Sacramento State STORC

Nick Kane ENVS 147 Urban Ag Project Blog

Congratulations to the students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering who were featured in the Senior Project Showcase last week. Many of the projects dis...played sustainable advancements including one group in particular that worked with your Sac State Sustainability team to create a trommel system that will be used to sort post-consumer food waste in Sac State's continuing efforts to compost as much of its organic materials onsite. The showcase also featured an upcoming project in which another group of Mechanical Engineering students will convert one of our carts to run on solar energy! Our amazing Sac State students are working hard to make Sac State a more sustainable campus! See more

Download the plant sale list and plan your garden buys for this Sunday’s A Day on the Farm - https://soilborn.org/ima/stories/PDFs/dotf_plantsale416.pdf

Nick Harris, left, and Chris Ruffin showcase their Anaerobic Digester, which measures methane gas content and documents the output. (Sacramento State/Jessica Vernone)

Jason Hall, left, Matthew M. Swanson, Rogelio Rodriguez, and Michael Edwards are the creators of the vertical axis wind turbine, a proof of concept of a wind turbine optimized for areas like Sacramento with low average wind speed conditions. The potentially revolutionary design is constructed from a steel frame and carbon fiber composite. Its twisted construction is designed to provide consistent force through each revolution, maximizing its efficiency. (Sacramento State/Jessica Vernone)

Members of Sac State's Student Financial Services team toured STORC on Friday, August 7, 2015.

Aquaponics display by Sacramento State is up for viewing at the California State Fair Farm. Students are using the display to educate the public about sustainable alternative methods for producing food. Key notes to aquaponics is water efficiency, rapid plant growth, produces protein alongside plants, and can be done anywhere without the need for soil.

Looking for aquaponics information? The FAO link below leads to a great source for starting your own aquaponics system.