Best Agricultural Cooperative Wilmington Near Me

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CoopWorx Feed Silos are available in 80 lb. and 40 lb. capacity units, as well the 8 g. capacity Water Silo. CoopWorx Silo's feature an elevated design and rust proof, roto-molded body with a hinged, roost resistant lockable lid, making it the perfect addition for any backyard or barnyard.

Excellent addition for a low touch coop system with 80lb capacity. Our pullets have no problem reaching their feed.

Looks great. Is very stable. Should be quite rodent resistant. Functions as designed so far.

Resides under a covered run so no experience with water resistance.

So far this has been an exceptional feeder. I have loved the fact that mice and other rodents can't get into it. I also haven't seen the wild birds attempting to eat out of it either. The chicken seems to love it. The only thing I have noticed is the chickens still seem to be able to pull the pellets out and then deposit them on the floor of the coop. Overall I love the feeder.

These are high quality feeders and the customer service is top notch. We needed something that withstands the weather in Iowa and would allow us to leave for a week at a time. These work perfectly!

After buying the CoopWorx feeder, we decided to try the waterer as well. We couldn't be more pleased with the results from both the feeder and the waterer. No wasted food on the ground and the water stays pristine with no junk kicked up into it like our previous several waterers. It's a little pricey, but you get what you pay for and it works as advertised! We're happy and so are our chickens.

We haven't had to replace any of the Feed Ports yet. I don't anticipate that for quite some time. They are well made and I have checked and they are easy to change when we need to. Excellent product.

Again we have been using the Water Silo for about 1 month. Holds plenty of water, keeps it clean and the chickens learned to use it. The shape keeps any varmits out just like the Feed Silo. The same tidy and neat appearance. Excellent product.

We have been using our Feed Silo for about a month now. The Silo is amazing in several ways. ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE, maybe 1/4 cup in the whole month, maybe. Food is kept dry and clean. The chickens seem to like putting their heads in and eating. I have noticed that they will stand there for some time eating and never back up or raise their head. Because of the shape of the top and the location of the Ports for eating there is no way that any varmit can eat out of it or stay on top of it without falling off. My wife would be very upset if I put a picture of here Chicken Palace on the internet but they also look very tidy and neat also!!

This the absolute best! Look NO FURTHER! Anything else is a waste of money.

Silo is perfect so far. I got the silo that you hammer in the ground. Highly recommend

This feeder is excellent. Very easy to use, and well designed.

I love this feeder! My hens were wasting feed out of our old one (standard from the feed store) and even under cover the feed would get wet during rain. I love how tough the construction on this one is, plus the closed top is great.

Customer service is excellent as well. I had accidentally ordered the wrong feeder and my purchase was corrected within minutes by a rep.

Very happy that I invested in this, and over time I will be saving money in lost feed and time I would have spent filling my smaller and less efficient feeders.

Our new compact feed silo that holds up to 40 lbs. of feed!

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4worldlovers: 'Three Sisters' farming was how First Nations people did sustainable food production for many generations. They would develop a small roughly circular highly productive piece of ground per household or family group to grow nutritious native plants. The method was to use plants with high stalks and deep roots that would break up the soil (such as corn) to serve as a support for a climbing nitrogen fixing legume (such as pole beans). They would then plant a full foliage low growing shade plant (such as squash) to conserve moisture and protect the roots of the companion plants. The method would build soil that was rich in nitrogen, easier to work each year, and pH balanced. Protein and fiber from the beans, carbohydrates from the corn, and vitamins and minerals from the squash would provide sufficient nutrition for the household. Production surpluses would be traded with other households. If the household needed to move to another homestead, replication of the plots was easily done from seeds from the prior year's harvest. In addition to the three sisters method, many households would plant perennial fruits and berries along with nut trees close to their three sisters plots to supplement their diet. These were the early version of perennial edible landscapes. Finally, they would forage both annuals and perennials of greens and root vegetables to provide a fully balanced diet.

Benefits and opportunities accrue from using the three sisters method. It can leverage underutilized small plots in urban settings to satisfy the growing demand for unadulterated non-gmo organic food. It can evolve an expanded ecosystem of diverse adaptable heirloom and native foods; maintain and increase genetic diversity and resilient healthy soil; limit equipment costs and use of chemicals and fertilizers when contrasted with industrial agriculture; have a small, albeit real impact on global warming; significantly reduce fuel usage to transport food; improve the nutritional content of food; reduce the risks of widespread pest or insect contamination; and increase the resilience and distribution of pollinators. If edible landscaping is included with three sisters farming, the tree canopy is improved and carbon sequestration increases.

The belief in the last century that industrial agriculture, where food was grown in what became 'factory farms' is no longer tenable. Consequences of factory farming of soil depletion, massive environmental damage due to use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, decreased genetic diversity, and loss of small farms and the businesses and communities that made for a well woven sustainable social fabric; all suggest that expanding a network of small local producers will be beneficial.

A major objective of this project is to recruit local producers into a 'micro-economy' to evolve a wide, distributed, redundant, and resilient network for food production. It will reduce the number of food deserts in our cities and towns.

Food deserts result from grocery chains seeing little benefit or profit from locating large stores in neighborhoods with residents who earn below the median income. Since small scale retail stores selling fresh produce are not profitable, residents in food deserts have to rely on convenience markets that sell packaged processed foods at high margin; further impoverishing them, damaging their health, and shifting capital from the local community to national or regional retail food production corporations and food distribution supply chains.

Solutions that have also addressed the problem of food deserts have included shipping low cost produce to food deserts to be distributed through CSA's and pop-up neighborhood stands, etc. These solutions, however, offer none of the environmental or social benefits of three sisters farming. Some community gardens do address more of the environmental issues, but they are seldom sustainable over the long term because they depend on volunteers rather than people who are financially and personally vested in their own plots. Another alternative of cities or towns assigning a piece of land by lottery to individuals ('allotments'), has limited scalability, though traction is relatively high. Changing food preferences takes time, but fortunately three sisters production which is centered around corn, beans, and squash is already embedded into the diets of the urban poor.

4worldlovers: Our farming philosophy starts beneath the surface, with an emphasis on cultivating a properly balanced soil ecosystem.

If all of our soil elements are in balance with one another (just like the human body) our soil life will thrive and all we have to do is put plants in the ground and watch them grow into nutritionally dense, life giving food. We do not put synthetic nutrients into our soil and we do not apply synthetic substances to our plants to keep away pests. Instead, we aim for a balanced soil and beneficial insect attractants to maintain a healthy ecosystem where plants can thrive.

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