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"folding farm" portable market going trailer
Trailer tows behind a pickup truck to market and back several times a week in the summer. Built on an old pop up camper trailer frame that we jazzed up a little bit with some extra bracing.
"Folding Farm" Bike driven mobile produce trailer and display module
"Folding Farm" is a bike towable and deployable produce delivery trailer. It was developed by the Sustainable Student Farm (SSF) and the Small Studio at the University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois. It has a tounge weight capacity of 500 lbs, which means a total towable payload of 300 lbs. It is used by the SSF to haul produce to a farm stand on the quad, an approximately 6 mile round trip. It folds down in transport, and then is deployable to look like the picture provided.
![Mechanical Garlic Breaker](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/breaker%20ad.jpg)
Mechanical Garlic Breaker
One of the hardest tasks in the garlic farming business is separating or breaking the garlic bulbs into plantable cloves. Labor costs are high and most hired help quits before you have all the cloves you need to be planted and to be honest I don’t blame people for quitting. Just like any crop, the more you plant, the higher the potential for profits. Most garlic farms are small because it’s very time consuming from planting to harvest.
Mechanical Garlic / Cultivar Planter
As a garlic farmer, we all know it is a very time consuming hands on type of planting and harvesting. It's difficult to find specific equipment since this farming industry is small. I knew there had to be a better way and I needed to bring this industry into the 21st century.
![Crop Planning Software](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/wheelhoe-stubby.png)
Crop Planning Software
Crop Planning Software helps to manage crop planning on intensive market farms. Create planting schedules, estimate yields, calculate seed needed and more. It is a free and open source software project for Mac, Windows and Linux.
![Encyclopedia of Practical Farm Knowledge](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/Sheep.jpg)
Encyclopedia of Practical Farm Knowledge
FARM KNOWLEDGE WIKI Based on a Complete Manual of Successful Farming Written by Recognized Authorities in All Parts of the Country; Based on Sound Principles and the Actual Experience of Real Farmers—“The Farmers Own Cyclopedia” Starting text for the wiki was published in 1922. The text was digitized and posted here https://archive.org/details/Farm1 for download for all who would like to contribute
Temperature Data Logger
This is a very basic temperature data logger built off of an Arduino microcontroller. This will be the basis for expanded projects around measuring and logging temperature
Horse Drawn Snowplow
This is a snowplow built by Donn Hewes at the Northland Sheep Dairy.
Solar Powered Greenhouse Ventilation
This is the first phase of a project to build a solar-powered automated greenhouse ventilation system. Farmhack NYC will also host a meet-up design session for this project.
![DIY Farm/Bike Trailer](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202012-12-11%20at%2011.17.40%20PM.png)
DIY Farm/Bike Trailer
A bulletproof, versatile, inexpensive bike trailer. For $20.