Four Wind Farm

Maryn Carlson

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Address: 158 Marabac Rd. Gardiner, NY 12525.
Website: http://users.bestweb.net/~fourwind/
Description: Jay and Polly Armour operate a 24 acre diversified organic farm. The farm raises produce, heirloom seedlings, grass-fed beef, pasture raised turkeys, and intermittently pasture-raised pork and eggs. The centerpiece of the operation is passive-solar heated and earth-cooled straw-bale vegetable barn with attached greenhouse. A 14-kw grid-intertied PV electric system is situated on the barn roof, which is being financed by a combination of a NYSERDA grant and a low-interest loan. A permanent raised bed system in the vegetable garden requires very little tractor time and hence very minimal fuel use. The Armours also transport vegetables to market in a diesel van converted to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO).
Photo Essay:

A white building with a sloped metal roof sits on a grassy hill, surrounded by plants and rocks, with a red vehicle parked nearby and trees in the background under a cloudy sky.
Produce is washed and packed inside this passive-solar heated and earth-cooled straw-bale vegetable barn with attached greenhouse.

 

A blue tractor is parked in front of a barn with solar panels on its slanted white roof, surrounded by tall grass, flowers, and greenery on a sunny day.
A 14-kw grid-intertied PV electric system is situated on the barn roof, which is being financed by a combination of a NYSERDA grant and a low-interest loan.

 

Rows of leafy green and red vegetables grow in a lush, outdoor garden with trees in the background under daylight.
A permanent raised bed system in the vegetable garden requires very little tractor time and hence very minimal fuel use

 

A large pile of manure sits on grassy ground near a red metal livestock feeder, with trees and a fence in the background.
Animal manure and crop residues are composted and used for potting medium for Spring vegetable starts
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