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15Aug2010: Cottage Farm Open Day

Submitted by PaulS on 2 July 2010 - 10:27am.

15Aug2010: Cottage Farm Open Day
Cottage Farm
Open Day

As part of the National Superhomes scheme (www.Superhomes.org.uk), Cottage Farm will be opening its doors to the public again on 15th August 2010.

Cottage Farm is an organic sustainable farm raising native breeds and selling produce locally. It is powered by renewable energy with almost no use of fossil fuels, having reduced its carbon emissions by 70% so far (as assessed by the Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust), but aiming at carbon neutral living and farming. We are also of course actively engaged in the Transition process.

Visitors will be able to see and ask questions about
· the various energy saving steps taken
· the various methods of renewable energy generation employed and its benefits
· the organic farming methods, localised sustainable food production and carbon free deliveries of Cottage Farm fresh meat boxes.
· We may also discuss the Superhomes charity and Transition Movement and its contribution to increasing local resilience in North Cornwall.

Programme
Arrival time: 14:00 - 14:30 Start time: 14:30

14:00 - 14:30 - coffee and cake
14:30 - 15:15 - presentation and questions – what we do, why we do it and what are the benefits (as given at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and at the recent Transition Conference)
15:30 - 16:00 - The Low Carbon House tour: insulation, devices, water heating, space heating
16:00 - 17:00 - External tour: PV panels, wind turbine, wood processing, bore hole water, bio diesel production
17:00 - 18:00 - Organic farm walk: sheep, cattle, geese, wood, hedges and trees, orchard and more

The attendance will be limited to 15 participants.

Please book here: http://www.sustainable-energyacademy.org.uk/superhomes/cottage-farm-jaco... and click on 'Register Online'. Alternatively, send us an email at Cottage.Farm@tiscali.co.uk, stating number of people attending, names and address.

Looking forward to welcoming you
Paul & Celia

Further open day is planned for Sunday 3rd October

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