Executive Summary
The Root Center is a 501c(3) not-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide quality food for local food shelves while combining modern technologies to form a completely self-sustainable farm. The Root Center seeks to integrate green building through geodesic dome (and other) structures, clean energy through solar technology and vertical axis windmills (a revolutionary design that does not obstruct views and provides more energy), and organic farming in cooperation with WWOOF and other volunteer organizations. The Root Center further seeks to integrate hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics, grow wheels and living machines in combination with innovative greenhouse designs. We will work in cooperation with Todd Ecological to demonstrate how 100% of the farm’s waste can be processed into surplus energy through living machines, and aquaponics systems could create one of the first organic fish farms on the continent. This is just the beginning! The Root Center’s growth will be in stages as follows: