Where: Smiling Hogshead Ranch, 26 Davis Court, Long Island City, NY 11101 When: Sunday, April 14th 2013 from 9am-5pm Who: Farm Hack NYC Community, Green Phoenix Permaculture, The Newtown Creek Alliance Green Infrastructure Working Group, Urban Green Emerging Professionals What: Rain Water Harvesting Structure Community Build Wh
Hey guys, I would love to have a farm hack event in wisconsin, maybe madison. It could be a one day event where we had professionals from the Biological Systems Engineering department, farmers, engineers, or others to talk about how to weld, how to use different tools, what type of tools can be made, what resources are out there for farm hackers, safety when hacking, etc. Does anyone have thoughts on this? Thanks, Jesse
Fall event - Date and Location TBD
This FarmHack event will focus on: -Draft equipment (purchasing, repairs, maintenance, modification, fabrication, and use) -Caring for your animals (housing, upkeep, day-to-day routines) -Documentation (low-cost, effective information sharing techniques) -Teamster talk (open discussion on farming with draft animals, Q & A)
Looking for: -Volunteers (planning, set-up, cooking, parking, clean-up, etc.) -Draft power equipment modification (examples, ideas, designs) -Sponsors (ka-ching!)
Hey everyone,
As part of Farm Hack-Ithaca we will be building some low cost farm equipment, including a Cool Bot cooler and a converted vegetable washing machine, with the help of some experienced farm mechanics.
-- Cool Bot Cooler -- There is a lot of information about the construction, specifications, and troubleshooting for the Cool Bot at www.storeitcold.com , and there is a video from the creator, Ron Khosla, available, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTR6yfep8dM&feature=player_detailpage
Imagine you had convenient, affordable and up-to-date access to a variety of information and expertise, when and where you needed it, presented in a ready to use format supporting informed decision making and innovation throughout the day or season, year after year...
At Farm Hack Ithaca, there will be a tool design charrette, where farmers and allies can team up to dream up and begin the process of prototyping new or improved farm tools and systems.
This forum is where you should post your idea, or summarize the problem you hope to solve, so that other farmhackers can be thinking about it ahead of time.
Problem addressed: inconvenience of shutting chicken coop door every night/danger of loss to predators Solution: automated door closer and coop lamp for winter powered by PV panel on coop roof
Small motor powers the door (like a window opener on a car)
Bill of Materials: (incomplete) battery charge controller inverter outlet timer cookie sheet for door LED lights
Use LED lights: efficient cold tolerant durable must be cleaned regularly of dust
Question: How to raise salmon/trout with minimal energy inputs in Iowa
Components: vegetarian diet and making own feed versus pellet feed water from well or spring underground to decrease energy inputs, or series of ponds on a hill that uses well water (Austria example) takes advantage of geothermal insulation to regulate temp (temperature of a well is ideal for raising salmon) salmon is best species in terms of time to maturity, price, palatability potential sale products: manure, fish emulsion
Planning to attend Farm Hack Iowa, and already have an idea for the Design Charrette? This is the space for participants to start sharing their ideas, challenges, or anything else to get the charrette process going before we all get together.
Here's a topic for everyone to place their notes in the comments :).