30 PM
> To: nrboone@roadrunner.com; sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
> Subject: Re: Integrating chickens into greenhouses
>
>
> Nathan -
>
> I remember reading in Mother Earth News and/or the Boston Globe about an
> amazing lady on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, who had a very
> successful
> greenhouse business, heated and fertilized by chickens (housed at one end)
>
> and rabbits (at the other). I think it was called Sol Viva. Among other
>
> things, she shipped mesclun to fancy New York restaurants.
>
> The greenhouse was over 3,000 square feet and plants grew at three levels,
>
> using hangers and catwalks and such.
>
> Originally the air heated by the livestock was simply blown into the
> greenhouse, but that didn't work because of excess ammonia. Eventually a
> system evolved involving underground piping and air filtering material,
> which
> works fine and justifies the cost. As I recall, this was a very
> profitable
> business, back around 1994.
>
> (betty) Ann Gras
>
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