Farm of Qi — Gathering around the fire
Proto-11 — Permaculture × Energy Money

FARM OF QI

Event space. Permaculture farm. DAO guild hall. Where life systems meet energy money — grow food, mine Qi, and gather around the fire.

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What Is Farm of Qi?
Four Pillars of the Farm
A living laboratory where thermodynamic principles meet dirt, sunlight, and community. Every output is measured, every input honored.
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Permaculture Farm

Closed-loop food production — mushrooms, chickens, composting, aquaponics. Learn regenerative growing systems rooted in thermodynamic efficiency.

Mushrooms Chickens Aquaponics Composting
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Event Space

Campfire talks, hackathons, workshops, seasonal markets. A gathering point for ecosystem builders, farmers, and founders alike.

Fireside Talks Hackathons Workshops
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Energy Infrastructure

Solar arrays power mining rigs and farm systems. The sun grows the food and mines the money. One energy source, two outputs.

Solar Mining Grid-Tied
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DAO Governance

Community-governed treasury. Proposals for farm expansion, event programming, and product launches. Qi holders vote, the farm grows.

Treasury Proposals Voting
Featured Podcast
Permaculture at Farm of Qi
The story behind the farm — thermodynamic agriculture, closed-loop food systems, and why permaculture is proof-of-work for the biological layer.
▶ Watch on YouTube
Life Systems Output
What the Farm Produces
Every system measured. Biological yield, energy capture, water treatment, and human connection — tracked monthly like a balance sheet for life.
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Mushroom Yield
184 lbs
Feb 2026 — Oyster + Shiitake
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Chicken Eggs
1,240
Feb 2026 — 18 hens active
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Water Cleaned
8,400 gal
Feb 2026 — Biofilter system
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Solar kWh Produced
3,180 kWh
Feb 2026 — 12kW array
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Qi Mined
0 QI
Feb 2026 — Solar-powered PoW
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Human Visitors
312
Feb 2026 — Events + drop-ins
Monthly Output — 6 Month Trend SEPT 2025 → FEB 2026
Permaculture Design
Site Map — Southampton, NJ
The property mapped through a permaculture lens. Every structure, waterway, and canopy is an input-output node in a living thermodynamic system. Zone planning guides where energy flows and where it settles.
Farm of Qi Site Map — Southampton, NJ
Farm of Qi — Southampton, NJ — Site Survey v1.0
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Cabin + Solar Array
Zone 0 — Home base, mining rigs, solar panels, kitchen, seed storage
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Fire Pit + Gathering Area
Event space for fireside talks, workshops, and community meals
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Wood / Tools / Materials Storage
West edge infrastructure — lumber, hand tools, building materials, supplies
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Pond + Creek System
Natural water features — biofilter, aquaculture potential, irrigation source
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Forest Canopy
Mixed hardwood — Zone 4/5, mushroom logs, wildlife corridor, carbon sink
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Parking Loop (9 spots)
Circular driveway with numbered bays — event access and daily use
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Open Meadow / South Field
Primary growing zone — annual gardens, event overflow, future greenhouse site
Permaculture Zones 0–5
Z0
The Cabin
Home base — highest energy, daily use
The center of the system. The cabin is where energy converts — solar powers the mining rigs, the kitchen processes harvests, and the seed library stores genetic capital.
  • Solar array (12kW) + battery bank
  • SHA-256 mining rigs (solar-powered)
  • Kitchen / food processing
  • Seed library + propagation station
  • Water filtration + hot water
  • Tool charging + workshop bench
Z1
Inner Garden
Visited daily — herbs, chickens, compost
Immediately surrounding the cabin. High-attention crops and animals that need daily interaction. The fire pit and gathering area anchor the social energy here.
  • Herb spiral + kitchen garden
  • Chicken coop + run (18 hens)
  • Compost system (3-bin hot compost)
  • Fire pit + seating circle
  • Cold frames + season extenders
  • Rainwater collection (cabin runoff)
Z2
Annual Gardens + Greenhouse
Visited frequently — main food production
The south field and meadow edge. Main vegetable production, mushroom cultivation, and the future greenhouse. Irrigated from the creek system.
  • Raised bed annual gardens
  • Mushroom fruiting house (oyster + shiitake)
  • Greenhouse (planned Year 2)
  • Drip irrigation from creek
  • Berry hedgerows (blackberry, blueberry)
  • Pollinator strips + cover crops
Z3
Orchard + Pond Edge
Weekly attention — perennials, aquaculture
The pond, creek edge, and orchard plantings. Perennial food systems that build over years. Less daily labor, more long-term yield stacking.
  • Fruit trees — apple, pear, peach, fig
  • Nut trees — chestnut, hazelnut
  • Pond edge — aquaculture potential
  • Creek-side biofilter plantings
  • Nitrogen-fixing support species
  • Duck integration (planned Year 3)
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Managed Forest
Seasonal visits — timber, mushroom logs, foraging
The woodland edges and managed canopy. Selective thinning for mushroom log production, firewood, and wildlife habitat improvement. Low-intervention, high yield over time.
  • Shiitake log inoculation yards
  • Firewood coppice + woodlot
  • Wild edible foraging zones
  • Lumber storage (west edge)
  • Wildlife corridors + nesting boxes
  • Maple tapping (seasonal)
Z5
Wild Zone
Observation only — the untouched reference
The deep forest and undisturbed areas. No intervention — this is the control, the reference ecosystem. Observe, learn, and let nature demonstrate what climax looks like.
  • Unmanaged deep forest canopy
  • Wildlife observation + camera traps
  • Soil biology reference samples
  • Biodiversity audit (annual)
  • Carbon sequestration baseline
  • Meditation + forest bathing trails
5-Year Permaculture Roadmap
From site assessment to food forest maturity. Each year builds on the last — stacking functions, adding perennials, deepening soil, and expanding the energy-money loop.
Y1
2025 — Foundation
Observe, Map, Build Core Infrastructure
✅Complete site survey + base map
✅Install solar array (12kW)
✅Establish chicken coop (18 hens)
✅Build 3-bin compost system
✅Set up mining rigs on solar power
✅First mushroom log inoculation
🔲Full-season soil tests (all zones)
🔲Water flow mapping (rain + creek)
🔲Plant first berry hedgerows
Y2
2026 — Growing Systems
Annual Production + Greenhouse + Water Management
🔲Build greenhouse on south field
🔲Install rainwater harvesting tanks
🔲Expand raised beds — full annual garden
🔲Creek biofilter installation
🔲Mushroom fruiting house (indoor)
🔲Plant 20 fruit + nut trees (Zone 3)
🔲Drip irrigation from creek to gardens
🔲Expand chicken run to 30 hens
🔲Host first Spring Equinox Market
Y3
2027 — Perennial Stacking
Food Forest Layers + Aquaculture + Animal Integration
🔲Establish food forest guild plantings
🔲Introduce ducks to pond system
🔲Aquaponics greenhouse module
🔲Undersow nitrogen-fixers in orchard
🔲Bee hives — 4 colonies minimum
🔲First maple tap season (Zone 4)
🔲Expand solar to 20kW + battery
🔲Open-source farm dashboard live
Y4
2028 — Yield Maturity
First Significant Harvests + Revenue Streams
🔲First fruit tree harvests (apple, peach)
🔲Mushroom production at commercial scale
🔲Farm-to-table events (monthly)
🔲CSA / farm share program launch
🔲Honey harvest — first extraction
🔲Apprenticeship program (Qi-funded)
🔲Value-add products: dried mushrooms, preserves
🔲Annual biodiversity audit (Zone 5)
Y5
2029 — Closed Loop
Self-Sustaining System + Replicate the Model
🔲Farm operating costs covered by yield + Qi
🔲Full food forest canopy established
🔲Net-zero energy (solar + mining revenue)
🔲Water system fully closed loop
🔲Publish Farm of Qi playbook (open source)
🔲Scout second site for replication
🔲DAO treasury self-funding via farm revenue
🔲Thermodynamic farm audit — full energy balance
Land & Ecology
Site Ecology — Soil, Water & Wetlands
Three acres of coastal plain hardwood swamp. The land speaks through its soil, hydrology, and native species — here's what the environmental survey found.
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Total Acreage
~3 acres
Block 1801, Lot 15 — Southampton Twp
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Soil Type
Mullica FSL
Fine sandy loam, 0-2% slope, hydric
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Water Table Depth
0 in
At surface — very poorly drained
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Wetlands Coverage
100%
Entire site — regulated freshwater wetlands
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Geology
Pleistocene
Stream terrace deposits, sand & gravel, ~20ft deep
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T&E Species
None
No threatened/endangered species mapped
Soil Profile
Ap — 0 to 10"
Fine sandy loam
Eg — 10 to 15"
Fine sandy loam (gleyed)
Btg — 15 to 28"
Fine sandy loam (argillic)
2Cg — 28 to 60"
Stratified sand to sandy loam
KSAT: 0.60–6.00 IN/HR • HYDROLOGIC GROUP: A/D
Hydrology & Water Flow
An onsite tributary of Beaverdam Creek drains approximately 0.2 sq miles at its confluence with the site. The watercourse is classified FW2-NT (freshwater, non-trout) with a 50-foot riparian zone buffer.
FEMA Flood Zone
Most of the site falls within the 100-year floodplain (Zone A) per FIRM Map 34005C0267F. Floodplain elevation not delineated. The cleared portion may be outside the floodplain.
Native Species & Ecological Community
🌳 Canopy Trees
Red maple (Acer rubrum), Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
🌲 Understory
American holly (Ilex opaca)
🌾 Wetland Obligates
Common rush (Juncus effusus), Wool grass — Atlantic Gulf Coastal Plain obligate species
🏕️ Ecological Community
Coastal Plain Hardwood Swamp — deciduous wooded freshwater wetlands of southern NJ
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Environmental Site Report
Condensed ecology and regulatory constraints summary — soil, wetlands, hydrology, native species, and site data.
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TimberFish Expansion Plan
Permaculture aquaponics & clean water integration — founder history, small-scale system design, and phased expansion proposal.
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Farm Faucet
Earn Qi by Farming
The faucet rewards real-world contribution. Show up, grow something, build something, teach something — earn Qi for adding energy to the system.
🚰 Qi Faucet — Season 3
Pool: 0 QI — Awaiting Funding
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Plant & Harvest
Contribute to a growing cycle. Plant seedlings, tend beds, harvest produce. Verified by farm stewards.
+50 QI / session
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Host a Fireside Talk
Lead a campfire session on any topic — crypto, farming, philosophy, building. Community votes on quality.
+200 QI / talk
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Build Infrastructure
Install solar panels, fix irrigation, build chicken coops, wire mining rigs. Physical proof-of-work.
+300 QI / project
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Teach a Workshop
Run a hands-on class — mushroom cultivation, composting, basic electronics, thermoeconomics 101.
+150 QI / class
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Farm Stewardship
Daily chores — feed chickens, check water filters, monitor solar output, compost runs. Keep the farm alive.
+25 QI / day
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Bring a New Visitor
Introduce someone new to the Farm of Qi. First-timers get a guided tour and both of you earn Qi.
+75 QI / referral
Upcoming Events
The Gathering Calendar
Seasonal markets, fireside talks, hackathons, and workshops. Every event is a node in the social graph — come build, learn, and earn.
DAO Governance
Community Decides
Qi holders govern the farm's direction — from new crop rotations to event budgets. Every proposal on-chain, every vote transparent.
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Active Proposals
Farm Treasury
Total Holdings
0 QI
Allocated This Season
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Faucet Pool Remaining
0 QI
Staked by Members
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