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Brown-Forman has published its third corporate responsibility report. It includes a case study on the company’s recent Stakeholder Dialogue session, at which experts and advocates met to share ideas about how Brown-Forman can positively influence consumer behaviors on responsible alcohol consumption. The event was the first of its kind in the beverage alcohol industry. Brown-Forman produces Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort, Finlandia, Korbel, and other quality alcohol brands. Thames Water is planning to become Britain’s largest producer and industrial user of solar power. The company has partnered with Ennoviga Solar to install solar panels in three locations around London that will provide an annual output of more than 4500 megawatt hours of electricity, enough to run 1000 homes. Ennoviga Solar will maintain the panels and repay the 7 million pound— ½ million—investment by selling the clean electricity to the water company. Thames Water estimates the initiative will cut 100000 pounds— 4000—off its annual energy bill. For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com

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www.permies.com The first solar dehydrator is shown by robert and marina at dell artimus farm. The solar heat comes from a heated panel at the bottom, and there is a black chimney at the top that creates a draw. They use a stainless steel screen. The dryer is a year and a half old. They have dried beans, flowers, cherries, grapes (raisins), kale, walnuts and apples. They tried some tomatoes, but those ended up as pig food. Matt at feral farm shows a “down draft solar dehydrator.” The solar heat enters at the top and then goes down. Because as it gathers moisture, the solar heated air gets heavier. He has nettles in there. Mark Vander Meer, of wildland conservation service in Missoula, Montana shows off his solar food dehydrator still loaded with dried plums. Those plums have been in there all fall, winter and most of the spring. He talks about trying to dry fruit with electric food dehydrators and how expensive that was. This solar dehydrator also uses the down draft technique. He says plums take three days and apples take a day and a half. These are all passive systems. There are no fans. Relevant threads at permies www.permies.com www.permies.com www.permies.com music by Jimmy Pardo

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The General Mills oat milling facility in Fridley, Minn., is the company’s first biomass-powered plant. Oat hulls left over from the milling process to make food like Cheerios and other products are used to generate 90 percent of the steam needed to heat the plant and produce the oat flour.

My first attempt at solar panels.. it makes all the difference in the world. covers my netbook and internet needs. clock radio and a little for the bank on a good day. many more to come. im looking at aluminum framing and ecapsulating the cells from now on. its a learning process.

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