Solar Energy
The name of the guest speaker who spoke to us about solar energy.
Who is Liam Madden?
What are two inputs that are essential for industrial crop production.
What are Synthetic Fertilizers and Herbicides/Pesticides
The name of the "lunatic farmer" from Virginia who was featured in the movie "Fresh" and challenged the idea that meat cannot be raised sustainably.
Who is Joel Salatin?
The name of the master gardener who welcomed us to home to see her gardens, compost and chickens.
Who is Sue Barry?
The acronym SEON stands for this.
What is the Sustainable Energy Outreach Network?
The name for the kind of solar panels that produce electricity.
What is photovoltaic?
A system of raising animals indoors or in a small confined area in order to increase rates of meat, egg and dairy production.
What are CAFOs or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
The method of farming that keeps livestock on the move, always moving to fresh grass giving the previous pasture time to regenerate.
What is "Intensive Rotational Grazing?" or "Grass Farming"
Two factors that make truly free range chickens have eggs with such deep orange and nutritious yolks.
What are allowing them to 1. eat grass and graze on other green plants and 2. eat fresh bugs and insect larvae.
The full name for the RCC, the partner to SEON that helped with the project building insulated window inserts for local homeowners.
What is the Rockingham Conservation Commission?
The two buildings on VA's campus with rooftops most suitable for solar panals.
What are the gym and hockey rink?
A system of farming in which only one kind of crop is planted for miles and miles?
What is Monoculture/monocropping
When food waste is not thrown in the garbage/landfill, but instead put to a far better use in which it can be recycled back into the soil.
What is composting?
Two methods of preserving locally grown food so that you can continue to enjoy its nutritional benefits after the growing season.
What are canning, freezing, pickling, or drying/dehydrating? (any two of these)
The reason the window inserts help to increase energy efficiency in our classroom.
What is insulation or creating an still air pocket that prevents the transfer of heat?
The direction solar panels should face in the northeast in order to capture the greatest amount of sunlight.
What is south or south-facing?
These are required in order to keep animals alive when they are raised on industrial feedlots.
What are Antibiotics
The type of composting used by Will Allen, founder of "Growing Power" to accelerate the decomposition of food waste so that he could feed his gardens and hydroponic systems.
What is vermiculture or "worm-composting?"
Two reasons local food from small farms tends to be more nutritious.
What are (two of the following):
-it is fresh. It doesn't have to travel far, so the nutrients do not oxidize/degrade.
-it isn't overcooked and over processed with salt and other preservatives.
-it isn't raised in conditions with depleted soils
The energy source that heats most buildings on Vermont Academy's campus.
What is oil?
The reason our guest speaker decided to get involved with solar energy and helping to solve the climate change issue.
The type of human labor that drives most industrial livestock production in this country.
What is immigrant labor?
The type of essential fatty acid that is only found in grass fed beef and free range chickens (and their eggs).
What is Omega 6?
What are, kale, broccoli, hot peppers, parsley, basil, thyme, lemongrass, lavender, sage, lemon verbena.
(name any 5)
Two issues SEON consistently has to educate builders and architects to deal with as they improve the energy efficiency of buildings through better insulation.
What are air flow and water vapor/moisture issues. (which can lead to mold issues in a building)?