Why Sustainability Is So Important Here
This is our house. She is 158 years old and still strong as ever - even after being abandoned for 11 years in the 70s and 80s. She needs a lot of care and comes from a time before convenience. That is why sustainability is so important here. This house was literally a sustainable farmhouse.
A Decade of Sustainability
It's been 10 years since we burned down the old overgrown lots to the south of the 1868 house. Back in 2015 we had no idea that Mezzacello would become a state-of-the-art urban farm, research center, summer camp, and energy production hub that it has evolved into. Here is a brief timeline of our history and innovations.
How Menterns Can Save The World
Part Mentor and part Intern, the MenTerns are here at Mezzacello Urban Farm to explore, learn, and teach how we can empower our youth to save the world for themselves. They will live in and change this world. They are invested in saving it. Kids are aware enough that they need to do something, something bold, brave, and different. They needed a safe and gracious place to practice, fail, recover, and triumph. This is the story of how MenTerns can save the world.
War of The Winds: Evolution
I am on the FOURTH iteration of wind turbines here at Mezzacello Urban Farm. We started with a traditional horizontal axis wind turbines. Then I switched to the vertical axis flower turbines. Now I am exploring vertical blade vertical axis wind turbines in new configurations.
Our Mission, Home, Purpose, and Business
It's all hiding right there in the logo! Red Brick green tree urban farming non-profit! It's way more than the sum of its parts. It's a new way of thinking about sustainability.
Motivations and Inspiration for the Creation of Mezzacello
This is the story of how my body failed and I persevered and created Mezzacello as a result. It is very personal and a bit graphic. But this is why Mezzacello Urban Farm exists.