Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center
Solving Problems for the Earth & Our Communities
Mexicans may think it’s unlucky to have seaweed wash up on their beautiful beaches, but, looked at from the natural resource perspective, the country is truly fortunate to have a surplus of Sargassum seaweed! They just need to harvest it before it would ever reach the beach….
I attended a high-level think tank in Mexico some years ago. We were there to work on the world’s pressing problems. There I met a board member of Maersk Shipping, the owner of the largest container ship fleet in the world. I asked him what fuel he’s planning to use to replace bunker diesel since the world is ready to ban it. He told me that his company was looking at Liquefied Natural Gas or Liquefied Hydrogen….
As part of our zero waste ethos at David Blume’s Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center, we use two fermentation processes to produce alcohol and fertilizer. Instead of the current practice of treating most agricultural byproduct from agricultural operations as waste, this process turns this “waste” biomass into fertilizer and alcohol and reduces the waste stream going to the county landfill.
Dave Started His Ecological Training Young… David Blume and his father Jerry grew almost all the food their family ate, organically—on a city lot in San Francisco in the mid-’60s! Dave taught his first ecology class in 1970. He majored in Ecological Biology and Biosystematics at San Francisco State University while doing volunteer fieldwork with…
For a representative selection of consulting projects, speaking engagements, and other information related to the work David Blume does, please see pages 1 through 17 of his curriculum vitae, below.
David Blume and his team are experts at turning food waste into ecological fuel and coproducts; local-scale alcohol fuel production; permaculture and organic regenerative agriculture; and exploring and implementing wide-ranging, world-changing, research & development projects. Photo Gallery Learn More Posts
Consulting for a wide array of clients including governments, farmers, and food processors in turning waste into fuel, animal feed, carbon dioxide, and valuable industrial products.