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

FARM OF QI

124 New Freedom Rd, Southampton, NJ — 3 acres of abandoned junkyard and Pinelands wetlands being converted into a working prototype of Computational Thermoeconomics. Solar. Mycelium. Clean water. Energy money. Actions speak louder than words.

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
Core Values
What This Place Stands For
The American flag out front isn't decoration. This country needs examples of leadership where actions speak louder than words. This property is that example — built on four operating values.
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Freedom & Sovereignty

Freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to build. Off-grid, self-sufficient, operating outside public utility dependency wherever possible. Energy sovereignty is economic sovereignty.

Off-GridLocal First
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Waste Responsibility

This was a junkyard. The first act of stewardship is cleaning it up properly — not dumping it elsewhere, not ignoring it. Responsible waste management is the foundation of every system that comes after.

Cleanup FirstWater Quality
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Local First

Joe does the roads. The Amish down the street build the shed. Michael Green handles the mushrooms. Pelco pours the concrete. Every dollar spent locally before looking further. Community compounds.

Buy LocalHire Local

Actions Over Words

Documentation follows action. The videos are proof of work. The water samples are proof of work. The solar panels are proof of work. Every system built here is a demonstrated argument for Computational Thermoeconomics.

PoW MindsetBuild First
The Team
People Building This
No outside hires until the local network is exhausted. Each person here brings irreplaceable expertise and is already engaged.
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Steph Macurdy
Founder — Head of Research, WBL
Computational Thermoeconomics pioneer. Manages the vision, documentation, video production, curriculum, and the economic framework being demonstrated on-site. Commutes Doylestown ↔ Southampton.
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Erica
Hydrologist — Water Systems Lead
Hydrologist with field experience building compost and water management systems across multiple countries. Leads measurement, sampling plans, water flow design, and the compost system architecture at Farm of Qi.
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Jerry Northrop
Wastewater Lead — TimberFish Technologies
Veteran public water infrastructure operator — managed large-scale municipal wastewater and hog farm systems. Now running TimberFish Technologies, an ecological aquaponics + biofilter approach to water remediation on wetland sites.
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Michael Green
Co-Founder — Mushroom & Compost Operations
Local science teacher and best friend. Runs a mushroom business that takes waste substrate from other operations and repurposes it for compost and restaurants. Handles mushroom cultivation and compost systems at Farm of Qi.
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Joe
Infrastructure — Roads & Site Access
Best friend and first responder for site infrastructure. Already improved the interior roads once — returns for Phase 0 resurfacing. Local expertise, trusted hands.
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Local Help — TBD
Groundskeeping + Ongoing Site Maintenance
Monthly mowing service + trash pickup hired locally. Neighbor's goats to graze the property so no permanent riding mower is needed on-site. Recruiting now.
Funding & Entity
American Energy Money — The Legal Entity
The commercialization and industrialization layer of Computational Thermoeconomics. Farm of Qi is the prototype. American Energy Money is the entity that backs, funds, and replicates it.
Phase 0 Capitalization
~$50,000
Roth IRA draw (accept 10% early withdrawal penalty). Funds shed, batteries, solar array deposit, cabin materials, road improvements, and equipment. Keep day job. Move fast.
Entity Structure
LLC / Corp — TBD
Incorporate American Energy Money as a legal entity to formalize funding, issue tokens backed by real assets, and create a structure for family/friends round if warranted. Enables grant applications and commercial contracts.
Opportunity Cost Framework
Ops / Watt
Every kilowatt-hour produced on site has a choice: mine Qi, run the greenhouse, charge the Cybertruck, or sell back. That decision — made in real time by real systems — is a live demonstration of thermoeconomic opportunity cost theory.
Cybertruck Integration
V2H + FSD
Full Self-Driving turns the 1.5hr Doylestown → Southampton commute into productive work time. V2H discharges useful electricity for cabin heating/cooling, welding, and tools on-site. The truck is a mobile energy node.
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
— lbs
Cultivation in progress w/ Michael Green
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Water Sampled
Pending
Sampling plan w/ Jerry Northrop
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Solar Array
0 kWh
15kW target — permit + install pending
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Qi Mined
0 QI
Home node active — farm rig pending solar
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Build Progress
Phase 0
Road + cabin + pad clearing underway
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Junkyard Cleared
~10%
Waste removal — ongoing w/ local crew
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
Z0
The Cabin
Home base — highest energy, daily use
The future center of the system. The tiny cabin (being built with friends) will house the mining rigs, process harvests, and store seeds. The shed next to it holds the solar battery bank, inverters, cables, and GPU rigs. Phase 0 priority.
  • Solar array (15kW target) + battery bank — Phase 1
  • Shed (Amish-built) — batteries, inverters, GPU rigs
  • Tiny cabin build — friends + local crew
  • Quai node + GPU mining rig (solar-powered)
  • Concrete equipment pad (Pelco — no permit)
  • Septic system (Jerry Northrop design)
Z1
Inner Garden
Visited daily — herbs, chickens, compost
Immediately surrounding the cabin site. Phase 0 focus: junkyard waste removal, road improvement, and driveway lighting. Once cleared, this becomes the high-attention garden and social zone.
  • Junkyard waste removal — hauled responsibly
  • Road resurfacing — Joe leads
  • Driveway + perimeter lighting install
  • Crushed concrete parking (front woods)
  • Herb spiral + kitchen garden (Phase 1)
  • Fire pit + seating circle (Phase 1)
Z2
Annual Gardens + Greenhouse
Visited frequently — main food production
Main food production zone. Judy greenhouse, mushroom cultivation with Michael Green, and the TimberFish aquaponics pools. Water flows from both on-site sources through here toward the rear discharge point.
  • Judy greenhouse construction (Phase 1)
  • Mushroom cultivation w/ Michael Green
  • TimberFish pools — ecological biofilter
  • Raised bed annual gardens
  • Compost system — mushroom substrate repurposing
  • Waterway improvement: rocks, debris clearing
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
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.
P0
Now → Q3 2026 — Site Activation
Waste, Roads, Cabin, Septic, Solar Foundation
🔲Incorporate American Energy Money as legal entity (LLC/Corp)
🔲~$50k Roth IRA draw to fund Phase 0 build
🔲Road improvement — Joe resurfaces interior drive
🔲Source shed from local Amish builder down the street
🔲Build tiny cabin with friends — enables on-land stays
🔲Junkyard waste removal — hire local crew, haul responsibly
🔲Pelco concrete — pour equipment pad (no permit required)
🔲Install driveway + perimeter lighting (property visibility)
🔲Crushed concrete parking area in front woods section
🔲Heavy machinery — clear large elm + rock center for solar pad
🔲Hire local mowing service (monthly) — supplement with neighbor's goats
🔲Septic design with Jerry Northrop — off-grid wastewater plan
P1
Q3–Q4 2026 — Energy + Water
15kW Solar Array, Battery Bank, TimberFish Water System
🔲Install 15kW solar array on cleared pad + shed
🔲Battery bank, inverters + cables — shed infrastructure
🔲GPU mining rig + Quai node deployment (solar-powered)
🔲Water sampling — baseline measurements of both on-site sources
🔲Erica leads hydrology plan — compost + flow systems design
🔲Channel two water sources to single rear discharge point
🔲Jerry Northrop — TimberFish pools + waterway biofilter install
🔲NJ EPA engagement — demonstrate cleaner output than input
🔲Judy greenhouse construction
🔲Begin video documentation workflow — AI-assisted production
🔲Acquire Cybertruck (FSD + V2H for cabin heating/cooling)
P2
2027 — Production + Demonstration
Thermoeconomics Prototype Live, Mushrooms + Chickens + Goats
🔲Mushroom operation w/ Michael Green — compost waste repurposing
🔲Chickens + goats introduced (post-shelter build)
🔲Berm assessment — thermal mass pipes vs. removal decision
🔲Aquaponics integration — TimberFish phase 2
🔲Computational Thermoeconomics demo live on-site (ops/watt tracking)
🔲Documentary video series — global audience distribution
🔲CSA program launch — Farm of Qi seasonal share
🔲Solar panel resale / stockpile program (evaluate viability)
P3
2028 — Yield + Community
Revenue, Events, Education, Local Economy
🔲Mushroom production at commercial scale
🔲Farm-to-table events (monthly)
🔲Neighbor collaboration — water + energy systems sharing
🔲Apprenticeship program funded by Qi earnings
🔲Workshops open to public — ecology, thermoeconomics, cultivation
🔲Annual biodiversity audit + wetlands health report
🔲Family + friends investment round (if warranted)
P4
2029 — Closed Loop
Self-Sustaining System + Replicate the Model
🔲Farm operating costs covered by yield + Qi + video revenue
🔲Water system fully closed loop — cleaner out than in, certified
🔲Net-zero or net-positive energy (solar + mining + V2H)
🔲American Energy Money fully operational as entity + token
🔲Publish Farm of Qi playbook (open source)
🔲Scout second site for Computational Thermoeconomics replication
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.
📄 View Report (PDF)
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TimberFish Expansion Plan
Permaculture aquaponics & clean water integration — founder history, small-scale system design, and phased expansion proposal.
📄 View Report (PDF)
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.
🏛️ Enter VDAO — Get Your VPass
Active Proposals
Farm Treasury
Total Holdings
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Allocated This Season
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Faucet Pool Remaining
0 QI
Staked by Members
0 QI