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Yeast Cakes from Hops
Yeasts for Baking. Generally when one mentions yeast, aromatic loaves of fresh homemade light bread come to mind. And so they should. Aside from acting as a leavening agent in bakery products, yeast is also the ingredient responsible for the tantalizing aroma that arises during baking.

Though probably today the most commonly known and used are store-boughten packages of dried yeast, there are several other different kinds. The recipes that follow show two examples of different ways to make yeast--dry yeast cakes made from hops and an everlasting yeast "starter"--and also how the yeasts are used in making bread.

The dry yeast cakes are made in part by boiling the blossoms of the hop vine. These flowers contain a fragrant yellowish oil called lupulin. The use of this oil as a preservative in beer and as a narcotic drug originated in Germany before Charlemagne. Since then its use has become wide spread and the vine cultivated in other nations, including America.

The hop vine is related to the hemp and mulberry plants in the nettle family. The plant itself is twenty-five to thirty feet in length with rough lobed leaves and flowers that grow on catkin clusters. It is quite possible that many people in the Ozarks have never seen a hop vine, because although some Ozarkians have had limited success cultivating it, it grows best in sandy coastal regions.

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Photovoltaic vaccine refrigeration at Centro De Salud

Building a solar powered (photovoltaic) vaccine refrigerator with a community hospital in Northern Mexico. Now the sun helps keep the vaccines consistently cold.

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AEF greywater: Recreating a failing greywater marsh at the Arcata Educational Farm.  
Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker: A very hot parabolic solar cooker.  
Argentina photovoltaic: A small photovoltaic system for a natural building/permaculture institute in Central Argentina.  
Backpack frame bike trailer: Big Russ towing one of the least-expensive bike trailer designs out there built from an old backpack-frame.  
Bike snow plow: A retractable snow plow for a bike.  
Biodigester Effluent Fertilizer Quality Testing with IRRI, in Mexico city  
Biodigester follow up and maintenance with IRRI in Puebla, Mexico.  
Bloomfield Cobb Bench: A cobb bench at Bloomfiled Elementary School in Arcata, CA.  
Briceland PV: 960W photovoltaic installation in Briceland, CA.  
CCAT's Vermicomposting Bin: Beautiful, pentagonal, Douglas Fir worm bin.  
CCAT's Living Roof: A living roof for CCAT's Earthen Oven.  
Ceiling insulation out of recycled Tetra pack at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico.  
Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator: A hybrid solar food dehydrator, that adheres to as many of the principles of modern food dehydration.  
DIF Adobe Senior Center: Building an Adobe senior center in Parras, Coahuila México.  
Ecological dry toilets at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico  
Ersson rainwater harvest and purification (original): Rainwater catchment and purification system, at less than $1500  
Greywater Ecuador La lagrima purificadora: Greywater in an Ecuadorian seed saving center.  
Hotel Perote Solar Pool Heating System: Solar hot water system for a hotel pool in Parras, Coahuila México.  
Hydroponic Vertical Garden at Sembradores Urbanosin Mexico City  
Kiva’s straw bale greenhouse: Year round veggies in a homemade, just under the permitting limit, strawbale greenhouse.  
Micro filter dams at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico  
Mini urban greenhouse for seed germination in Mexico City  
Occidental greywater: A five stage, activated sludge greywater system in drums.  
Open Solar Outdoors Test Field
Open source photovoltaic
systems performance data  
Openstreetmap
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Photovoltaic system at St. Jude's church: St. Jude's Church, Cupertino, CA  
Polyculture Planting at Sembradores Urbanos in Mexico City  
Rainwater catchment at Isla Urbana in Mexico City.  
Rainwater catchment at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico  
Rainwater quality testing with Isla Urbana in Mexico City  
Raised Beds at Sembradores Urbanos in Mexico City  
Reforestation at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico  
Solar Charged Lawnmower: Converting a very used gas power lawnmower into a solar charged, low emission, almost silent, lawn cutting machine.  
Sunny Brae Yurt: Building yurt to brave Humboldt's winter. Arcata, CA.  
Terraces and Ditches at Pedregal in Oaxaca, Mexico  
Tire shingles: Roof shingles made from old racing slicks.  
UABJO Demonstration Wetland Wastewater Treatment, Reclamation, and Outreach in Oaxaca, Mexico.  
UTC Solar Distiller: Building a prototype solar distiller in Parras, Coahuila México.  
Worm bin at Sembradores Urbanosin Mexico City  
Zaragoza Solar Hot Water System: Solar hot water system for a residence in Parras, Coahuila México.  

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