Some research, some cash cows while things are semi normal producing food in abundance to sell without a store front then to eat when it all goes south – all run by solar of course. Building solar panels for resale which can be shipped or delivered if close.
Why the east coast is a bad idea
Portable Farms has good newsletters and information.
The Urban Farming Guys – open source low-tech technologies for your homestead including blue-barrel aquaponics, bio-gas electric power, and lots more.
Aquaponics
Aquaponics link – quick why aquaponics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX-2YmVjohU
IBC (tote) aquaponic system written instructions
www.backyardaquaponics.com/Travis/IBCofAquaponics1.pdf
IBC video
Building an ibc aquaponic system – YouTube
Blue barrel aqauponics system
Faith and Sustainable Technology – Welcome to Faith And Sustainable Technologies!!
Step by step blue barrel
www.fastonline.org/images/manuals/Aquaculture/Aquaponic_Information/barrelponics_manual.pdf
Proper handling
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FST-38.pdf
Classes on east coast
http://aquaponics.com/
Large grow bed cheap
COMPLETE Aquaponics Trough Liner Installation – YouTube
Make your own hoops
Shop Hoopbenders- Home
Film for green house
http://www.agcchem.com/products/specialty-chemicals/f-clean-greenhouse-film
Tilapia all male
Til-Aqua Natural Male Tilapia Hatchery – YouTube
How to feed live stock year round with a grow house
H2O Farm on BBC’s Countryfile – YouTube
Electricity and Energy
Visit my Electricity/EMP page.
Msc
http://www.shfoamclothing.com/palstrade-continue.html
http://www.shfoamclothing.com/palstrade-continue.html
Air Compressor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVC-z3GyLk8
Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdVw5R4JBfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByPAW-K3LxM&feature=related
Ram Pumps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Z-idnIM6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGufwDOWbKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WemQVmnB8r0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7AtK2_Ocm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1KnZbGPq0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7AtK2_Ocm4
Rope pump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNIM3vNtME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1fCfPGTz5k
Stoves
Masonry fireplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPqDKpmcJUI
Plans for masonry fire place (this takes more time and money than a rocket stove)
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/Home_Building/Masonry_Fireplaces.htm
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/
Rocket stove the best first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUCqaE_RU4I
Classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mZQdu2wNi4
Used in green house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFvdMk3eLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4usXIAoy9us
Cob oven with re-burn chamber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvrUrnEIQoo
http://www.permies.com/wood-burning-stoves.html
Not as good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_jFqxHluA
Charcoal stove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWM3BELk8Uo
I wonder whether there is a charcoal maker that allows you to feed a log into it, make charcoal from the end and then feed it in some more, etc., so you don’t have to cut wood into stove length and chop it.
Gas from Wood
Click to access fema.woodgas.pdf
Tiny Stoves
The Sardine or The Little Cod (Little Cod looks like the size for a 30′ trailer with two slide-outs.)
The Mesa 17″ x 11″ x 10″
Drolet Stoves – Their two smallest might be small enough (rated at 40,000 btu).