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Inputs for agriculture (farming)/forestry

Submitted by: Chip
Created: Sep 16, 2007, 2:56 pm

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The Idea

Have a network of interested people in a money pool purchase inputs and utilize them to create seedbeds on a contract basis in a agroforestry setting. Some of the inputs which are expensive to buy are tractors and other capital equipment, fertilizers (fossil fuel based normally), land, and humus (animal sourced). Purchasing power can be obtained when large numbers of people cooperate. One piece of euipment which I am familiar with is an electronic seed germinator which was conceptualized, designed and built by Andrew Zaderj, an engineer who designed the Apollo moon rovers, under funding of Johnny Shannon (entrepreneur) and his company Agrigenics.

I thought of this idea when I was...

Johnny Shannon paid for me to fly to Oklahoma City, Ok, USA from Boulder, CO in 1984, when the famine in Ethiopia was beginning to unfold on the news media, to view the electronic seed germinator at his warehouse/office.

Comments Posted

vanhees Posted: September 17, 2007, 12:39 am

You need to explain more.
Do you want to make profit or not?
Do you have a businuess plan?
Tommy

JustMe Posted: September 17, 2007, 2:18 am

Huh?

ccozad Posted: September 17, 2007, 2:12 pm

I don't get it.

JelmerBV Posted: September 27, 2007, 7:58 am

Just like the crowd (above ^ ) already said: ?

bcforrester Posted: September 27, 2007, 1:50 pm

Are you not just describing co-ops?

fossiloflife Posted: September 28, 2007, 1:35 am

???

saigon Posted: September 30, 2007, 9:48 am

try google philantrophist websites...

doublelibra Posted: October 2, 2007, 8:59 am

sounds like you want to make an investment pool for farming? that could be cool. the idea needs some more work but i think that's what you're getting at...

Emesee Posted: February 8, 2008, 1:21 am

i like the idea

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