Enhancing Year-Round Sales of Quality Farm Product through the Use of On-Farm Geothermal Climate Controlled Storage Facilities

Project Overview

FNC07-655
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2007: $6,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2010
Region: North Central
State: Indiana
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Commodities

  • Agronomic: general grain crops

Practices

  • Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures, quality of life

    Proposal summary:

    This project aims to supplement an open loop geothermal system with a wind powered in-wall heating/cooling unit to regulate the temperature and humidity of a community storage room. The goal is to create a model that uses sustainable energy to lower utility costs as much as possible. Its primary focus will be on grain storage, but the facility will store a diverse number of local goods on a greatest need basis.

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