Sustainability on the Pig Farm

See http://green.onevillage.tv/?p=163 -- this short film by John Harrison shows how Irno Pretto Farm in Brazil was transformed by introducing the Integrated Farming and Waste Management System (IFWMS) developed by George Chan of the ZERI Foundation (www.zeri.org). Productivity and biodiversity were increased while generating energy, reducing waste and eliminating pollution.

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Education

Tags:

• George Chan
• Irno Pretto
• TECPAR
• ZERI
• IFWMS
• IBS
• permaculture
• organic farming
• zero emissions farming
• zero emissions
• anaerobic digestion
• biogas
• algal ponds
• John Harrison.

[gripdoggy]

Do you use gestation crates?

[davidnsaunders]

@gripdoggy Sorry -- I don't know -- I'm living in England and the farms' in Brazil! The main point is the use of anaerobic digestion and algal ponds to eliminate waste and create fish-food, increasing the farms capacity and diversity...

[mskitana2001]

what he is throwing in the fish pond on 03:25

fish food or pig weast

[davidnsaunders]

From 4:36 the narrator explains that maize and a new crop, soya are grown form the fertiliser made from the pig waste in the biodigester. From 5:20 he explains that the fish are fed algae, fertilised by the liquid manure from the pigs.

[G2thefarmer]

Very nice farm. Pigs seem calm can tell their treated well. Almost seems to easy. I am going to talk my dad into that system, seems to be the cheapest and best way to handle the manure we got the lagoon. how big are those digester tanks and how many sows is it for. We need it bigger we got 2500 sows

[rainforestmedia]

Excellent example of a sustainable farming and waste management system.

[OctaformSystemsInc]

Really great. We work in biogas, aquaculture, agriculture and even algae. It is inspiring to see these come together in one operation.

[Incendarious]

Love the recycling and efficiency..,

now if they could just eliminate those gestation crates...

[thisisjonnyh]

@dreamteam1991 i bet my farm are better than yours.... i farm horse

[shussey100]

What a wonderful system, look at that farm it is sparkling. Brazil is a land blessed.

[Roar1910]

Its great what they are doing about the waste- but y do they need to keep them in thoughs cages? they can barly move -- poor things I know about gestation cages but I don't think there is really any use for them <

[metropool]

carbon credits-hahaha

gimme a break

[nogerdsurg]

This is bullshit, all of that land and the pigs are locked away. I hate this chit with a passion. You are all inhumane.

[haymarketmassacre]

kudos to the system. Missouri USA and Virginia USA both had problems with waste runoff of large production meat farms (chicken, pig, cow). What as neat and practical solution. I am glad that people are no longer looking at rivers as waste recepticles to be dumped in and become someone else's problem. Bravo.

[HiWay69s]

americans raise the best pigs

[SustainableSolution1]

@davidnsaunders have a look at my vids, my pigs dont smell , and very happy.