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Here is a quality video on this, on its use in the Philippines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWi3NtND68&feature=share

Sweet video showing what this did for some people in Chile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAqYS3OIJFg&feature=BFa&list=WLEFA268FE1DE17477&index=23

This is a video of a presentation by a lady from Hawaii who went to Korea to take their training.  It includes other things than just the IMO's.


HOW TO NEVER CLEAN THE CHICKEN FLOOR 

Minute 20; 

Minute 48-  example of throwing IMO dirt onto straw for bedding

CHICKEN FEED AND LAYING AREA  -  see the final 3 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdNHEpMISmQ

Yes, that is the same or similar, probably from the same source.  They popularize the use of "indigenous" micro-organisms, as being much more stable and vital.


"The following article is taken from Korean Natural Farming Handbook p.91 to 105. 
1. Why indigenous?
Natural farming rejects foreign microorganisms. It also rejects microorganisms that are produced mechanically or artificially or refined simply to increase their market values. No other microorganism adapts with the same strength and effectiveness as indigenous microorganisms that have lived in the local area for a long time. Domestic farmers who are used to buying commercial microorganisms are amazed at the effectiveness of homemade indigenous microorganisms (IMO). The spread of IMOs and Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) is giving a new vision for environment friendly agriculture in Asia. We can make microorganisms, widely considered to be one of the most important materials in sustainable agriculture, at home.


Microorganisms that are made in factories or greenhouses where temperature and moisture are kept constant are only effective in similar environments but NOT where the environment is different of subject to change. In the greenhouse there are no typhoons, droughts or floods, but farming has to deal with all kinds of unexpected environmental conditions. Korean Natural Farming suggests therefore that farmers grow and use local microorganisms at ambient temperatures. I firmly believe that there is no better alternative to using locally available IMO's on your fields."

You might say it is similar to the deep litter method.

There is no sanitizing, except by the micro-organisms, with which you innoculte the initial bedding.

You never change it, just add more when it vanishes thru time.

THey have other simple ways to make the farmers work much simpler, in feeding them one time per day,

in starting chicks off in such a way as to make strong intestines.

Below are excerpts from an intro to "Natural Farming" as systematized in Korea. This was put together as a response to the Western mechanization of agriculture happenig during the 1960's there.  The founder at that time was persecured, tortured, but now his system is used nation wide.

The major key for livestock keeping is the growing of positive microbes that are used to treat the stalls, pens, hay, sawdust etc.  These turn the whole process into a vastly simpler one.

They have systematized the whole process of chicken growing stage by stage, to teh extent where I have seen figures that one man can care for 5,000 chickens.  And farmers in S. Korea are said to be making six figure incomes.

Here is an overview of what this system will do for chicken raising.

http://janonglove.com/janongusa/intro03.html


Livestock barn with no pollution
There's no pollution from Natural Farming livestock barns. Natural Farming livestock barns and pens do not discharge any wastewater. When feces from livestock fall on the floor, it is quickly decomposed by powerful micro-organism activities. Concrete is not used on the barn floor. The floor is in direct contact with the soil which teems with micro-organisms. The floor consists of a mixture of rice straws, sawdust, and fresh soil. There is no need to clean or remove animal waste and feces from Natural Farming barns even after many years of use. They do not pile up; they are decomposed with little smell. Natural Farming barns do not smell. Natural resources, such as the sunlight, efficient air circulations and micro-organisms, are utilized to maintain the floor dry and fluffy. It is a common sight to see a Natural Farming barns or pens right next to a resident building.


No artificial heating
Natural Farming barns and pens do not need any artificial heating. Instead of using fossil fuel or electricity to provide heating, we help the livestock to develop the natural resistance against cold. Natural Farming chickens grow short, tough and dense hair whereas ordinary chickens have long, soft and sparse hair. In cold regions, the heat coming from fermentation of compost is utilized to maintain a comfortable temperature level in the barn.

Natural Feed made locally by Farmers
Natural Feed made locally by Farmers. Chickens are fed with whole brown rice grains and bamboo leaves immediately after hatching. Tough fiber-rich feed strengthens their intestines. Animals raised by Natural Farming methodology are healthy, strong and have little diseases.

http://www.ancientcerealgrains.org/archive.html

A valuable source of rare, old grain seeds, inc. wheat.

http://www.chicken.coop/mobile-processing-unit/

"Mobile Processing Unit
Growers who want to process a large number of birds, will find that the new Mobile Processing Unit will increase the efficiency of processing and fit within certain state requirements for selling the birds directly to consumers as well as to retail and wholesale markets. Every MPU user will have to undergo training to use the unit.

The mobile poultry processing unit consists of a truck and trailer. Depending on the user’s experience processing birds, it has the capacity to process 50-300 birds per day. Each year, coop members will work out a calendar and schedule for the MPU so that it travels around the state, moving to different regions on predetermined dates. It will be essential to schedule poultry hatching, growing and processing to coordinate with the dates the MPU is in a particular region. Special accommodations for moving the MPU to a single location can be prohibitively expensive.

An annual hands-on training will be conducted to teach new members how to use the unit. Only members who have attended an annual training are eligible to use the MPU.

Contact Mark Rehder of Farms for Families at 406-222-7585 to arrange to use the MPU or find out about training opportunities.

Until recently, the lack of processing facilities has been the biggest barrier to local poultry production in Montana and most of the rest of the country. The Montana Poultry Growers Coop, in collaboration with other funders, are excited to bring local, pasture-raised poultry back to Montana with the Mobile Processing Unit."

"Wouldn't it be easier to advise gardeners and growers on good, practical methods that would increase the desired qualities without the mumbo-jumbo?"

If you join the BrixTalk yahoo group you will find the details you are seeking. Perhaps they would or would not welcome a challenge from one who claims to speak for The Scientist Collective Mind and Accumulated Data Configuration.

Basically, the way they use Brix helps to evaluate the health of the plant. They assert that high Brix plants won't be attacked by bugs, which bugs, they hold, are Mother Nature's clean up crew to review low quality food.

They also say that high Brix food is a heavenly delight to imbibe.

FOOD TREES, HARDY, PRODUCTIVE FOR THE NORTH especially

Chestnut and other

http://www.badgersett.com/


I would look at Doyle's thornless blackberries also.