The partners of Three Sisters Farm contributed matching funds in cash and labor and bank loans. The bioshelter integrates many farm components into one building. The bioshelter is integrated into the landscape with wind breaks, garden access, poultry yard and in many other ways. We keep a small flock of chickens in the poultry room, in the north east corner of the bioshelter. The chickens eat garden and greenhouse wastes and add carbon dioxide and body heat to the greenhouse.
Fresh bedding is added daily to keep the smell fresh.
Most of the year the flock has free access to the outdoor poultry yard. The rooster's crow definitely adds atmosphere to the bioshelter. In the winter a vent fan blows air from the poultry room to rock storage under the greenhouse growing beds. At Three Sisters Farm we have many gardens. We have aproximately 1 acre of intensive raised beds spread across the 5 acre farm.