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We caught up with Quenemoen and O'Shea to talk popcorn, love at first sight, and the "dirt cheap kits" they're developing to bring their solar cooking technology to places like Senegal and India.
Can you explain the process of making the BjornQorn, from the kernel to the store?
We watch the forecast for clear days and then head out to our facility at Kelder's Farm in Kerhonkson. We swing our kettle in and out of the solar basin every five to seven minutes as the sun tracks across the sky. Once it's too low, we stop. Then we season the popcorn with my family farm recipe, bag it up, put it in inventory,[url=http://www.p90x-workout.us@#$%&/]p90x3[/url], and fill store and online requests. We generally deliver on cloudy and/or rainy days.
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Do you remember when you met? Was it love at first sight?
Quenemoen: I wouldn't say it was love at first sight, but I was intrigued by his long, blond Fabio hair.
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Growing up on a corn farm was like growing up by a sea you can't swim in. Flat dirt roads are not conducive to skateboarding or biking, so it was hard to get away. But I did develop an affinity for digging. Luckily or not,[url=http://www.canadagooseoutlet-jackets@#$%&/]@#$%& outlet[/url], I get to stoke that affinity every time we construct one of our giant solar basins. (Thanks,[url=http://www.raybanit.eu/]rayban[/url], Jamie.) My parents always said, "Kids that work on the farm have missing limbs," so they steered me clear of the equipment during my upbringing. I turned to music in high school through college and into my twenties but found myself searching for creative ways to reconnect to the land back in Minnesota. Now I go back in the fall to help my father with the harvest and I get to drive all the crazy machinery.
Jamie, how and why did you develop your solar popping technique?
I came to BjornQorn with an inexpensive method of building big, curved mirrors which focus sunlight to create high temperatures. So I needed to find something to heat with this invention. I knew Bjorn was getting ready to start a popcorn business, and I convinced him it would be nifty to heat his popcorn kettles using sunlight. As it turns out it, it not only made great popcorn, it added a special quality we couldn't achieve otherwise. Really, I lucked into a promising design, using materials and techniques I was working with as an artist. A big but simple problem with the solar industry is the expense of mirrors, but our mirror basin is very affordable. We plan to take it all over the world for lots of different uses. Solar cooking requires no fuel and produces no emissions.

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