Food

Garden
Aside from driving, food is the most energy intensive human activity on a per person basis. Much of this energy goes in the form of petroleum-based chemicals, production machinery, packaging, and transportation. The Ecohouse residents choose to grow some of their own food in their organic garden. They grow low-maintenance, organic, seasonal crops. The garden is surrounded by a solar-powered electric fence in order to keep deer from consuming the crops. Residents of the house also prefer to buy from the farmer’s market in for the same reasons that they grow their own food.

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