Jurassic Farm - Life FINDS a Way
In Jurassic Park, a good urban farmer is an engineer, a biologist, a psychologist, and a chaos theorist.
Making The Most of Waste
Making space for and reframing waste is a critical skill set on an urban farm. Take the time to really think about waste.
Mezzacello 2.0 in Winter
A stunning view of of Mezzacello 2.0 in winter taken with a drone in the snow.
From Resources to Food to Waste to Resources
An Urban Farm employs ag-tech, enclosed sustainable ecologies to go from resources to food to waste to resources
Mezzacello In Columbus CEO Future 50 Class of 2022
I am really proud to be designated as a Future 50 for the Class of 2022. I am being honored for my commitment to food security, technology, and sustainability.
Building Mezzacello In Stakes, Strings, and CAD
The behind the scenes story of how Mezzacello has evolved and the personalities that have enabled this growth.
Mezzacello and the Urban Ag Tech Camps
In the summer of 2021 Mezzacello was a fantastic series of summer camps designed to expose students to diverse careers in ag.
Lesson: Micro Hydroponics Systems
Students will repurpose takeout container to start growing seedlings in a small hydroponic container with a heat map to promote germination and growth,
Lesson: Creating Perfect Fertlizer
Students will explore the molecular nature of fertilizer and its relationship to NHCOPS, the water cycle and the sun.
Lesson: Food From Waste and Ash
Students will learn to make soap from waste products and ash as well as fire starter kits from lint, wax and soap.
Lesson: Animal Babies and Health
Students will learn the basics of vet tech, like treating wounds, medicated feed, and identifying illness in small animals.
Lesson: Robotic Doors and Automation
The basics of robotics and automation for opening and closing doors. Students will explore three systems of automation.
Lesson: NHCOPS and the Ladder of Life
Students will become familiar with both the periodic table of the elements, periodicity, and the DNA composition of life.
Lesson: Lasagna Garden Basics
Students will explore compost and growing systems from a biological and chemical basis to understand life systems through a model.
Lesson: Animal Health And Safety
A fun and safe way to introduce students to the realities of handling live animals and their pathogens, like a real vet.
Lesson: Ecosystem Anomalies
This is a fun search and ID lesson where students work in teams with a hula hoop to take surveys on ecosystems to find a mystery.
Lesson: Nested Levels of Reality
Reality is a web of details, structures, and dependent systems. organism to the quantum realm, this lesson explores it all.
Lesson: Teams and Why They Matter
This is a quick bootcamp on social emotional learning, empathy, and teamwork. It gamifies good behavior and highlights bad behavior and why it exists.
Lesson: Basic Sanitation 101
Sanitation is a critical skillset on an urban farm. This lesson introduces students to the basics of sanitation and pathology.
Lesson: Creating an Ecosystem
Students will create a map or maquette of the ecosystems of Mezzacello and determine using science and data if it is an ecosystem.