What Is a Solar Farm?

Ecological farm ^[1] is to use ecological viewpoints and methods, take "farm" as a whole of the agricultural ecosystem, and integrate various biological groups throughout the system, including plants, animals, microorganisms, and organisms. Linked with the energy conversion and material circulation between the non-living environment, a scientific and reasonable combination of environment-living system is to achieve the maximum biological output and maintain the ecological balance, and improve the quality of land use environment, especially the quality of agricultural environment. A new model of agricultural development. Ecological farms are both a unit of production and a unit of environmental purification and protection. For example, Sanji fish pond, cane-based fish pond, and fruit-based fish pond in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China are all prototypes of an ecological farm created in long-term agricultural production practices.

Ecological farm is a new model for protecting the environment and developing agriculture. It follows the law of ecological balance, develops and utilizes agricultural natural resources under the principle of continuous use, and carries out multi-level, three-dimensional, recycling agricultural production, so that energy and material flows form a virtuous cycle in the ecosystem ^[2]

Since the 1960s, Britain, the United States, Japan, the Philippines, and India have successively established some typical ecological farms and achieved good overall benefits. China has researched and established several different types of experimental ecological farms since the 1970s.

The basic principles of ecology are the main theoretical basis for the development of ecological agriculture. As we all know, the multi-level utilization of energy and material recycling in the ecosystem is a basic principle of ecology.

The characteristics of ecological farms are:

Adapt to local conditions. Ecological farms are based on the rational and full use of local natural resources and natural conditions. Within different regions, only through comprehensive investigation and analysis of local characteristics can the best ecological farm be established.

Comprehensive. The difference between ecological farms and ordinary agricultural production systems is that the former improves productivity through comprehensive planning of energy use and economic benefits, thereby avoiding excessive consumption of natural resources and

A good example abroad is the Maya farm near Manila, Philippines, which is an integrated agricultural-industrial farm with both agriculture and forestry, as well as pig, cattle, duck, and fish breeding industries and various food processing industries. The entire farm covers an area of 36 hectares. In addition to agriculture and forestry, it raises 25,000 pigs, 70 cattle and 10,000 ducks. The farm has a flour processing factory, a meat processing factory and a canning factory. Straws from crops, leaves from forestry, bran from flour processing plants, waste from meat processing plants are used as feed for cattle and pigs, and animal manure is sent to biogas digesters, which produces biogas for power generation and fuel. The residue in the biogas digester is treated as feed and fertilizer respectively. This both controls

Some suggestions for ecological farms

I. Market positioning

Ecological farms need to carry out accurate and detailed market positioning, guided by the actual and potential needs of the tourist source market, to excavate and develop tourism resources, plan and combine tourism products, and promote the tourism market to guide the market and develop the market. Whether the positioning is accurate directly determines the success or failure of the future operation of the ecological farm. Therefore, before doing the design of the ecological farm, it is necessary to do a good job of research and inspection, and to accurately locate according to the local, surrounding and social, natural and economic environment.

Determine your goals

After planning and design positioning, we should further clarify the construction goals of the ecological farm around its positioning. For example, the construction target of an ecological farm planning and design project is to select excellent fruit trees, vegetables, and crop varieties, and use organic cultivation techniques. It is a compound green ecological tourism experience farm that integrates ecology, leisure, entertainment, sightseeing and experience.

Third, clear ideas

After clarifying the construction goal of the ecological farm, it is necessary to further clarify the planning and design concept and carry out planning and design in accordance with the planning and design concept.

Fourth, planning and design

According to the overall planning and design principles and the analysis of the project site conditions, according to the different needs of different types of tourists, different functional zones are determined and different spaces are divided so that these spaces and areas can meet different functional needs.

Five, theme and function positioning

1. Eco-tourism function.

2. Agricultural experience function.

3. Entertainment and leisure functions.

4. Vacation function ^[1]

Ecological farm is a new model for protecting the environment and developing agriculture. It follows the law of ecological balance, develops and utilizes agricultural natural resources under the principle of continuous use, and carries out multi-level, three-dimensional, recycling agricultural production, so that the flow of energy and material forms a virtuous cycle in the ecosystem. For example, on a farm, rice, vegetables, and trees are the "producers" of transformed solar energy. Pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, and ducks on the farm are "consumers in the ecosystem. Straw, leaves, and vegetables are processed into animals." Feed, and high-concentration organic wastewater discharged from animal manure and meat processing plants are sent to the biogas digester for anaerobic fermentation to produce biogas through microbial decomposition, which provides energy for farm production and life ^[4] .