This is an example of a turbine that Barney created and used to teach his students. It is located on his Yerba Mate Farm just outside of Obera and is capable of producing .5 kilowatts of energy. More than enough to power a normal size home. Barney showed us some other creations of his including Ram pumps, Micro Hydro generators, a high efficiancy grain dryer and a device that burns wood then cleans and captures the monoxide in order to fuel deasel engines. Erick Barney is a very cool dude and very inteligent, unforunately there is a lack of funding to develope his ideas due to government resistance to new technology because of coorperate influence. this is not unlike all of the great ideas in the states that are shut out because they oppose the big corperations ability to profit. Green Power is easier then I have ever thought and there are thousands of mechanisms out there just waiting to be produced.
This plant is called Pimienta de Agua ( Pepper of water) it was explained that the leaves of this plant can be steeped in to a tea and consumed twice a day to cure cancer.. TO CURE CANCER!! If anyone is interested in this I implore you to read up on the subject and see if there is any truth what so ever to this information. This knowledge was given to me by farmers here in argentina so I dont know to what extent it is effective but i surely intend to look into it.
Nice Flower shot Eh!.? This is the best of many flower pictures taken on our field trip. The next picture is of a Floral pineapple that is native to the area.
These are some shots of the animals on the Farm. The calf is only one week old, how cute. This will be added to the milking cows as it becomes of age and is impregnated thus able to give milk. All of the animals that are here including pigs for pork, chickens and Quale for poultry and eggs and cattle for beef and milk are treated with respect and fed a very well rounded diet. Pictured on the right is were the Dairy cows are milked twice a day producing between 70 and 150 liters of milk a day, every day.
The pyramid on the right was built by the founder and Patriarc of the farm. It is oriented so each wall faces the cardinal directions. They produce viniger and age it here but it is also said to have a ´special´energy about it and when a dead watch battery was placed inside apparently it regained its charge.
more pretty flowers
Artichoke on the left and a delicious lunch on the right. This was prepared for us while we were touring the farm. the meal consisted of swiss noddles (spetzle?) a creamy sauce with very tender beef, carrots and peas. Again everythings organically grown and produced right on the farm.
Here is where we got some meat for breakfast and lunch. about a 3/4 kilo of thick sliced Bacon and some other dried cured pork products. The swiss farm Has a very cool thing going for them. They are completely self sufficiant, making the food for the livestock and chicken, producing Biogas to fuel the stove, solar hot water heater, and among many other things, a labrinth of ductings that acts as a water catchment system to subsidise irrigation. Along with this they create most of there own tools and make/raise all of their own food. Pretty sweet.
BANANA´S MMMMMmmm... good!
Beautiful African Violet in bloom I could not help but to admire.
The end of the day consisted of a bottle of regional wine (Malbec) and some delicious swiss cheese while cooking dinner for the group. It had been threatening to rain for the past 4 hours or so but the system passed us by to the north. Over all, our field trip day was awesome and it just gave us more hope and inspiration as to how life can be lived. With a lot of thought, work and care it is completely feasible to provide everything for ones self including food and energy
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