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![Organizers Call](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/telephone-image.png)
Organizers Call
An organizational tool for connecting folks working remotely from a number of locations. Regular google hangouts. Ask to be invited to join us!
Vacuum Material Handler
This material handler design, created at this year's Farm Hack in Davis, CA, consists of a vacuum system to lift grain from a truck into to hopper below the vacuum unit. The vacuum unit is located above the machine of intended use (a grain cleaner for example). Once the vacuum hopper fills up, the vacuum is turned off and then a gate at the bottom of the vacuum hopper is opened and the grain falls down into the hopper of the grain cleaner. Areas left for research include: vacuum type, vacuum hopper geometry, vacuum hose type, automatic shut-off to prevent vacuum motor overheating, and dust safety considering static electricity. Vacuum systems like these are currently used in wood production and water related industries.
![Mobile Distillery](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/mobi-still.png)
Mobile Distillery
A mobile distillery, spirit-making equipment direct to farm and forest.
![Refrigerated Box Truck](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/f350LizardHead6x8.jpg)
Refrigerated Box Truck
This is a home made reefer truck made from an old Uhaul diesel Ford f350. Utilizing a 10,000 BTU commercial reefer unit and spray foam insulation, this truck can keep produce at 40 degrees even on hot arugula-wilting summer days.
![shipping container post-harvest shed/commercial kitchen](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/432034_323002051080360_811402612_n.jpg)
shipping container post-harvest shed/commercial kitchen
This project turns a 40' insulated shipping container into a fully operational post processing station and cold storage unit as well as a commercial kitchen for value added processing. This project can be built in under $10,000 and combines several readily available technologies such as solar-hot water systems and the cool-bot so that a farmer can process, add value and store produce from a small farm without needing to pull building permits or worry about long term tenure.
"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.
![Cooler Inventory Tags](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/tags.jpg)
Cooler Inventory Tags
quickly and easily inventory contents of walk-in cooler and identify harvest date for all produce in cooler.
small scale egg washing
A summary of exisiting egg washing technologies and some discussion of merits/goals of small scale egg washing, hopefully some designs and prototypes to follow...
![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.