FCF and renewable energy

	Fox Creek Farm CSA Renewable energy: 300 Off-Grid CSA shares
Home About Fox Creek Farm Farming practices About our CSA Why Fox Creek Farm CSA? Sign up: Membership form Newsletter Archive FCF and renewable energy FCF and educational opportunties Fox Creek Farm 4-H FCF conference presentations Contact us	Fox Creek Farm not only grows vegetables, the farm also harvests almost all of the electricity needed for the farm right on site. The farm operates the 300 member CSA off the grid (that is, there is no electrical connection to National Grid), and is probably the only CSA of this size in the country doing so. We produce our electricity with two, 1.3 kW solar arrays, and harvest wind energy with a Bergey XL1 wind generator on a 100 foot tower. On a good day we can harvest approximately 15 kW in electricity.
	Our energy efficient walk-in cooler is run with an air-conditioner unit in combination with a CoolBot regulator, we pump water from our well with a slow-start water pump. Otherwise, we run all the electrical tools and equipment usually found on farms of our size. Fox Creek Farm CSA: Eating fresh, local, and in season - powered by renewable energy! Raymond presented a 1/2 hour webinar for the Cornell Small Farm Institute on April 5, 2013. A link to a download of the presentation "Powering your farm off the grid" is here. Link to our presentation about our off-grid electrical system at the 2012 NOFA NY Winter Conference in Saratoga Springs *Buy Local, Eat Well, Be Healthy, Protect the Environment*
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