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FieldMachine 1.0 (Interactive Meaty Master: Self Sufficiency Calculator Table)

FieldMachine 1.0 is an interactive webtool which is used to design individual low-impact zero-carbon food/fuel production systems based on what you would like to eat, and what kind of fuel you would like to burn for heating and cooking.

The FieldMachine 1.0 allows the individual to plan and achieve recommended daily levels of essential nutrients. As your chosen options are entered, the FieldMachine 1.0 determines how much land is needed to produce each choosen food/fuel item, and also how many other humans could live in a specified country or land mass if everyone did the same. 

Each food choice on the FieldMachine 1.0 lists its corresponding calorific and nutrient values (set forth by the USDA Nutrient Database: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ and the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition). As each food has a given calorific value for a given weight, and an approximate yield in weight per hectare, it is a matter of simple calculation to work out how many square meters of land would be required to grow those precise volumes of each food annually. The FieldMachine 1.0 so far contains over 400 multiplying factors and equations to provide a reliable output. Square meterage required to provide meat, dairy and poultry products are calculated by first determining the feed requirements of the animals, known yields of fodder and animal feed crops, and then known yields of product per animal. Fuel requirements are calculated using standard heat loss calculations for buildings, and known fuel efficiencies for basic agricultural operations using conventional machinery and techniques.

FieldMachine 1.0 webtool has been designed to allow FIELDCLUB to collect data from public interaction with the webtool. FIELDCLUB will use this data to create theoretical 're-terratorialisations' - designs for multiple self-sufficient Units based on the inputs generated by your interaction with the FieldMachine 1.0.

You are welcome to use the webtool as a guest here.

Images: Screen shots form the FieldMachine 1.0