Three Revolutions Uses Crowdfunding to Bring Rice Farming to Vermont

Three Revolutions, the startup crowdfunding platform, has an exciting project in its line-up: "Bringing Rice Farming to Vermont." End Quote

(1888PressRelease) August 04, 2012 - Three Revolutions, the startup crowdfunding platform, has an exciting project in its line-up: "Bringing Rice Farming to Vermont." The Vermont based company features farm and food related ventures on its new website.

"Everybody eats," says co founder Kevin Lehman. "We all need bees and healthy food and drink."

"These current campaigns by Dancing Bee Gardens, Aqua Vitea, and Two Guys In Vermont, along with a dozen in the works, provide diverse support to food and farm enterprises serving the Northeast," confirms co founder Chris Lindgren.

But what makes Boundrook Farm's project different and exciting for Three Revolutions? "Well, not many folks are growing rice in the Northeast, but the numbers are growing," says Lehman. Evidence of this: there are at least three rice farms in Vermont and the Third Annual Northeast USA Rice Conference hosted by Akaogi Farm, in Westminster West VT on August 4.

"Rice is an ageless crop," says Erik Andrus, rice farmer at Boundrook Farm in Vergennes, Vermont. Andrus is behind Three Revolution's current project: "Bringing Rice Farming to Vermont." "Rice systems have been shown throughout history to be the most sustainable and durable on the planet. Rice supports more human life than any other crop."

Andrus is absolutely right. Rice has fed humans for nearly 5,000 years. Today, rice continues to sustain an estimated two thirds of our world's population.

"My focus as a farmer is not about growing half an acre of vegetables. I'm interested in how we're going to grow bulk quantities of high-quality calories that provide year round calories," adds Andrus.

Not typically associated with America, rice farming has actually been a prevalent part of our nation's history, albeit not in Vermont. Will it work in Vermont? Andrus thinks so. "I chose rice because after living [in Vermont] for several years and based on my travels and my experiences, it seems rice is uniquely adapted to our topography."

Andrus's crowdfunding goal on Three Revolutions is to raise $6,000 to purchase a small self-propelled rice harvester made in China. Boundbrook Farm already owns a horse-driven rice harvester. This smaller rice-harvesting machine will allow Andrus to offer harvesting services to other smaller rice-farms in the area. His proposed harvester, if purchased, could be the only of its kind on any farm in North America.

That would be quite a step for Andrus and the future of rice-farming in Vermont. "We're taking a lot of risk," Andrus admits. "But we need to apply ourselves as individuals and communities to reconsider the origins of our food and place a higher priority on how we procure food that is environmentally and socially friendly."

To help out Erik Andrus and his mission to bring rice farming to Vermont, please check out threerevolutions.com.

Please contact:

Kevin Lehman, Co-Founder
Three Revolutions
Put your money where your mouth is.

W: ThreeRevolutions.com
E: kevin ( @ ) threerevolutions dot com
M: 802-989-1802
Twitter
Facebook

###

space

Other Related Press Releases